The term can be used either to represent the abstract position at the end of the file or, in some instances, the concrete character used on some machines to indicate the end of a text file. See also EOL . This term is used to describe the end of a line in a text file. See also EOF . File attribute A piece of information about a file, for example, its name.
Veracity models a file as a collection of file attributes.
Hacker The term hacker has two main meanings. Traditionally, it refers to a person who is highly involved with computers and highly proficient at programming them. However, the term has recently been used in the public sphere to denote a person attempting to break into a remote computer system through a communications network. See also Intruder, Opponent . This is really just another name for a signature algorithm.