Internet Security Terminologies
- 1.
- SSL
"Secure Socket Layer" - A protocol that encrypts and scrambles messages before they are sent over the Internet so that no one can read the contents.
- 2.
- Cache
A local and temporary storage of computer information such as images and texts for displaying in Web browsers.
- 3.
- Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of textual data sent from a web server to a browser to record some useful information such as the time of your last visit.
- 4.
- Firewall
A computer software used to shield a network from unauthorized access in the Internet.