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37 Cards in this Set
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antiviurs program
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a comp[uter program that detects viruses and repairs files
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bomb
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a destructive computer code or virus designed to active at a specific time
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commerical software
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software whose copyrightis owned by the author/software publisher
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copyright
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protection giving the owner the exclusive rigth to reproduce or distribute copies of his or her own work
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encryption
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process of converting readable data into unreadable characters to prevent unauthorized acces
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ethics
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the moral guidlines that governs the use of computers and imformation systems
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freeware
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software that is given away free of charge but whose author still retains all rights
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hacker
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a person who secretly gains acces to computers and files whithout permission
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hoax
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a program intended to scare users into thinking they haave a virus
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password
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a safeguard for access to a computers or computer programe
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phage
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a program that modifies other programes operating systems and databases
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ethics
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the moral guidlines that governs the use of computers and imformation systems
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freeware
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software that is given away free of charge but whose author still retains all rights
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piracy
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the illegal copying and distribution of software
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hacker
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a person who secretly gains acces to computers and files whithout permission
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public domain software
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software that is not copyrighted and free to copy and distribute
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hoax
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a program intended to scare users into thinking they haave a virus
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shareware
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copyrighted software disrtubuted free charged on a trial basis with payment by the honor syatem
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password
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a safeguard for access to a computers or computer programe
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trojan horse
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a virus that is disguised as a useful piece of software
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phage
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a program that modifies other programes operating systems and databases
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ethics
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the moral guidlines that governs the use of computers and imformation systems
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freeware
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software that is given away free of charge but whose author still retains all rights
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piracy
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the illegal copying and distribution of software
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hacker
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a person who secretly gains acces to computers and files whithout permission
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public domain software
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software that is not copyrighted and free to copy and distribute
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hoax
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a program intended to scare users into thinking they haave a virus
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shareware
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copyrighted software disrtubuted free charged on a trial basis with payment by the honor syatem
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password
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a safeguard for access to a computers or computer programe
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trojan horse
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a virus that is disguised as a useful piece of software
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phage
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a program that modifies other programes operating systems and databases
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piracy
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the illegal copying and distribution of software
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public domain software
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software that is not copyrighted and free to copy and distribute
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shareware
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copyrighted software disrtubuted free charged on a trial basis with payment by the honor syatem
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trojan horse
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a virus that is disguised as a useful piece of software
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virus
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a computer program disigned cause damage to computer files
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worm a
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a destructive computer program that bores its way through computers files or through computers network
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