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Arkansas CTI Unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Address book | a feature of some email applications that stores names and email addresses in an accessible format |
| Artificial intelligence | type of software that can process information on its own without human intervention |
| Browser | software program used to retrieve document from the World Wide Web (WWW or Web) and to display them in a readable format |
| Cache | a storage location on a computer's hard disk used to temporarily store Internet files |
| Client | a computer that uses the services of another program |
| Computer crime | criminal act committed through the use of a computer, such as getting into someone else's system and changing information or creating a computer virus and causing damage to others' information |
| Computer fraud | manipulation of a computer or computer data in order to obtain money, property, or value dishonestly or to cause loss |
| Computer-based learning | using the computer for learning and instruction |
| Cookies | 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 |
| Copyright | the exclusive right granted by law for a certain number of years, to make and dispose of literary, musical, or artistic work |
| Domain name | identifies a site on the Internet |
| Electronic commerce | business conducted over the Internet; also called e - commerce |
| Electronic mail | transmission of electronic messages over networks |
| Extranet | a network configuration that allows selected outside organizations to access internal information systems |
| Hacking | invading someone else's computer, usually for personal gain or just for the satisfaction of invading someone else's computer |
| Hits | any time a piece of data matches search words you specify |
| Home page | first page that is displayed when a browser is launched |
| Hub | a junction where information arrives from connected computers or peripheral devices and is then forwarded in one or more directions to other computers and devices |
| Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) | protocol that controls how Web pages are formatted and displayed |
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) | protocol that defines how messages are formatted and transmitted over the World Wide Web |
| Identity theft | the crime of obtaining someone else's personal data and using it for financial gain or to defraud or deceive |
| Internet | the largest network used as a communication tool |
| Intranet | a network designed for the exclusive use of computer users within an organization that cannot be accessed by users outside the organization |
| Keywords | words that describe the information the user is trying to locate |
| Navigation | ability to move through a Web page |
| Netiquette | often used to describe rules for proper online behavior |
| Newsgroup | discussion forum or a type of bulletin board |
| Plagiarism | claiming someone else's words as your own |
| Public domain | information or content to which copyright protection does not apply and that is available for anyone to copy |
| Router | a device that directs traffic on a network by dividing data into smaller packets that travel by different routes and then are reassembled at their destination |
| Search engine | software program used to search the Internet through the use of keywords |
| Server | a computer that handles requests for data, e-mail, file transfers, and other network services from other computers (clients) |
| Software piracy | the illegal copying or use of computer programs |
| Spam | unsolicited commercial e-mail that is sent to many people at the same time to promote products or services; also called "junk" e-mail |
| Spider | program that searches the Web; called a spider because it crawls all over the Web |
| Uniform Resource Locator (URL) | address that tells the browser where to locate the page; it is typed into the address bar |
| Virtual reality | an artificial environment used in education, medicine, training, research, and other fields |
| Voice recognition | input devices that are used to issue spoken or voice commands to the computer |
| Web server | computer that houses and delivers Web pages |
| Wildcard character | the asterisk ( * ) symbol; used to search for words that the user is not sure how to spell or for word variations |
| Worm | computer virus that makes many copies of itself, resulting in the consumption of system resources that slows down or actually halts tasks |
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