Let’s face it, every time something traumatic happens to our technology we end up learning about some new, strange diagnosis. After contacting our trusted IT company we end up learning about all these different technical terms and, most of the time, wonder what on Earth those terminologies even mean. It’s true, keeping up with all the IT lingo can be difficult at times, but remain calm because we will be explaining what some of those words mean.
In the past we have gone through the various types of malware and explained what each meant and what the difference between them are. You can learn all about those in our post “Most Common Malware†(http://www.mhconsults.com/blog/most-common-malware/). Now, here are a few IT words you must know:
Adware: This can be any software or program that displays unwanted pop-up advertisements on your tech. device while it is being used.
Bug: This stands for faulty programs caused by errors made in the coding process. These are frequently through updates, so updating your programs is important.
Caches: These are memories in a computer that temporarily stores recently accessed web pages.
Firewalls: This can either be a hardware or software that is programmed to prevent unauthorized access to your computer or network. Unlike an antimalware or antivirus, Firewalls are mainly used to keep out other, potentially destructive networks.
Hit: This stands for a visit to a website.
Modem: This is any device, like the Internet, email, or fax that assists a computer in sending and receiving information.
Portal: This is any website that acts like a gateway to the Internet.
Trojan: This is a type of malware that encrypts itself in a computer program in order to gain access to your computer.
Worm: These consume bandwidths and overload web servers causing harm to their host networks.
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