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Digital Citizenship
Glossary
Term | Definition |
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AVATAR | A graphic (picture, image) that you use to represent yourself on the Internet |
DIGITAL FOOTPRINT | All the info online about a person either posted by that person or by others |
FAIR USE | The idea that copyright may be quoted without the need for permission or payment if a citation is provided |
FIREWALL | Hardware or software that blocks or filters certain types of network traffic from reaching your computer |
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | Art, books, inventions, magazines, movies, music, performances, reports, software, and stories created by you or others |
LISTSERVE | An online list that allows users to send e-mail to one address, where messages are then copied and sent to all of the people on the list |
MALWARE | Stands for malicious software or code, which includes any harmful code--trojans, worms spyware, adware, etc.--that is designed to damage the computer or collect information |
NETIQUETTE | Courtesy, honesty, and polite behavior practed on the Internet |
OPEN SOURCE | Programming code with limited or no copyright restrictions, allowing you to legally modify and share the software program |
PHISHING | A con game that scammers use to collect personal info from unsuspecting users |
SPYWARE | Software that goes on your computer without your knowledge and steals private info |
WORM | A type of virus that replicates itself, but does not change any files on your machine; they can, however, multiply so many times that they take up all your computer's available memory |