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Learn Some Basic Terms For Digital Footprinting
Term | Definition |
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Digital Footprint | One's unique set of traceable digital activities, actions, contributions and communications manifested on the Internet or digital devices. |
Cookies | Small files, often including unique identifiers that web servers send to browsers. |
GeoLocation | The identification of the geographic location of a user or computing device via a variety of data collection mechanisms. |
MetaData | A set of data that describes and gives information about other data. |
Data | Individual facts, statistics, or items of information, often numeric. |
Spreadsheet | A computer application for computation, organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form. |
Browser History | The list of web pages a user has visited, as well as associated metadata such as page title and time of visit. |
Digital Literacy | An individual's ability to find, evaluate, and clearly communicate information through typing and other media on various digital platforms. |
Blog | A discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries. |
Dossier | A collection of documents about a particular person, event, or subject. |
Derogatory | To lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing. |
Social Networking | The use of dedicated websites and applications to interact with other users, or to find people with similar interests to oneself. |
Viral | Relating to or involving an image, video, piece of information, etc., that is circulated rapidly and widely from one internet user to another. |
Profile | A short article giving a description of a person or organization. |
Privacy Settings | "The part of a social networking website, internet browser, piece of software, etc. that allows you to control who sees information about you". |