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Vocabulary 1
business
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Digital Literacy | Is ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information. |
Cyber Citizenship | A person who is a frequent or habitual user of the Internet. |
Cyber Bullying | The use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. |
Internet | The global communication network that allows almost all computers worldwide to connect and exchange information. |
Ethics | The study of proper business policies and practices regarding potentially controversial issues. |
Pharming | The fraudulent practice of directing Internet users to a bogus website that mimics the appearance of a legitimate one, in order to obtain personal information such as passwords, account numbers. |
Phishing | The activity of defrauding an online account holder of financial information by posing as a legitimate company. |
Virus | A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data. |
Spyware | Software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive. |
Spam | Irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients. |
Mousetrapping | Block a person efforts to exit from a website, usually one to which they have been redirected. |
Clickjacking | The malicious practice of manipulating a website user's activity by concealing hyperlinks beneath legitimate clickable content, thereby causing the user to perform actions of which they are unaware. |
Hoax | A humorous or malicious deception. |
Browser Hijacking | Is a type of malware program that alters your computer's browser settings so that you are redirected to Web sites that you had no intention of visiting. |
Trojan Horse | A program designed to breach the security of a computer system while ostensibly performing some innocuous function. |
Malware | Software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems. |