Do you speak my language: Z is for Zero Day Exploit, zip, zombie

Z is for Zero Day Exploit, zip, zombie

There really is a lack of choice at this end of the list. In fact I can only think of three, Zero Day Exploit, Zombie, and zip. So, I am finishing this series on a bit of a low.

Zip: A form of compression that can be used to make a file smaller, or to collect together a series files in to one file. This can be very handy for emailng (see E - Do you speak my language: E is for eLearning, Email, Encryption, eLifelong, ePedagogy, eSignature) large numbers of files, or for compressing a large file that is initially too big to be sent by email.

It is also possible to password protect zip files, so this means they can be a handy way to send confidential information. And finally, it is also possible to fragment large files in to small zip files, and this can be useful when trying to send large datasets across a network.

Zero Day Exploit: A term used to describe an attack on a computer system, usually by exploiting some security defect or other problem, that occurs before the developer (owner) of a system is aware that such a problem exists, or in fact can be used in such a way.

Zombie: The living dead. In computing terms this is a machine that has been compromised (usually as a result of an hacker finding a security hole to exploit, or as a result of the user accidentally running some malware (see M - Do you speak my language: M is for MySQL, MAC address, Malware, MashUp, Metadata, Middleware)) and although the computer still appears to function correctly to a user it is in fact also doing other things, such as sending out spam email etc., in the background.

Here endth the series....

Protein: 2OZO

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