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Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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1. Digital Literacy and cyber citizenship | process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology ;citizen of the Internet |
2. Cyber Bullying | is bullying that takes place using electronic technology. |
3. Internet | The global communication network that allows almost all computers worldwide to connect and exchange information. |
4. Ethics | moral principles that govern a person's or group's behavior. |
5. Pharming | the fraudulent practice of directing Internet users to a bogus website that mimics the appearance of a legitimate one, in order to obtain personal information such as passwords, account numbers, etc. |
6. Phising | the activity of defrauding an online account holder of financial information by posing as a legitimate company. |
7. Virus | a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data. |
8. Spyware | software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive. |
9. Spam | irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients. |
10. Mousetrapping | block (a user's) efforts to exit from a website, usually one to which they have been redirected. |
11. Clickjacking | the malicious practice of manipulating a website user's activity by concealing hyperlinks beneath legitimate clickable content, thereby causing the user to perform actions of which they are unaware. |
12. Hoax | message which is written to deliberately spread fear, uncertainty and doubt. |
13. Browser Hijacking | a form of unwanted software that modifies a web browser's settings without a user's permission, to inject unwanted advertising into the user's browser |
14. Trojan Horse | a program designed to breach the security of a computer system while ostensibly performing some innocuous function |
15. Malware | software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems. |