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Digital Citizenship Terms

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Flaming & Trolling   sending or posting mean messages intended to hurt someone's feelings  
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Happy-Slapping   recording someone being harassed or physically bullied, then posting the video online for everyone to see  
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Physical Threats   sending messages to involve threats to a person's physical safety  
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Identity Theft / Impersonation   stealing someone's password and taking over their online accounts to send or post incriminating or humiliating pictures, videos, or information  
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Photoshopping   altering digital images so that the main subject is placed in a compromising or embarrassing situation  
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Rumor Spreading   spreading gossip through e-mail, text messaging, or social networking sites  
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Instant Messaging   real-time communication over the Internet  
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IM Slang   new word phrase in the form of abbreviations invented for faster online communication  
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Username   usually not someone's real name, but the name the person uses online  
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Private Message   a message privately sent to someone  
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Community Chat   online chatroom conversation in which all members participate publicly  
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Unwanted Messages   messages that range from annoying advertisements to messages that promote hate, violence, or sexuality  
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Petitions   online surveys about current events or social issues that are often sent by spamming  
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Spamming   sending messages to many e-mail addresses of people you don't know  
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Cyberstalking   stalking or harassing someone online  
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Forward   a message or article sent to you by someone who was not the original writer of the message  
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Netiquette   polite, courteous online behavior  
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Chatrooms   a virtual "room" in which you send messages that appear almost instantly on the computer monitor of other people who are also participating in the chat or discussion  
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Adware   computer software that displays advertisements  
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Application (app)   computer software created for a particular task - used on smart phones and tablets  
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MMS   multimedia messaging service - allows for sending video, audio, pictures, ringtones and other media  
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Blog   a website that is regularly updated and operates like a journal with writing, opinions, experiences, photos, videos, and links to other information  
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Bystander   one present but not taking part in a situation or event (like bullying)  
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Cyberbullying   using technology to harm others through deliberate, repeated hostile attacks  
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Operating System   group of software programs that provide instructions to a computer so that it may operate  
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Central Processing Unit (CPU)   Carries out the functions in a computer  
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Cloud Computing   a computer network that allows for software and hardware to be placed on it  
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Cookie   a packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser, which is returned by the browser each time it subsequently accesses the same server, used to identify the user or track their access to the server  
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Copyright   exclusive rights given to someone who creates original work  
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Coverage Area   refers to the area in which a service provider offers its communication service  
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Piracy   reproduction or copying of music, video, or literature without proper compensation or permission  
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Plagirism   Using someone's work without giving credit to the original author  
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Plug-In   something you can add to a software application to enhance its abilites  
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Sexting   the act of sending inappropriate sexual material between cell phones  
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Digital Addiciton   dependence on the use of digital technologies  
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Digital Security Certificate   verifies whether a website is secure or not  
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Domain Name   type of internet address (.gov, .com, .edu....)  
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Downloading   receiving data from a server or another computer  
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E-Mail   electronic mail  
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Emoticon   indicates emotion - uses letters and punctuation  
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Social Network   website designed for groups of people who publish their own information and share it with others  
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Fair Use   A limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work  
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Hacked   your computer or network has been broken into without your permission  
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Spam   e-mail sent to a large group of people who did not sign up to receive it - often requests information or money and can contain viruses  
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Spyware   a type of malware that unknowingly collects information from a computer  
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HTTP   used to transfer data over the World Wide Web - required before a web address in a URL  
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HTTPS   securely used to transfer data over the World Wide Web - required before a web address in a URL  
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Identity Theft   form of fraud where one person assumes the identity of another person  
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IP Address   string of numbers that indicates the location of a computer or server  
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Malware   computer software designed to harm a computer  
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Virus   type of malware that replicates itself and spread to other comptuers  
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