Match List - I with List - II. Term Description A. Cookies I. Process in which…
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Match List - I with List - II.
Term | Description |
|---|---|
A. Cookies | I. Process in which data appears meaningless without the appropriate 'unlocking' key |
B. encryption | II. Small files stored on a user's computer, which are used to remember user's preferences each time they visit websites |
C. firewall | III. Unsolicited emails sent over the Internet to a recipient on a mailing list which 'clog up' their inbox. |
D. spam | IV. Hardware and software that sit between a user's computer and an external network which filters data coming in and out of the computer. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer: C. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III — Concept Each of these Internet terms is fixed by its own defining function, independent of any particular question: A cookie is a small data file that a…
- A.
A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
- B.
A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
- C.
A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
- D.
A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: C
Concept
Each of these Internet terms is fixed by its own defining function, independent of any particular question:
A cookie is a small data file that a website writes to the client machine so that state such as preferences or a login session survives between visits.
Encryption is a key-based transformation that converts readable data into a form which carries no meaning to anyone who does not hold the matching key.
A firewall is hardware and software placed at the boundary between a computer (or an internal network) and an external network, inspecting and filtering the traffic that crosses it in either direction.
Spam is unsolicited bulk email sent to recipients who never asked for it, usually at mailing-list volume.
Application
Read each description in List-II and attach it to the term whose defining function it states:
List-I term | Defining function stated in List-II | List-II label |
|---|---|---|
A. Cookies | Small files stored on the user's computer, used to remember the user's preferences on each visit | II |
B. encryption | Data appears meaningless without the appropriate unlocking key | I |
C. firewall | Hardware and software between the computer and an external network that filters data going in and out | IV |
D. spam | Unsolicited emails sent over the Internet that clog up the recipient's inbox | III |
Cross-check
Cookies and spam both reach a user without being requested, but a cookie is a file written into local storage by the site being visited, while spam arrives through the mail system as a message — so the local-storage description belongs to the cookie and the inbox description to spam.
Encryption and a firewall are both protective, but encryption alters the data itself so that it is unreadable without the key, whereas a firewall leaves the data unchanged and instead decides at the network boundary which traffic is allowed through.
Result: A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III.