We use a lot of terms and/or acronyms you might not be familiar with. Most of them will have a grey like underneath them, When you see that, you can hover your mouse over them and in a couple of seconds, a tool-tip will appear explaining what it means.
We are also documenting them here for your convenience.
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Term or Acronym | Description |
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ADDR | Address |
BLOCKLIST | A list of sites in a particular category |
CSB | CYBERsitter BLACK |
CPU | Central Processor Unit |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (issues local network IP addresses) |
DNSSEC | Secure encrypted extended DNS |
ECS | Secure encrypted DNS |
FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name - complete domain name that specifies the exact location of a computer or a host on the internet. |
GW | Gateway. Your Gateway is your router. |
GHz | Gigahertz |
GUI | Graphical User Interface |
Hostname | The name of a device on a network or domain i.e. www.google.com |
Interface | A physical network port or WiFi circuit |
ISP | Internet Service Provider |
LAN | Local Area Network (Your private internal network) |
MAC | Machine Access Control ID - consists of six 2-digit pairs of characters. A character may be a number 0-9 or a letter A-F. Example: 02:81:0A:DC:3F:72 |
PII | Personal Identifiable Information |
Resolve | Performing a DNS query to get the IP address from a URL |
SIDEBAR | The sidebar is located on the left of the CSB UI and contains a menu of functions |
Subdomain | Sub domain of a Domain - i.e. www.google.com. May also be the hostname. |
TLD | Top Level Domain - i.e. google.com |
TOC | Table of Contents |
UI | User Interface |
GUI | Grapical User Interface |
URI | Uniform Resource Identifier - identifies a resource and differentiates it from others by using a name, location, or both. |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator - identifies the web address or location of a unique resource. |
UTC | Universal Coordinated Time (GMT) |
WAN | Wide Area Network (Internet) |