What is the difference between a virus and a worm?

What will be an ideal response?

Both a virus and a worm are self-replicating programs, but a virus attaches itself to another program whereas a worm is a self-contained program.

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What data communication protocol uses characters or "handshaking" to control the link and represent information?

a. Asynchronous protocol. b. Binary synchronous protocol. c. Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC). d. High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC).

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Trace sends multiple ICMP packets with progressively higher ______________________________ until the packet reaches the destination.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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