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- Antivrius Program
- A computer program that detects viruses and repairs files.
- Bomb
- A destructive computer code or virus designed to acttivate at a sepific time.
- Commercial Software
- Software whose copyright is owned by the author/software publisher
- Copyright
- Protection given the owner the exclusive right to reduce or distribute copies of his or her own work.
- Encryption
- Process of converting readable data into unreadable characters to prevent unaruthorized access.
- Ethics
- The moral guidelines that govern the use of computers and information systems.
- Freeware
- Software that is given away free of charge, but whose author still retains all rights.
- Hacker
- A person who secretly gains access to computers files without permssion.
- Hoax
- A program intended to scare users ino thinking they have a virus.
- Password
- A safeguard for access to a comptuer or computer program.
- Phage
- A program that modifies other programs, operating system, and databases.
- Piracy
- The illegal copying and distributed free of charge on a trial basis with payment by the honor system.
- Public Domain Software
- Software that is not copyrighted and is free to copy and distribute.
- Shareware
- Copyrighted software distributed free of charge on trial basis with payment by the honor system.
- Trojan Horse
- A virus that is disguised as a piece if sftware.
- Virus
- A computer program designed to cause damage to computer fies.