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Is a worldwide collection of computer networks,

cooperating with each other to exchange data.

The Internet provides the following main facilities:

1. E-mail
2. Chat
3. Searching Jobs
4. Advertising for Business
5. E-commerce
6. Searching Information
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A website is a collection of different kinds of data.

Types of Websites:
Portal Websites
News Websites
Informational Websites
Business/ Marketing Websites
Educational Websites
Entertainment Websites
Advocacy Websites
Blogs Websites
Wiki Websites
Content aggregator Websites
Social Network Websites
Search Engines, Directories, Yellow pages and Portals Websites
Computer Ethics is the responsible use of
Computers and Computer networks. Netiquette
refers to the etiquette on the Internet.

Netiquette has important points:

1. Real people exist behind the computers.
2. Protect your privacy.
3. Avoid spamming.

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1. Software Privacy
* If someone reproduces a copy of software and sells it for
profit.
2. Computer Worms and Viruses
* Intended for malicious purposes like to steal info or destroy
data.
3. Plagiarism
* Copying someone else’s work
4. Hacking
* Illegally accessing other people’s computer system.
5. Intellectual Property Rights
* Ownership of intangible

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6. Copyright
* Legal means of protecting an author’s work.
7. Information Privacy
* Privacy of personal information.
* (Anti-Cybercrime Law) used to define
cybercrime, provide for the prevention,
investigation, suppression, and penalties
therefore and for other purposes.

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* The University of the Philippines denounced
defacing of its website but assured the public that
no sensitive data was damaged or compromised.
* In a statement, the state university apologized to
the public for the inaccessibility of the UP System
website last April 24,2012.
* The cyber attack, which left a map of China on the
main page with the words “We are from China!
Huangyan Island is ours!,” was launched amid the
ongoing standoff over the Panatag Shoal between
the Philippines and China.

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* In a statement, UP president Alfredo Pascual said the
cyber attack deprived the public of vital information
especially related to the recent UP commencement
exercises.
* But he assured that no private data such as
constituents’ data from the UP Webmail,
computerized registration system, etc. were
compromised.
* The Computer center of the campus should
make adjustments to restore the site and
prevent similar incident from happening again.

* Hacking other websites achieved nothing but

unproductive counter-actions.

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