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Definitions of Terms

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Software piracy   Software piracy is the illegal copying, distribution, or use of software  
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Intellectual property   intangible property that is the result of creativity, such as patents, copyrights, etc.  
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Plagiarism   the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.  
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Shareware   software that is available free of charge and often distributed informally for evaluation, after which a fee may be requested for continued use.  
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Freeware   software that is available free of charge.  
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Public Domain Software   Public domain software is software that is not protected by a copyright and so there is no particular owner or the author has given up ownership rights, leaving the software available for everyone for use  
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Copyright Law   are designed to protect the intellectual property rights of all the authors involved.  
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Reverse Engineering   the reproduction of another manufacturer's product following detailed examination of its construction or composition.  
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Decompilation   produce source code from (compiled code)  
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Network use   The protocol defines a common set of rules and signals that computers on the network use to communicate  
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