A Glossary of Computer Forensic and Mobile Forensic Terms with easy to Understand Definitions.
A
ADDRESS
- An Internet address or Internet Protocol (IP) address is a unique computer (host) location on the Internet.
- A Web page address is expressed as the defining directory path to the file on a particular server.
- A Web page address is also called a Uniform Resource Locator, or URL.
- An e-mail address is the location of an e-mail user (expressed by the user’s e-mail name followed by an “at” sign (@) followed by the user’s server domain name).
ARCHIVE FILE
B
BACKUP
BIOS
BOOT
BOOT DISK
BROADBAND
BUFFER
BULLETIN BOARD SERVICE (BBS)
BYTE
C
CACHE
CDF
CD-R
CD-ROM
CD-RW
CMOS
CPU
CRACKER
CRC
CRYPTOGRAPHY
D
DATABASE
DELETED FILES
DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS (DOS)
DIGITAL SIGNATURE
DISK CACHE
DONGLE
DVD
E
ENCRYPTION
E-MAIL HEADER
F
FREE SPACE
FLOPPY DISK
G
GIGABYTE (GB)
H
HACKER
HARD DISK
HARDWARE
HOST MACHINE
HUB
I
IMAGING
IMEI
IMSI
INTERNET RELAY CHAT
ISP
J
JAZ DISK
K
KILOBYTE (KB)
L
LINUX
M
MACRO VIRUS
MAGNETIC MEDIA
MD5 HASH
MEGABYTE (MB)
MEMORY
MODEM
MONITOR
MOUSE
MS-DOS
O
OPERATING SYSTEM
ORB
P
PASSWORD
PCMCIA CARDS
PERSONAL COMPUTER (PC)
PERSONAL ORGANISER
PIRATE SOFTWARE
PORT
- Where information goes into or out of a computer, e.g. the serial port on a personal computer is where a modem would be connected.
- In the TCP and UDP protocols used in computer networking, a port is a number present in the header of a data packet. Ports are typically used to map data to a particular process running on a computer. For example, port 25 is commonly associated with SMTP, port 80 with HTTP and port 443 with HTTPS.
- It also refers to translating a piece of software to bring it from one type of computer system to another, e.g. to translate a window programme so that it will run on a Macintosh.
PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE
PUK
Q
QUERY
R
RAM
REMOVABLE MEDIA
REMOVABLE MEDIA CARDS
- Smartmedia Card
- SD Expansion Card
- Ultra Compact Flash
- Compact Flash
- Multimedia Card
- Memory Stick
S
SHAREWARE
SIM
SLACK SPACE
SMARTCARD
SOFTWARE
SWITCH
SYSTEM UNIT
T
TAPE
TROJAN HORSE
U
UNIX
USB STORAGE DEVICES
USIM
V
VIDEO BACKER
VIRUS
VIRTUAL STORAGE
W
WINDOWS
WORD PROCESSOR
WORM
WIRELESS NETWORK CARD
Z
ZIP DRIVE/DISK
ZIP