Term | Definition |
social networking | Allows users to communicate with each other and share their lives in a virtual community. Some examples are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, & Tumblr. |
cookie tracking | let some websites remember information about you like your password and username. can make the website personalized just for you. |
hacker | A person who gains unauthorized access to a computer |
virus | Programs that can hurt your computer. A virus can create, move, or erase your files and cause your computer to not work properly |
identity theft | A crime where someone wrongfully gets and uses another person’s name and/or personal data in order to benefit themselves (ex. Steal their money) |
plagiarism | Taking someone else’s ideas or work and claiming they are your own |
intulatial property | Creations of the mind: inventions, trademarks, novels, poems, plays, film, music, artistic works. Allows the owners of the creations to benefit. Protects their works. |
copyright | the exclusive legal right, given to the creator of a work to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same |
fair use act | Allows limited use of a copyrighted work without payment. |
digital millennium copyright act | Updates US copyright law to include digital media |
internet censorship | The control or blocking of what can be viewed or published on the internet |
netiquette | Good manners when using the internet.
Respecting others’ privacy and not doing annoying behaviors online |
spam | Junk email. E-mail that you don’t want to get. People who “spam” usually send useless e-mails (or advertising) to large numbers of people at once. |
spyware | Software that can spy on your computer. It can get passwords, e-mail messages, credit card information and more. |
anti virus software | Anti-virus programs are designed to detect and remove viruses from your computer.
Filtering software restricts and controls the content a user can see. |
malware | Programs designed to do damage to computers.
“mal” means bad! |
internet search engine | Used to locate websites when users enter search terms or phrases. Some examples are:
Google, yahoo, Bing, Ask |
internet domains | Used to locate websites when users enter search terms or phrases. Some examples are:
Google, yahoo, Bing, Ask |