Monday, October 31, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
School (midterm reveiw part 1)
1. Vocabulary Terms
a. Creative Commons- a license that lets you dictate how others may use your work
b. Intellectual property- any property that is created using original thought
c. Copyright- the legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work
d. Public domain- any work that can be accessed by the public and used freely
e. Freeware- copyrighted software given away for free by the author
f. Shareware- Software distributed on the basis of an honor system
g. Open source- refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge
h. Attribution- giving credit to the author
i. Commercial use- money can be made off the copyrighted material
j. Derivative- the copyrighted work cannot be altered
k. Share-alike- the altered work has to be shared with the public
l. Firewall- a system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network
m. Virus- a program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes
n. Hacking- To modify a program, often in an unauthorized manner, by changing the code itself
o. Piracy- illegally copying copyrighted material
p. Malware- software designed specifically to damage or disrupt a system
q. Phishing- The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft
r. Identity theft- stealing someone else’s identity
s. Data back-ups- To copy files to a second medium (a disk or tape) as a precaution in case the first medium fails
t. Cookies- a message given to a Web browser by a Web server
u. File sharing- sharing files online
2. Federal Trade Commission
a. The FTC is who you need to contact if you have your identity stolen
b. The FTC is also in charge of copyrights and the CC
a. Creative Commons- a license that lets you dictate how others may use your work
b. Intellectual property- any property that is created using original thought
c. Copyright- the legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work
d. Public domain- any work that can be accessed by the public and used freely
e. Freeware- copyrighted software given away for free by the author
f. Shareware- Software distributed on the basis of an honor system
g. Open source- refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge
h. Attribution- giving credit to the author
i. Commercial use- money can be made off the copyrighted material
j. Derivative- the copyrighted work cannot be altered
k. Share-alike- the altered work has to be shared with the public
l. Firewall- a system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network
m. Virus- a program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes
n. Hacking- To modify a program, often in an unauthorized manner, by changing the code itself
o. Piracy- illegally copying copyrighted material
p. Malware- software designed specifically to damage or disrupt a system
q. Phishing- The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft
r. Identity theft- stealing someone else’s identity
s. Data back-ups- To copy files to a second medium (a disk or tape) as a precaution in case the first medium fails
t. Cookies- a message given to a Web browser by a Web server
u. File sharing- sharing files online
2. Federal Trade Commission
a. The FTC is who you need to contact if you have your identity stolen
b. The FTC is also in charge of copyrights and the CC
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
School (podcast info)
Podcast-A multimedia digital file made available on the Internet for downloading to a portable media player, computer, etc.
Podcasts are used to listen to downloaded music.
Podcasts can be located on Web sites that provide music or audio messages.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
School (ID Theft stuff)
Mistakes that this person made were using a debit card instead of a credit card and using the debit card for everything. Identity theft is common today because information is easily accessed by almost anyone. Documents and personal belongings that are needed to steal someone’s identity include social security number, address, credit/debit card number, and usernames and passwords. Ways that I think could protect someone from identity theft include not using any credit cards, only give personal information to the intended person (Ex: don’t give information to an assistant), and research who you are buying from before you buy. The person to blame in any identity theft is the person who stole the victim’s identity.
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