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computer security
The protection of data, networks and computing power. The protection of data (information security) is the most important. The protection of networks is important to prevent loss of server...
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Definition: computer security
The protection of data, networks and computing power. The protection of data (information security) is the most important. The protection of networks is important to prevent loss of server resources as well as to protect the network from being used for illegal purposes. The protection of computing power is relevant only to expensive machines such as large supercomputers. See information security and COMPUSEC.
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