Computer forensics vocabulary

sequence of steps designed for programming a computer to solve a specific problem

• cipher

• gigabyte

• Algorithm

• cryptography

used to hide a file inside another file

• stenography

• ingenuity

• gadget

• unique

measure of memory capacity and is roughly one thousand megabytes

• fragmentation

• metadata

• kilobyte

• gigabyte

process of scrambling, or encoding, information

• ingenuity

• formidable

• encryption

• cryptography

process of securing private information that is sent through public networks, by encrypting

• anomaly

• cryptography

• cipher

• fragmentation

extremely difficult to defeat, overcome, or manage

• formidable

• executable

• ingenuity

• gadget

data that describes structure, or characteristics of computer files

• gigabyte

• encryption

• cryptography

• metadata

inventive skill or imagination; cleverness

• formidable

• ingenuity

• executable

• unique

 practical mechanical or electronic device

• anomaly

• cipher

• ingenuity

• gadget

being without a like or equal

• unique

• anomaly

• gadget

• ingenuity