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Tech Knowledge
Technology Knowledge Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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netiquette | a code, or set of rules, of good behavior on the Internet |
piracy | the act of installing and using commercial software without paying for the program |
freeware | software that is free to use without requiring any payment or licensing fee |
shareware | software that you can use--usually with limited functionality or for a limited time--on a trial basis before paying for it |
copyright | a legal means of protecting an author's work; a type of intellectual property that provides exclusive publication, distribution, and usage rights for the author |
copyright infringement | a violation of an individual or organization's copyright; the unauthorized use of protected material, such as text, photos, videos, music, software, and other original content |
public domain | a legal term that describes a work or product that is not protected by copyright because the protection has 1) expired, 2) been released by the author, or 3) never existed in the first place |
fair use | the defensive doctrine that brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim for the purpose of news reporting, teaching, and/or research, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder |