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Expected Questions NTA NET November 2017 Paper 1: Computers
Binary to Decimal & Decimal to Binary, Hexadecimal, Octal
Converting Decimal To Binary & Binary to Decimal - 2 Simple Tricks: Computers
Computer Malware & Protection
Computer Malware & Types of Malware - Weapons of 21st Century!
- Ransom ware
- Worms and Virus
- Attacks: Phishing, Snooping/Eavesdropping/Sniffing, Denial of Service, Day Zero, IP Spoofing
- Data Protection and Security – Authentication (Biometrics-fingerprint, retinal scan, face detection, OTP) , Authorization (ACL) , Encryption (Public Key Encryption) , Protection, Intrusion-Detection
- Biometrics – Aadhaar
Bitcoin
Bitcoin: Creation, Circulation, Usage, Problems & Advantages - Currency of Internet
Expected Questions on Computers
Expected Questions on Computers and IT: IAS Prelims & Mains/NET 2017
Internet/Network
- Terms – CGI, ARPANET, Cookie, tracking cookie, DNS, MAC address, TELNET, UDP (User Datagram Protocol)
- Parts of Internet Address
- IP version 4 and version 6 address
- e-mail – IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) & POP (Post Office Protocol) , SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) , MAPI (Message Application Programming Interface)
- Mail Merge, Outlook
- VOIP (Voice Over IP) – Voice Intrusion Prevention System
- 3G (2 megabits⟋sec) , 4G (1 Gigabits/sec) , 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) , 5G (1 - 10 gigabits/sec)
- VPN (Virtual Private Network)
- e-Mail & web security (SSL-Secure Socket Layer, TLS, CRC – Cyclic redundancy Check)
- Cryptographic Protocols – SSL, TLS
Internet & Sharing/Mass Media
- P2P – Peer to Peer, Torrent
- Social Networking
- Hate Speech on Internet – TK Viswanathan Committee
Common Software
- Browser - Netscape Navigator, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera (mini) , Edge, i.e., UC Browser, Vivaldi
- OS – DOS, Windows, Unix, Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu, Fedora) , Mac (OS X) , Chrome OS
- Mobile OS – ios, Android
- Email Clients – Thunderbird, Netscape Communicator, Outlook, Opera Mail, Mail Bird, Eudora, Postbox
Copyright & Plagiarism
Licensing (Creative Commons, MIT, Open Source, GNU)
SOURCE CODE & APPLICATION:
- Apache License 2.0
- BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” license
- BSD 2-Clause “Simplified” or “FreeBSD” license
- GNU General Public License (GPL)
- GNU Library or “Lesser” General Public License (LGPL)
- MIT license
- Mozilla Public License 2.0
- Common Development and Distribution License
- Eclipse Public License
CONTENT: Creative Commons - American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share
Creative Commons Licenses:
- Attribution
- Share Alike
- Noncommercial
- No Derivatives
Fair Use Policy - Any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize etc.
Usage Rights
Trademark - words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product
Business & Computers
- Business Impact Analysis - evaluate potential effects of an interruption to critical business operations as a result of a disaster, accident or emergency
- Business Continuity Plan – recognize threat and risk and protect assets
- Crowd (P2P) Funding - Practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet
- Data Mining
- Data Analytics - AI, Machine Learning, Fuzzy Systems, Neural Networks
- Data Warehousing – Collect data
- Digital Signature
- Digital Payments
- Digital Governance
- Digital Reforms
Digital Reforms in India: Payment & Governance – Major Computer Terminologies
CERT
- Computer Emergency Response Team
- Expert group that handles computer security incidents
- Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) - office within Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Nodal agency to deal with cyber security threats like hacking and phishing.
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