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biometric security measures
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-a technique or device that examines a fingerprint, 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 deveive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.
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hoax
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-an attempt to deceive an audience into believeing 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 or the words net and ettiquette, refers to good manners and proper behaviors when communication 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 avility or 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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-a format originally developed to facilitate the syndication of news articles.
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spam
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-unsolicited commercial email that is sent to many people at the same time to promote products or services; also called junk email.
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tagging
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-the practice of adding additional 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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-computer virus that does not cause its damage until a certian date or until the system has been booted a certian number of times.
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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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-a story which at one time could have been partially true, but has grown from a constant retelling into a mythical yern.
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virus
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-a computer program that is written to cause a 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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