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Computer Definitions
For computer solutions
Term | Definition |
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Social Networking Sites | Allows users to communicate with each other and share their lives in a virtual community. |
Cookie tracker | Cookies let some websites remember information about you like your password and username. Cookies can make the website personalized just for you. |
Hacker | A person who gains unauthorized access to a computer |
Virus | Programs that can hurt your computer. A virus can create, move, or erase your files and cause your computer to not work properly. |
Identity theft | A crime where someone wrongfully gets and uses another person’s name and/or personal data in order to benefit themselves |
Plagiarism | Taking someone else’s ideas or work and claiming they are your own |
Intellectual Property | Creations of the mind: inventions, trademarks, novels, poems, plays, film, music, artistic works. Allows the owners of the creations to benefit. Protects their works. |
Copyright | the exclusive legal right, given to the creator of a work to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same |
Fair use act | Allows limited use of a copyrighted work without payment. |
Digital Millennium Copyright Act | Updates US copyright law to include digital media. |
Internet Censorship | The control or blocking of what can be viewed or published on the internet |
Netiquette | Good manners when using the internet. |
Spam | Junk email. E-mail that you don’t want to get. |
Spyware | Software that can spy on your computer. |
Anti-Virus Software Filtering Software | Anti-virus programs are designed to detect and remove viruses from your computer. Filtering software restricts and controls the content a user can see. |
Malware | Programs designed to do damage to computers. |
Internet Search Engines | Used to locate websites when users enter search terms or phrases. |
Internet Domains | A name used to identify a website. |