Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Vocabulary for test on Halloween

Words I do know-
-Copyright
-Intellectual Property
-Creative Commons
-Public Domain
-Attribution
-Commercial Use
-Derivative
-Share Alike
-Firewall
-Virus
-Hacking
-Piracy
-Identity Theft
-Cookies
-File Sharing
-Cloud

Words I don't know-
Freeware- computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee
Shareware- proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convience
Open Source- practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials
Malware- short for malicious software, consists of programming (code, scripts, active content, and other software) designed to disrupt or deny operation, gather information that leads to loss of privacy or exploitation, gain unauthorized access to system resources, and other abusive behavior
Phishing- a way of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication
Data Back-ups-making copies of data which may be used to restore the original after a data loss event

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