6.01 B2B Chapter 6 Vocabulary

Blown to Bits Chapter 6 Vocabulary

• centralized systems: collect files at a central computer for people to download
• commons: a system of sharing that minimizes the need for fine-grained property restrictions
• DRAM: dynamic random access memory
• DRM: digital rights management
• flooding: each computer in a file-sharing network maintains a list of other computers in the network.
• gigabyte: 1,024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes
• peer-to-peer architecture: a type of network in which each workstation has equivalent capabilities and responsibilities
• piracy: the unauthorized use or reproduction of another’s work
• sealed storage: an application that lets you encrypt files in such a way that they can be decrypted only on particular computers that you specify.
• TPM: trusted platform module