Combination of hardware and software that allows computers to exchange data with different types of computers.
What is a network.
100
Network used by a single organization such as a corporation or school and is only accessible by authorized users.
What is Intranet
100
Standard telephone line to convert analog signals to digital data.
What is a conventional modem.
100
Make it a crime to access electronic data without authorization.
What is Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986.
100
Protection of digital information such as pictures, music, and videos.
What is copyright
200
A network used to connect devices within a small area such as a building or a campus.
What is Local-Area Network or LAN.
200
Network security system that prevents unauthorized network access.
What is a Firewall
200
Standard telehone line with transmission data up to 640 kbps.
What is DSL modem or (Digital Subscriber Line)
200
Requires federal goverment agencies to make certain agency information available for public inspection.
What is the Electronic Freedom of Information Act of 1996.
200
A program or series of instructions that can replicate without the user's knowledge.
What is a virus
300
Used to connect devices over a large geographical area.
What is Wide-Area Network or WAN.
300
An intranet by providing various levels of accessibility to authorized members of the public.
What is a extranet
300
Transmits data through a coaxial cable television network.
What is a Cable Modem
300
Requires commercial websites that collect personal information from children under the age of 13 to obtain parental consent.
What is the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA)
300
Copyright infringement includes duplication of computer software when copies are being used by individuals who have not paid for the software.
What is piracy
400
Each computer on network is considered equal in terms of responsibilities and resource sharing.
What is peer to peer network.
400
The largest and most widley accessed network?
What is the Internet
400
Used by many business and schools for Internet access.
What is a Leased/Dedicated Lines.
400
Gives Americans the freedom to use any type of encryption to protect their confidential information.
What is the Safety and Freedom through Encryption Act of 1999 (SAFE)
400
A program that appears as something else, usually a program that looks trustworthy. Running the program runs the malicious code and damages files on the computer.
What is a Trojan horse
500
Agroup of computers called clients connected to the server.
What is client/server network.
500
Device that connects to different network technologies.
What is a router.
500
Digital telephone network provided by a local phone company.
What is a IDSN (Integrated Services Digital Network)
500
Gives law enforcement the ability to monitor individual's emails and web activity.
What is the Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (PATRIOT)
500
A program that is able to reproduce itself over a network causing the system to shut down.