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The process of performing a search online categories in order to find a website or web page. | Browsing |
A quote from a larger work. | Citation |
Whether or not a source provides reliable, accurate information, checked and verified. | Credibility |
The words of numbers, known as IP addresses, that identify a website. | Domain name |
The buying an selling of goods online. | e-commerce |
The first page in a group of pages on a website that describes the site’s purpose and provides the navigational structure for moving through the website. | Home page |
A company that sells Internet connectivity to individuals. | Internet Service Provider |
A term or group of terms used to find information on the web. | Keyword |
Computer software that works as an independent program that infects a computer’s files and programs after being downloaded from what looks like a trusted source. | Malware |
Informal rules of behavior for communicating on the web. | Netiquette |
Content not traditionally delivered in digital form that is now found online, such as music, movies, newspapers, or books. | New media |
The practice of using spam e-mail to elicit a response and obtain a computer user’s private information. | Phishing |
A computer’s virus that attacks a computer’s internal storage system. | Rootkit |
An automated database that delivers a list of links as a response to a specific keyword request from the user. | Search engine |
The usually criminal practice of manipulating a person into providing sensitive information online. | Social engineering |
An online community. | Social networks |
A computer virus disguised as a normal program that infects a computer after being downloaded from an e-mail, pop-up advertisement, or downloaded software. | Trojan horse |
A collection of Internet sites that provide text, graphics, sound, video, and other digital content. | World Wide Web |