The glossary below contains many of the terms you will find in common use throughout the Symantec Security Response Web site. Please refer to this list or the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page to find definition of terms and answers to other Internet security-related questions.
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- A Squared
- A/P (active/passive) disk array
- A/P-C disk array
- A/PF disk array
- A/PF-C disk array
- A/PG disk array
- A/PG-C disk array
- A2i Builder
- A2i Editor
- about box
- absolute path
- Access Complexity
- access control list (ACL)
- access control
- access group
- access point
- Access Server
- access sharing
- Access Vector
- account
- acknowledging alerts
- ACL (Access Control List)
- ACL
- ACS
- Action Agent
- Action menu
- action
- activation
- active agent
- active alert
- Active Directory
- active job
- active node
- active partition or volume
- Active Practice
- Active Response
- active zone set
- Active/Active Configuration
- Active/Active disk arrays
- active/active
- Active/Passive Configuration
- Active/Passive disk arrays
- active/passive
- active
- ActiveX
- Activity Log
- activity logs
- Activity Monitor
- AD (Active Directory)
- ADAMM (Advanced Device and Media Management)
- ADAMM database
- adapter
- Adaptive Policy
- Add Rule
- address book
- address-length pair
- addressable storage
- addressable unit
- administering
- administration client
- administration console
- Administrative Domain
- Administrator console
- administrator rights
- Administrator
- adware
- adware remover
- age
- Agent Files and Folders data selection
- agent presence
- agent
- aggregate
- aggregation
- AIT
- AIX coexistence label
- Alarm Service
- alarm
- alert category
- alert icon
- alert log
- Alert Manager
- Alert Monitor
- alert source
- alert threshold
- alert type
- alertable event
- alert
- aliases
- All-in-one storage pool
- allocated media
- allocated storage
- allocation unit
- also known as
- alternate client backup
- alternate client
- alternate path restore
- alternate read server
- alternate-client restore
- alternate-target restore
- Altiris Agent Cache
- Altiris Agent
- analyst resources
- annotation
- anonymous SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
- ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
- anti spyware
- Anti-IP Spoofing
- Anti-MAC Spoofing
- anti-spam filters
- anti-virus filters
- Antimalware
- Antimalware Doctor
- Antispy
- antispyware
- Antispyware Soft
- Antivir Solution Pro
- Antivira AV
- antivirus
- Antivirus Action
- Antivirus Soft
- API (application programming interface)
- API robots
- append period
- appliance
- applicability rule
- application cluster
- Application Compatibility Pack
- application control
- application host
- Application Learning
- application level production restore
- application level side view creation
- Application Manager
- Application Metering plug-in
- application metering
- application properties
- application server
- application settings
- Application to Information file
- application volume
- application
- apply
- approval period
- AQS (attack quarantine system)
- arbitrated loop
- archive bit
- archive
- archived log mode
- armored malicious code
- ARP
- ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
- array host group
- array port group
- Array Support Library
- array virtual port
- array-side volume
- array
- ASF (Alert Standard Format)
- ASL (Array Support Library)
- asset group
- asset measure
- asset reconciliation
- asset store
- asset system
- asset type
- asset value
- asset
- Associate Replicator Log
- associated plex
- associated subdisk
- associate
- asymmetric encryption
- asynchronous I/O
- Asynchronous Replication
- asynchronous transmission
- asynchronous writes
- asynchronous
- AT client
- atomic operation
- Atomic quiesce
- ATOP (All Through One Port)
- attached
- attachment list
- attachment
- attack scenario
- attack signature
- AttackTrace rule
- attended installation
- attestation
- attester
- attribute
- attributes for a policy
- audience
- Audit ID
- audit log
- auditing
- authenticated, self-signed SSL
- Authentication Broker (AB)
- authentication broker
- Authentication port
- Authentication Service
- authentication token
- authentication tool
- Authentication
- Authorization Service
- authorization
- auto-start process
- autochanger
- autoextend
- autoloader
- AutoLocation Switching
- AutoLocation
- automated action
- Automated User Assignments
- automatic backup
- automatic remediation
- automatic synchronization
- Automatic Volume Growth Based on Capacity
- automation policy
- automation
- AutoRun
- AutoTransfer
- AV Security Suite
- availability (malicious code)
- Availability Impact
- availability
- available storage
- AVI (Audio Video Interleave)
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