TECH VOCAB

ETHICS The rules that we use to define behaviors as “right” or “wrong” page 6

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Ideas and concepts created or owned by a person or company (including books, music, movies, software, inventions, and trademarks.) page 126

COPYRIGHT A type of legal protection for works that are created or owned by a person or a company. Page 126

TRADEMARK A name, symbol, or other feature that identifies a product with a specific owner. Page 126

PERMISSION Consent or authorization by the owner or creator to use his or her work in a way that was not its original purpose

TERMS OF USE The rules regarding permission to use copyrighted material

FAIR USE The times when you use copyrighted material without permission or payment (page 128)

PUBLIC DOMAIN That material which people can freely use without asking permission (page 128)

PIRACY The act of copying or sharing copyrighted material without permission (page 129)

FILE SHARING To give, receive, or exchange music, videos, or other files with other computer or Web users. (page 129)

PLAGIARISM To take credit for someone else’s ideas (page 13)

PROOFREAD The check a document for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and to see if everything makes sense. (page 141)

CUT To remove data from one area and store it so that it can be placed to a different location (page 141)

COPY PASTE To duplicate data from one location to another (page 141)

SYNONYM a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.

WARRANTY A manufacturer’s promises to pay for specific repairs, offer replacements, or refund money for a certain length of time. (210)

E-COMMERCE Business, buying and selling performed over the Internet (page 255)

CONSUMER A person who buys products (page 255)

BANNER AD A graphical advertisement that takes you to another Web site when you click on it. (page 260)

POP-UP AD A small Web page containing an advertisement that suddenly appears on your screen when you are using a Web site (page 261)

DATABASE A software program that organizes data or information so that it can be quickly found and displayed. (page 264)

FRAUD A deliberate attempt to trick people into giving money or information

CYBERCRIME A crime that is committed with the help of a computer

LINKING The processing of connecting text boxes so that when one box is filled, the text will continue into the connected box (page 394

OPERATING SYSTEM The overall program that controls all the other software programs, and allows hardware devise to work properly. page 47