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- Antivirus Program
- A computer program that detects viruses and reapairs files.
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Bomb
- A destructive computer code or virus designed to acivate at a specific time.
- Commercial Software
- Software whose copyright is owned by the author/software publisher
- Copyright
- Protection giving the pwner the exclusive right to reproduce or distribute copies of his or her own work.
- Encryption
- Process of converting readable data into unreadable characters to prevent unauthorized access
- Ethics
- The moral guidelines that govern the use of comouters and information systems
- Freeware
- Softwware that is givin away free of charge, but whose author still retains all rights
- Hacker
- A person who secretly gains access to computers and files wothout permission
- Hoak
- A program intended to scare users into thinking the have a virus
- Password
- A safegaurd for access to a computer or computer program
- Phage
- A program that modifies other programs, operating systems, and databases
- Piracy
- The illegal copying and distribution of software
- Public Domain Software
- Software that is not copyrighted and is free to copy and distribute.
- Trojan horse
- A virus that is disguised as a useful piece of software
- Virus
- A computer program designed to cause damage to computer files.
- Worm
- A destructive computer program that bores its way through a computer`s files or through a computers network