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Computer Vocab EC
EMS 7th Grade 4th Hour Vocabulary Extra Credit
Term | Definition |
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Creative work | any idea or artistic creation that is recorded in some form, whether it’s hard copy or digital. |
Copyright | A law that protects your control over the creative work you make so that people must get your permission before they copy, share, or perform your work. |
Creative Commons | a kind of copyright that makes it easier for people to copy, share, and build on your creative work, as long as they give you credit for it. |
License | a clear way of copyright of your creative work so people know how it can be used. |
Piracy | stealing copyrighted work by downloading or copying it in order to keep, sell, or give it without permission and without paying. |
Plagiarize | copying, “lifting”, or making slight changes to some or all of someone else’s work and saying you created it. |
Acknowledge | giving credit to someone else’s work you use by clearly stating their name, title of work, year it was made, and hyperlink. |
Public Domain | Created work that’s not copyrighted and therefore free for you to use however you want. |
Fair use | the ability to use a small amount of copyrighted without permission, but only in certain ways in specific situations. |
Rework | to reform, reuse, or remix copyrighted work into something else. |
Remix or mashup | editing together clips of video, sound, image, and text by “remixing” or “mashing: different parts together to create something new. |
Parody | a creative work that is a funny imitation of something and pokes fun at an original work. |
Scam | an attempt to trick someone, usually with the intention of stealing money or private information. |
Identity theft | a type of crime in which your private information is stolen and used for criminal activity. |
Vulnerable | a position that makes it easier for you to be harmed or attacked. |
Habit | a regular behavior or practice. |
Log | a written record of an occurrence over time. |
Opportunity | a chance for something to happen. |
Pitfall | a hidden or unsuspected problem or danger. |
Inappropriate | not proper, not okay. |
Risky | Potentially harmful to one’s emotional or physical well-being. |
Harass | to bother or pressure aggressively. |
Bystander | someone who sees cyber bullying happening, but does nothing to help. |
Upstander | someone to helps when they see cyberbullying occur. |
Empathize | to imagine the feelings that someone is experiencing. |
Identify | all of the factors that make up who you are. |
Exaggerate | to say something is more or greater than it actually is. |
Deceive- | to mislead or falsely persuade others. |
Motivate | to have a reason or purpose to do something. |
Consequences | results; something that happens as an effect or a certain cause. |
Anonymous | having an unknown identity. |
What Personal Information do you not give so your account won't be Identity Thefted? | Full name, Date of Birth and where you were born, Current and previous addresses and phone numbers, Driver’s license or passport number, Account numbers and the companies where you hold accounts, Passwords, and Social Security Numbers. |
How can you protect your account? | Avoid opening the message or email in the first place, Don’t click any links or download any attachments. They might contain viruses or spyware, Don’t reply, Mark as “junk mail” or “spam” for your email, or report it to your social network site. If you ar |
Media | communication including television, radio, and newspapers that often reaches and impacts a large audience. |
Digital Media | electronic devices and media platforms such as computers, cell phones, the internet, digital video, social networking sites, video games, and virtual worlds that allow users to create, communicate, and interact with one another or with a device or applica |
Simile | a literary device for comparing two unlike things. |
Digital Footprint | all of the info online about a person either posts by that person or others intentionally or unintentionally. |
Imagery | drawings or illustrations, often symbolic. |
Persistent | lasting a long time, if not forever, such as info that one posts online that does not go away because it is passed on and spread. |
Invisible Audience | anyone who can see info about you or posted by you online. |
Aggregator | a website or Web application where headlines and other content are collected for easy viewing. Aggregators such a Google News compile news articles and posts. |
Avatar | a two- or three dimensional icon that represents a computer user or a gamer. |
Blog | from the term, “Weblog,” is a type of website usually updated by an individual or a group of bloggers. |
Flaming | the act of saying mean things online, usually in ALL CAPS, and often in a public forum with the intention to humiliate. |
Mash-up | a remix or a blend of multiple songs, videos, or other media content in one product. |
Massively Multiplayer Online Game | usually an online virtual world that multiple players navigate and play in together. |
P2P (Peer-to-Peer) | network allows the sharing of mp3s, videos, and other digital files by transferring information directly between two computers rather than by going through a central server. |
Trustworthy | accurate and dependable. |
Publish | to present a finished piece of work to the public. |
Evaluate | to carefully examine something to figure out its value. |
Criteria | standard on which you base a judgement. |
Effective | Achieving a desired goal or result. |
Efficient | doing something in a way that saves you time and energy |
Strategy | a course of action designed to help you reach a specific goal or result. |
Phishing | the illegal act of sending emails or messages that appear to come from authentic sources, but really come from spammers. |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator- the web address; a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network. |
IDK | I don't know. |
LMIRL | Let's Meet in Real Life. |
LOL | Laugh out Loud. |
MORF | Male or Female. |
POS | Parents over shoulder. |
SELECT | research questions and search tools. |
EXTRACT | keywords and terms. |
APPLY | search strategies. |
RUN | your search. |
CHART | your search. |