Labels:book | chat room | hakham | monitor OCR: COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL BASICS Some computers that host password- -protected resources don't differenti- ate between uppercase and lowercase letters, and would consider the user IDs Jefferson and jefferson to be the same Other computers are case sensitive and differentiate between uppercase and lowercase. On such computers, if Ms. Jefferson selected Brun _Jeff as her user ID she would not be able to gain access by typing brun jeff. To avoid such prob- lems most people stick to lowercase letters for their user IDs What is a password? Apassword is a series of characters that verifies a user ID and guarantees that you are the person you claim to be. Although you might be assigned password typically you are asked to provide your own some situations you might be given temporary password, and then ...
