Computer Ethics Vocabulary

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  1. 1. License Grants the user the right to make a specified number of copies of a software program for use on multiple computers.
  2. 3. This is the exclusive right to the reproduction, publication, and sale of an intellectual work.
  3. 4. Software This is copyrighted software available for purchase.
  4. 5. Bomb This is destructive code that is set to activate at a certain time or when a specific action is taken.
  5. 7. Program This is a program that automatically checks each disk as it is inserted into the disk drive and scans all data from telecommunication devices to locate and give warning of any virus that may be likely to enter a computer.
  6. 10. Domain Software This is software, donated for public use that can be freely copied and distributed.
  7. 13. A form of software that collects information about the user in order to display advertisements in the browser based on the information it collects from the user’s browsing patterns.
  8. 14. Ware This is copyrighted software that is given away free of charge but is still the property of the owner and the user doesn’t have the right to distribute copies, just the owner.
  9. 15. Any software that covertly gathers user information through the user’s internet connection without his or her knowledge; usually for advertising purposes.
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  1. 2. Property These are ideas put into action, such as writing, music, art, computer code, and inventions that can be protected under copyright or patent laws.
  2. 6. Disinfectant Program This is a program used to search for viruses that may be established on a hard drive. (Doesn’t automatically search)
  3. 8. Horse This is destructive code that gains access to a computer disguised as something such as a desirable software program. Once inside the computer, it can do damage but it cannot spread from disk to disk or computer to computer.
  4. 9. Ware This is copyrighted software that is distributed free of charge on a trial basis. A normal fee is charged if the user decides to keep it.
  5. 11. Protect This is to protect software against unwanted or illegal duplication by writing computer code within the programs that prevents simple copying.
  6. 12. Piracy This is the unwanted and illegal copying and use of software.