Lesson 26 And 27

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Biometric security measures

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examine 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 ber used to cut sown on or eliminate most junk mail

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fraud

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Something intended to decieve; deliberate trickery intended to gain and 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 entiquette, refers to good manners and proper behviors when communication through electronic media.

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phising

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Types of personal information scams.

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pyramid

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An illicit business model whre profits are based on the investors ability to recruit other individuals who are enrolled to make payments to their recriters Generally, neither a product or service is delivered

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pyramid schemes

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An illicit business model whre profits are based on the investors ability to recruit other individuals who are enrolled to make payments to their recriters 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 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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tgelecommunications 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 date 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 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 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 it.

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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 program.

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cookies

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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 cerificate

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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 attriburte that identifies a computer or Web site on the Internet.

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File Transfer Protocaol (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 Earths 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

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Protocol that controls how Web pages are formatted and displayed

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Hpertext Transfer Protocol

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

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Internet Protocol 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 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 features useful content, but also contaings links to other sites.

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Really Simple Syndication

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A format originally developed to syndicate new articles online, this communication method now is used widely to share tha contents of blogs. also known as Rich site Summary and RDF Summary.