vocab 1
IP/intellectual property
creative work you have rights for
encryption
the process of encoding data to prevent unauthorized access
digital divide
unequal distribution of technology
phishing
sending illegitimate emails or links to trick the user into giving up PII
integer
a number that can be positive or negative, but not a decimal
copyright
prevents others from using your IP
decryption
the process of decoding data
open source
programs made freely available and can be shared and modified
keylogger
the recording of every keystroke made by a user in order to gain access to PII like passwords
float
creative commons
licenses that control what people do with copyrighted work
digital certificates
a secure file that verifies the identity of a user by binding a public key to their person
rouge access point
a wireless network that gives unauthorized access to secure ones
computer innovations
software made to solve problems
concatenation
2 strings put together by str
PII/personal identifiable information
address, age, passwords, etc
virus
programs that can copy themselves and gain access to systems they arent allowed in
citizen science
using the public to conduct research and gain data
variable
stores info into program to be used later
overflow arrow
when a number is too large to represent
authentification
protects information from unauthorized access
malware
a harmful program that disguises itself as another in order to damage a computing system
crowdsourcing
string
a sequence of characters, numbers, etc
roundoff arrow
when a number is too precise to represent, value is rounded