Glossary

The glossary below contains many of the terms you will find in common use throughout the Symantec Security Response website. Please refer to this list to find definitions of terms and answers to other Internet security-related questions.
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inode

A UNIX data structure that defines the existence of a single file.

A unique identifier for each file within a file system that contains the data and metadata associated with that file.