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TermDefinitionExplanation
API Application Programming Interface
ASLR Address Space Layout Randomization ASLR helps prevent exploitation of memory by randomly arranging the memory locations used by a program or process.
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
CMS Content Management System "CMS is a software application or set of related programs that are used to create and manage digital content. Examples are: Joomla, Drupal, and Squarespace.
DEP Data Execution Prevention DEP is a system-level memory protection feature built into the Windows operating system. DEP marks pages of memory as non-executable. This means code cannot be run from those regions of memory. This makes it harder for buffer overruns to occur through exploitation.
DLL Dynamic Link Library
EFS Encrypted File System
FACL File System Access Control List
GPO Group Policy Object
HIDS Host-based Intrusion Detection System
HIPS Host-based Intrusion Prevention System
IIS Internet Information Services "IIS for Windows Server is a flexible, secure and manageable Web server."
NTFS New Technology File System
NTLM New Technology LAN Manager
OS Operating System
PCAP Packet Capture .pcap is the Wireshark filename extension for packet captures.
RTOS Real-time Operating System
SDK Software Development Kit
SDLC Software Development Life Cycle
SDLM Software Development Life Cycle Methodology
SEH Structured Exception Handling Structured exception handling is a mechanism for handling both hardware and software exceptions. Structured exception handling enables the programmer to have complete control over the handling of exceptions and provides support for debuggers.
WAF Web Application Firewall "A WAF is an application firewall for HTTP applications. It applies a set of rules to an HTTP conversation. Generally, these rules cover common attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection. While proxies generally protect clients, WAFs protect servers."
REST API REpresentational State Transfer "Web services that conform to the REST architectural style, called RESTful Web services (RWS), provide interoperability between computer systems on the Internet. OpenID works with OAuth and supports REST."
GPT GUID Partition Table Replacement for MBR. Necessary for partitions larger than 2 TB. GUID = Globally Unique IDentifier.
GUID Globally Unique IDentifier 128-bit distinctive reference number
DAMP Database Activity Monitoring and Prevention Provides privileged user and application access monitoring that is independent of native database logging and audit functions and can block unauthorized activities.
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