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Digital Tech 9
Term | Definition |
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Boolean Operator | A word or symbol that describes a relationship between keywords and assists in narrowing the results of a query. |
Pharming | A method used by hackers to redirect a website's traffic to a phony website. |
Phishing | A method in which hackers steal passwords by posing as an official representative of an organization in order to get you to reveal personal information. |
Netiquette | A set of guidelines for posting messages and e-mails on the Internet. |
Search Engine | A program that uses keywords to find information and return a list of related documents. |
Spam | Unwanted electronic junk mail that appears in an individual's inbox. |
Web Crawler | A search engine element that explores the Web to gather information that represents the contents of web pages and then submits the related pages to an indexing service for processing. |
Web Browser | A software program that runs on your computer and helps you access web pages. |
URL | The exclusive address of a web page. The official term is Uniform Resource Locator. |