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- antivirus program
- A computer program that detects viruses and repairs files
- Bomb
- A destructive computer code or virus designed to activate at a specific time.
- commercial software
- Software whose copyright is owned by the author/software publisher.
- copyright
- Protection giving the owner 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 unathorized 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 and files without permission.
- Hoax
- A program intended to scare users into thinking they have a virus.
- password
- A safeguard 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 distrubute.
- Shareware
- copyrighted software distributed free of charge on a tribal basis with payment by the honor system.
- Trojan horse
- A virus that is disquised 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 computers files or through a computers network.