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Minoli-Cordovana's Authoritative Computer & Network Security Dictionary

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The authors attempt to include as many terms as possible, that you are likely to encounter in the field of computer and network security. These range from "HTML" and "markup language" to "ATM" or "asynchronous transfer mode". Unsurprisingly, the dominent network which is covered here is the Internet. So you can find out what "TCP/IP" really stands for.

In my field of attacking phishing and pharming, the book's description of these is accurate. So too is its general assessment of a lack of technical answers, based on publicly available knowledge at the time it was written.

The level of technical explanation is moderate. For mathematically related terms, there's not much maths given. For other terms, it's at a level probably suitable to a reader with some background in general computing. If you are already at the level of possessing a degree in engineering or computing, then you don't need this book.