Web Ethics & Law

4. exception to copyright infringement
8. ownership of any creative work or invention
9. fraud which involves stealing personal information for financial gain through e-mail
12. adult Internet user who uses social networking sites, chat rooms or other cyberspace to approach and eventually hurt other people, usually for sexual or other abusive purposes
14. crime which occurs when someone’s personal and financial information is stolen in order to impersonate him or her for financial gain
15. creation, distribution or forwarding of a message which includes sexually explicit materials through a computer, cell phone or other electronic device
17. collection of computers controlled by users other than their owners to perform automated tasks over the Internet
19. use of computers, cell phones or other electronic devices to deliberately and repeatedly harm another person through the Internet
20. security component which encrypts data and keeps it private within a public network

1. device which monitors network activities for malicious attacks and produces reports to a management station
2. use of other people’s words, thoughts or ideas without crediting the source
3. software designed to protect computers from viruses
5. Virus
6. originally refers to someone who is an expert at computer programming and who is able to solve computer problems, but also means someone who illegally gains access to others’ computer for their own profits
7. program which replicates and spreads itself from one computer to another
10. method through which hackers can gain access to a computer
11. network controller which connects network devices and allows effective communication between these devices
13. unauthorized reproduction or distribution of copyrighted materials, information or production
16. granted legal right which gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights to reproduce, publish, sell or distribute his or her production
18. computer device which forwards data packets from one network to another