Computer Trivia #2

Can you answer these general trivia questions relating to computers?
Technically this does not count as "trivia" in the literal sense, since many of the answers to the following questions are fundamentally important to computer science.
Disclaimer: I am not a qualified computer scientist, so any mistakes in the answers are entirely my own. Please tell me in the comments if and how I've messed up.
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Converts web URLs into IP addresses
Domain Name System
Machine language consisting of 0s and 1s
Binary
What the "GPT" stands for in "ChatGPT"
Generative pre-trained transformer
In cybersecurity, testing the source code of a program
Static application security testing
Name given to a more personalised version of phishing
Spear phishing
Windows file sharing occurs through this port
445
Command used to send an ICMP echo request
Ping
One of the founders of Microsoft
Paul Allen
Give the JavaScript command used to display text in the browser console
console.log()
A language used to interact with databases
Structured Query Language
7-bit character encoding system
ASCII
Character encoding system designed to include all the world's writing systems
Unicode
Symbol used to add a comment in Python
Hash
Process of adding random data to a password before hashing to make it more secure
Salting
Network used for anonymous online browsing
The Onion Router
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