Lesson 26-27

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Biometric security measures

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Examines a fingerprint, a voice pattern, or the iris or retina of the eye.

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filtering

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A process that can be used to cut down on or eliminate most junk mail.

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fraud

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Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.

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hoax

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An attempt to deceive an audience into believing that something false is real.

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logic bomb

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Computer virus triggered by the appearance or disappearance of specified data.

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netiquette

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A combination of the words net and etiquette, refers to good manners and proper behaviors when communicating through electronic media.

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phishing

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Types of personal information scams.

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pyramid schemes

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An illicit business model where profits are based on the investor's ability to recruit other individuals who are enrolled to make payments to their recruiters. Generally, neither a product or service is delivered.

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RDF Summary

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Formats originally developed to facilitate the syndication of news articles.

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spam

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Unsolicited commerical e-mail that is sent to many people at the same time to promote products or services; also called junk e-mail.

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tagging

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The practice of adding keywords to content to simplify searching.

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teleconferencing

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Telecommunications service in which parties in remote locations can participate via telephone in a group meeting.

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time bomb

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The horizontal band in a window that displays the name of the program, data file, or another type of window.

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Trojan horse

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Computer virus that does something different from what it is expected to do.

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urban legend

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Stories which at on etime could have been partially true, but have grown from constant retelling into a mythical yarn.

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virus

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A computer program that is written to cause corruption of data.

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worm

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Computer virus that makes many copies of itself, resulting in the consumption of system resources that slows down or actually halts tasks.

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ActiveX

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A set of rules developed by Microsoft for Windows that controls Windows applications that are downloaded from the Internet and then run in a browser.

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client

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A computer that uses the services of another computer.

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cookie

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Small text files created by some Web pages when you visit the site that may include information about your preferences for the Web page; cookie files are stored on your computer.

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digital certificate

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An electronic document similar to an ID card.

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domain

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A name or other attribute that identifies a computer or Web site on the Internet.

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File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

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Internet standard that allows users to download and upload files with other computers on the Internet.

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geographic imaging

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Technology to change imagery of the Earth's surface into valuable information.

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hit

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Any time a piece of data matches search words you specify.

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home page

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First page that is displayed when a browser is launched.

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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

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Protocol that controls how Web pages are formatted and displayed.

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

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Protocol that defines how messages are formatted and transmitted over the World Wide Web.

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Internet Protocol (IP) address

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A numerical addressing system that uniquely identifies computers and networks linked to the Internet.

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Internet service provider (ISP)

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An organization or company that provides connectivity to the internet through a telecommunications line or wireless system.

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Mosaic

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The first graphical browser.

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podcast

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A method of publishing files (primarily audio) to the Internet that can be streamed or downloaded for playback on a computer or a personal digital audio player.

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portal

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A Web site that featurres useful content, but also contains links to other sites.

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Really Simple Syndication (RSS)

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A format originally developed to syndicate news articles online, this communication method now is used widely to share the contents of blogs.

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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

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A protocol for managing the security of message transmissions on the Internet.

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social networking site

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An online community that provides interavtion for groups of people who share a similar interest or activity.

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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

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Address that tells the brwoser where to locate a Web page.

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Web 2.0

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Participatory Web, this term has several definitions , although the most popular one refers to Web sites where users can modify the content.

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Web cache

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A temporary storage area on your computer collecting data.

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Web site

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A collection of realted HTLM-formatted Web pages located on the World Wide Web.

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webapp

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Sites host software applications you can access with your Web broswer.

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wiki

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A collaborative Web site that people can use to add, edit, remove, and organize Web page content.