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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Spinning Pinwheel of Death (SpoD) A spinning rainbow wheel that serves

as the macOS indicator that an application isn’t responding and may be busy

or frozen.

spoofing Pretending to be someone or something else by placing false

information into packets. Commonly spoofed data include a source MAC

address or IP address, e-mail address, Web address, or user name. Generally

a useful tool for enhancing or advancing other attacks, such as social

engineering or spear fishing.

Spotify Internet streaming music service.

sprite Bitmapped graphic, such as a BMP file, used by early 3-D games to

create the 3-D world.

spyware Software that runs in the background of a user’s PC, sending

information about browsing habits back to the company that installed it onto

the system.

SRAM (static RAM) Very high-speed RAM built into CPUs that reduces

wait states by preloading as many instructions as possible and keeping copies

of already run instructions and data in case the CPU needs to work on them

again.

sRGB Color space standard that corresponds to Standard Dynamic Range

(SDR).

SSD (solid-state drive) Data storage device that uses flash memory to store

data.

SSH (Secure Shell) Terminal emulation program similar to Telnet, except

that the entire connection is encrypted. Uses port 22.

SSID (service set identifier) Parameter used to define a wireless network;

otherwise known as the network name.

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Security protocol used by a browser to

connect to secure Web sites. Replaced by Transport Layer Security (TLS).

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