Appendix A. Glossary
THESE DEFINITIONS WILL GIVE YOU A BASIC understanding of the terms used throughout this book. As with many technical definitions, more information may be required to fully understand the concepts. A good place to find detailed definitions to these and other technical terms is at http://www.whatis.com.
- Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
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A policy that the user agrees to follow before being allowed to access a network.
- access control list (ACL)
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A table used by systems and systems software to define access rights.
- ActiveX
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The object-oriented language from Microsoft used to create mobile code.
- air gap
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A term used to ...
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