Lesson 26 Vocabulary

2. types of personal information scams
3. a story that was partially true, but has grown into a myth
4. adding keywords to content to simplify searching
5. unsolicited commercial e-mail that is sent to many people at the same time to promote something
9. parties in remote locations can participate via telephone in a group meeting
11. process that can cut down on or eliminate junk mail
12. profits are based on the investor's ability to recruit other individuals who are enrolled to make payments to their recruiters
13. intended to deceive to gain an advantage
14. attempt to trick to audience into believing something false is real
16. virus that does not cause damage until until a certain date or number of boots

1. a technique or device that examines a fingerprint, voice pattern, or the iris/retina of the eye
6. virus that makes copies of itself to consume system resources and slow down tasks
7. manners and proper behavior when communicating electronically
8. format originally developed to facilitate the syndication of news articles
10. virus triggered by appearance or disappearance of specified data
15. computer program that is written to cause corruption of data