{"id":473522,"date":"2025-05-21T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msab.com\/glossary\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T10:00:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:00:53","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.msab.com\/es\/glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"\" class=\"block regular-hero  blue-gradient-bg \" >\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        <div class=\"text-wrapper text-white\">\n            <h2 class=\"heading h2\">MSAB Digital Forensics Glossary<\/h2>            <p class=\"intro\">Key Terms and Definitions<\/p>\n                    <\/div><!--\/text-wrapper-->\n        <div class=\"breadcrumb-part dark\"><nav id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"bread-nav\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msab.com\/es\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-home\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav><\/div>    <\/div><!--\/container-->\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"block regular-content   pt-regular pb-small bg-light-grey\">\n    <div class=\"container regular\">\n                    <div class=\"editor-content\">\n                <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\"><strong>Welcome to Our Digital Forensics Glossary<\/strong> \u2014 <\/span>A resource for clear, concise definitions of key terms used in digital forensic investigations. This glossary includes terminology used in the field of smartphone investigations, mobile data extraction, and the analysis of digital evidence from mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>As mobile phones become central to cybercrime and digital investigations, it&#8217;s essential to understand critical concepts such as IMEI, mobile data acquisition, app artifacts, and SIM card analysis. You&#8217;ll also find definitions of broader digital forensics terms like hash values, metadata, and chain of custody \u2014 all explained in a straightforward, accessible format. Whether you&#8217;re a mobile forensics specialist, law enforcement officer, cybersecurity professional, or student, this glossary offers up-to-date explanations to help you navigate the rapidly evolving field of mobile forensics.<\/p>\n            <\/div><!--\/.editor-content-->\n                    <\/div><!--\/.container-->\n<\/section><!--\/.regular-content-->\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"block glossary \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        <div class=\"filter\">\n           \n            <ul>\n                                    <li>\n                        <a href=\"?char=A\" class=\"active\">\n                            A                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <a href=\"?char=B\" class=\"\">\n                            B                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <a href=\"?char=C\" class=\"\">\n           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devices, commonly used in forensic extraction of data from Android phones. &nbsp; ADB, or Android Debug Bridge, is a versatile command-line tool that allows communication between a computer and an Android device. Developed by Google as part of the Android SDK (Software Development Kit), ADB [&hellip;]<\/p>\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msab.com\/es\/glossary\/adb-android-debug-bridge\/\">\n                                Read full term                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <hr>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"glossary-item\">\n                        <div class=\"text-wrap\">\n                            <h4>Airplane Mode<\/h4>\n                            <p class=\"excerpt\">Airplane mode is used by forensic practitioners to isolate a mobile device from any incoming radio signals. Forensic practitioners need to be aware that may still need to manually deactivate WIFI or Bluetooth than may remain active when airplane mode is turned on. Airplane mode is useful if you do not have access to faraday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msab.com\/es\/glossary\/airplane-mode\/\">\n                                Read full term                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <hr>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-473522","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Glossary - MSAB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msab.com\/es\/glossary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.msab.com\/es\/glossary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MSAB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/microsystemation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MSAB_XRY\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.msab.com\\\/es\\\/glossary\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.msab.com\\\/es\\\/glossary\\\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary - 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