Eric Gomes

Use the internet to find definitions/explanations for each of the following terms. You must be prepared to explain these terms in your own words to demonstrate your understanding. INTERNET A vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide !"E An electronic device that makes the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines #$N"%I"T&/#'( The transmission capacity of an electronic communications device or system #R!%(ER A software program that allows the user to find and read encoded documents in a form suitable for display (E$R)& EN*INE A computer program that searches documents, especially on the WWW ET$ T$* A tag in the HT ! that is inserted at the top of a webpage to describe its content &TT' The standard protocol for transferring hyperte"t documents on the WWW &Y'ERTE+T A method of storing data through a computer program that allows a user to create and link fields of information at will and to retrieve the data nonse#uentially I' $""RE((/NU #ER A uni#ue string of numbers separated by periods that identifies each computer attached to the internet$ "! $IN N$ E A series of alphanumeric strings separated by periods, serving as an address for a computer network '$),ET (%IT)&IN* A mode of data transmission in which a message is broken down into a number of parts that are sent independently, over the optimum route
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T)'/I' &sed to govern the connection of computer systems to the internet UR-/URI the address of a webpage %E#(ITE A location connected to the internet that maintains one or more pages on the WWW NETI.UETTE The correct or acceptable way of communicating on the internet /IRE%$-- A part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthori'ed access while permitting outward communication )!!,IE A packet of data sent by an internet server to a browser, which is returned by the browser every time it subse#uently accesses the same server, used to identify the user or track their access of the server )-!U" (T!R$*E A model of networked online storage where data is stored on multiple virtual servers NET NEUTR$-ITY A principal proposed for user access networks participating with the internet that advocates no restrictions$ '0' (enoting a network or data communications in which no dedicated server is involved $"%$RE Ad)unct software that displays advertising while the program it is attached to is running 1IRU( A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, corrupting a system or destroying data "$T$2 ININ* the practice of e"amining large databases in order to generate new information "ENI$- !/ (ER1I)E $TT$), An attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users $-%$RE *oftware that is intended to damage or destroy or disable computers and computer systems
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'&$R IN* The fraudulent practice of directing internet user to a bogus website that mimics the appearance of the legitimate one, in order to obtain personal information '&I(&IN* The activity of defrauding an online account holder of financial information by posing as a legitimate company ('$ ,rrelevent or inappropriate messages sent on the internet

('Y%$RE - *oftware that enables a user to obtain covert information about another.s computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive TR!3$N &!R(E - A program designed to breach the security of a computer system while ostensibly performing some innocuous function %!R - A self-replicating program able to propagate itself across a network, typically having a detrimental effect