This guide will be added to continuously. If there is a term
relating to computing that you do not understand, email
me and I will endevour to add it to the list. The same
applies for definitions that you don't understand.
One of the more prevalant forms of antisocial behavior
on the net these days is the Denial Of Service Attack (or
DoS Attack, not to be confused with the other DOS - Disk
Operating System).
Denial of Service Attacks (DoS) involve many types of connections
being made to the target machine with the aim of making
that machine unavailable to others that might wish to legitimately
use it (eg, a web, email or IRC Server)
I
IRC
IRC or Internet Relay Chat. A service that enables group
conversations over the Internet. It is sometimes considered
the keyboard equivalent of Citizens Band radio. IRC is the
precursor technology to most Instant Messaging Services
such as MSN Messenger and AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
