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Flashcards by Shannon Anderson-Rush, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Shannon Anderson-Rush
over 3 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Blog | a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style. |
| Copyright | the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same. |
| Digital footprint | the information about a particular person that exists on the Internet as a result of their online activity. |
| Flame wars | a lengthy exchange of angry or abusive messages between users of an online forum or other discussion area. |
| Identity theft | the fraudulent acquisition and use of a person's private identifying information, usually for financial gain. |
| Malware | any software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server, client, or computer network. |
| Password | a secret word or phrase that must be used to gain admission to something. |
| Phishing | the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information or data, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. |
| Spyware | software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive. |
| Trojan horse | a program designed to breach the security of a computer system while ostensibly performing some innocuous function. |
| Troll | a person who starts flame wars or intentionally upsets people on the Internet by posting inflammatory and digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community. |
| Virus | a type of computer program that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code. |
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