Lesson 26

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biometric security measures

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Examine a fingerprint a voice pattern or iris or retina of the eye and match entry originally stored in system.

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filtering

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.A method for copying data in a worksheet.

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fraud

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

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hoax

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An attempt to decieve an auidence into believing something false is real.

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logic bomb

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Computer virus triggered by the apperance 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 commuicating 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 buisness 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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.a format orginally delveloped to facilitate the syndication of new articles

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spam

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Unsolicited commercial e-mail 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 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 certain data or until the system has been booted a certain number of times.

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Trojan horse

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.computer virus that does something different from what it is expexted 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 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 actuallyhalts tasks.