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- Antivirus program
- a computer program that detects viruses and repairs files.
- Bomb
- a destructive computer code or virus designed to activate at a specific time
- commercial software
- software whose copyright is owned by the author software publisher.
- copyright
- protection givng the owner the exclusive right to reproduce or distribute copies of his or her own work.
- encryption
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process of converting readable data into unreadable characters to prevent unauthorized access.
- ethics
- the moral guidelines that govern the useof computers and information systems.
- freeware
- software that is given away free of charge but whose author still retains all rights.
- hacker
- a person who secretly gains access to coputers and files without premission.
- hoax
- a program intended to scare users into thinking they have a virus.
- password
- a safeguard for access to a computer o computer program.
- phage
- a program that modifies other programs,operating systems,and databases.
- piracy
- the illegal copying and distribution of software.
- public domain software
- software that is not copyrighted and free to copy and distribute.
- shareware
- copyrighted software distributed free of charge on a trial basis with payment by the honor system.
- trojan horse
- a virus that is disguised as a useful piece of softwae.
- virus
- a computer program designed to cause daage to computer files.