Kenneth C. Laudon,Jane P. Laudon Management Information System 12th Edition pdf

distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack  

Numerous computers

inundating and overwhelming a network from numerous launch

points.

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Glossary

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distributed processing  

The distribution of computer processing

work among multiple computers linked by a communications

network.

documentation  

Descriptions of how an information system works

from either a technical or end-user standpoint.

domain name  

English-like name that corresponds to the unique 32-

bit numeric Internet Protocol (IP) address for each computer

connected to the Internet 

Domain Name System (DNS)  

A hierarchical system of servers

maintaining a database enabling the conversion of domain names

to their numeric IP addresses.