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Tweens are Surfing
"5th Grade Web Surfing"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| phishing | using fake e-mails or websites to get financial data for the purpose of identity theft |
| cookies | a small amount of data containing information about a user sent by a Web server to a browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a web page |
| misinformation | false, misleading, and incorrect information |
| adware | software that collects information from a user's browsing patterns so that they can display advertisement that might be of interest to the user |
| surveilance | to watch a person, often without their knowledge: computer surveillance tracks what the user is doing on their computer |
| hackers | generally used as a term for people who try to get around computer security systems with criminal intent |
| spyware | malicious software (malware) which when installed on a computer collects small pieces of information about the users without their knowledge |
| trojan horse viruses | software that looks like it will do something you want, but when installed actually harms the computer or steals information from it |
| rootkits | software that allows high-level access to a computer or network while keeping itself masked or hidden from the security measures in place |
| cybercrime | the illegal use of computers or the internet, or crime committed by using computers |
| hoaxes | in this case websites, e-mail, or other digital information that is intended to deceive or trick someone |
| viable information | information that can be verified or tested to be true or accurate: information that is true and accurate |
| malware | software that has malicious intent |
| identity theft | the crime of setting up and using bank accounts and credit facilities in another person's name without his or her knowledge |
| spammers | people who compose lists of e-mails to sell illegally or without the consent of the people owning those addresses to others who send out mass e-mails for advertising purposes (spam) |
| tabs | a way to organize information on a web page by stacking the information and allowing access to it by clicking on a button or "tab" that brings the page to the top of the stack |
| top level domain names | the part of the web address that appears in the root zone and is commonly recognized. Examples would be .com .net .gov .edu, etc. |
| ~ | tilde: often used to indicate that a website is hosting a page for users other than itself. A % sign can also indicate this |
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MicahS
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