The cybersecurity and network security can be considered as the two sides of a coin. However, some experts believe that network security is a subpart or subdomain of the cyber-security. They mainly differ in the way that network security is implemented to protect internal information through inspecting employee activities and network access. In contrast, cybersecurity concentrates on external threats such as security breaches created by hackers attempting to infiltrate the network. The … [Read more...]

The MD5 and SHA1 are the hashing algorithms where MD5 is better than SHA in terms of speed. However, SHA1 is more secure as compared to MD5. The concept behind these hashing algorithms is that these are used to generate a unique digital fingerprint of data or message which is known as a hash or digest. The essential features of hash algorithms are: These functions cannot be reversed. Size of the digest or hash is always fixed and does not depend on the size of the data. It is … [Read more...]

You might have heard the common terms multimedia and hypermedia in the context of a computer, electronic devices and the internet. The main difference between these terms is that the multimedia involves the various ways of representing the electronic document such as image, audio, graphics, video, etcetera over the electronic devices using any network medium. On the contrary, the hypermedia is the collection of multimedia placed linked over the internet in a non-linear way, or we can say that … [Read more...]

The SEO and SMO are the techniques of driving the traffic on a particular site. The SEO uses the search engine while SMO utilises social media for increasing the visitors and visibility of the content. In Search Engine Optimization the rules of the search engine must be followed strictly, in order to enhance the organic search of the content and achieve the proper ranking on the search engine results page. On the other hand, the Social Media Optimization focuses on the publicising the content … [Read more...]

Software that is intentionally inserted into a system for causing damage is known as malicious software. Primarily this software is classified into two categories; in the former category, the software requires a host for its execution. The example of such malicious software is virus, logic bombs, trojan horse, etc. Whereas in the latter category, the software is independent and do not need any host for its execution like worms and zombies. So, the virus, worm and trojan horse come under the … [Read more...]

Before understanding static and dynamic web pages, we must understand the working of the internet. Web browser and web server play the main role in any internet-based communication. The Hypertext transfer protocol is used for the transaction between the web browser (client) and the web server (server). In this type of communication the browser sends an HTTP request to the server, and then the server sends an HTTP response to the browser with an HTML page and the communication between them ends. … [Read more...]

URL expands to Uniform Resource Locator which is used for identifying a resource, and it is a subset of URI. URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) offers more simple and extendable way of identifying a resource. The URL and URI can be differentiated with the fact that URI can represent the URL and the URN of the resource at the same time, but URL just can specify the address of the resource. URI is more common term as compared to URL and URN which are more limited in a sense. Content: URL Vs … [Read more...]

Web page and Website are relevant but distinct words. A web page can be considered as a single entity whereas a website is a combination of web pages. Web pages are accessed through a browser while in website HTTP, and DNS protocols are used to access it. Web pages have the navigational links to connect a web page to another on the website. The content in a website changes according to the web page while a web page contains more specific information. Content: Web page Vs Website … [Read more...]

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SEM (Search Engine Marketing) are valuable, powerful business tools seem to be similar as both are geared towards generating traffic to the website, but when we look the terms deeply these are absolutely different traffic generation method. The major difference between SEO and SEM is that SEO emphasises on improving a website in order to enhance its organic search engine rankings. Furthermore, SEO is a primary organic ranking strategy behind SEM. In … [Read more...]

Phishing and Spoofing are the types of attacks that often used in a similar sense. The prior difference between phishing and spoofing is that in phishing the scammer tries to trick the victim with an intent to steal the confidential details resulting in financial gain. On the other hand, spoofing doesn't always involve financial gain, but the forging is similar. Content: Phishing Vs Spoofing Comparison Chart Definition Key Differences Conclusion Comparison … [Read more...]