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unit 1 vocab. Orientation and Ethics

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  • Pertaining to hearing to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing.
    Auditory
  • An identification used by a person with access to a computer network.
    Username
  • of or relating to seeing or sight.
    Visual
  • A number of interconnected computers, machines, or operations.
    Network
  • Of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
    Tactile
  • The ability to control information one reveals about oneself over the internet and the ability to control who can access information.
    Privacy
  • The unauthorized use or reproduction of another's work.
    Piracy
  • A self-replicating program able to propagate itself across a network, typically having a detrimental effect.
    Worm
  • Use of information that is expressly allowed under a licensing agreement.
    Authorized use
  • Software license agreement is a contract between "licensor" and purchaser of the right to use software.
    EULA
  • The activity of converting data or information into code.
    Encryption
  • Branch of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct.
    computer ehtics
  • Software used to prevent, detect, and remove malware, including computer viruses, worms and trojan horses.
    Antivirus software
  • A type of software license and a legal agreement that allows users to run the software package simultaneously.
    Site license
  • Portion of a hard disk, floppy disk, or similar data storage device that contains code for
    Boot sector
  • The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individuals distinctive character.
    Personality
  • Moral principles that govern a persons or groups behavior.
    Ethics
  • The activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text.
    Decryption
  • An outgoing, gregarious person.
    Extraverted
  • A person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data.
    Hacker
  • A string of characters or qualities that form an individuals distinctive character.
    Password
  • One of several approaches ar ways of learning that are presumed to allow an individual to learn best.
    Learning style
  • Viewing private accounts, messages, files or resources when one has not been given permission from the owner to do so.
    Unauthorized access/use
  • A number allocated to an individual and used to validate electronic transactions.
    PIN
  • Any crime that involves a computer and a network, where the computers may or may not have played an instrumental part in the commission of a crime
    Cybercrime
  • Software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer.
    computer virus
  • A shy person.
    Introverted