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Digital Footprint
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Digital Footprint | Refers to one's unique set of traceable digital activities, actions, contributions and communications manifested on the Internet or digital devices. |
Cookies | text files with small pieces of data — like a username and password — that are used to identify your computer as you use a computer network. |
Geolocation | Refers to the identification of the geographic location of a user or computing device via a variety of data collection mechanisms. |
Metadata | data that provides information about other data", but not the content of the data, such as the text of a message or the image itself. |
Data | set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables about one or more persons or objects. |
Spreadsheet | is a computer application for computation, organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form. |
Browser History | Refers to the list of web pages a user has visited, as well as associated metadata such as page title and time of visit. |
Digital Literacy | Refers to an individual's ability to find, evaluate, and clearly communicate information through typing and other media on various digital platforms. |
Blog | Discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries. |
Dossier | Collection of documents about a particular person, event, or subject. |
Derogatory | Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude. |
Social Networking | interactive technologies and digital channels that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. |
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 | collection of settings and information associated with a user. |
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. |