ed johnson
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copy deck
- antivirus program
- a computer program that detects viruses and repairs files.
- bomb
- a destructive computer code or virius designed to activate at a specific time.
- commercial software
- software whose copywright is owend by the author/oftware publisher.
- copyright
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protection giving the owner the exclusive right to reproduce or distribute copies of his or her own work.
- encryption
- process of converting readable data into unreadable characters to prevent unauthorized access/
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ethics
- THE MORAL GUIDELINE THAT govern the use of computers and info system
- free ware
- software that is given away free of charge, but whose aurthor still retains all rights.
- hacker
- a person who secretly gains access to computers and files without permission.
- hoax
- a program intended to scare users into thinking they have a viiouse.
- password
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a safeguard for access to a computer or computer pogram.
- phage
- a program intended to scare users into thinking they have a viriouse.
- piracy
- the illegal copying and distribution of software.
- publice domain software
- software that is not copywrighted and is free to copy andd disttrubute.
- shareware
- copyrighted software distributed free of cgarge on a tril basis with payment by the honor system.
- trojan horse
- a viriouse that is dusuised as a usefull piece of softwware
- virius
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a computer proram designed to cause damage to computer files.
- worm
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a destructive computer program that bores its way through a computers files or thruogh a computers network.