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Safe vs. Unsafe
Evaluating Websites
Domains
Early Days
Random
100
The color the url bar turns for many secure sites.
What is Green
100
Explanations at the bottom of a book or webpage
What are footnotes?
100
Domain for Non-Profits
What is .org
100
Devices that have or operate with the aid of many small components, esp. microchips and transistors, that control and direct an electric current.
What are electronics?
100
A kind of memory that retains data in the absence of a power supply
What is flash memory?
200
Software programs designed to detect and destroy computer viruses.
What is Antivirus Software
200
Domains for other countries
What are Country Codes?
200
Website for the state of Colorado
What is .gov
200
A specialized outlet on a piece of equipment to which a plug or cable connects.
What is a port?
200
Using applications that allow you to find your friends — and allow them to find you.
What is social mapping?
300
Software designed to collect and transmit private information, such as passwords, without the user's consent or knowledge.
What is malware?
300
A newspaper's trustworthiness
What is credibility?
300
Domain of a website for UNC- Chapel Hill
What is .edu
300
Year that the Internet was created
When was 1969?
300
USB stands for
What is Universal Serial Bus?
400
The conversion of data into a form, called a ciphertext.
What is Encryption?
400
Domain of the websites that can legitimately asking you for your social security number or your place of employment.
What is a .gov?
400
DISA
What is .mil
400
Part of a computer in which operations are controlled and executed.
What is The Central Processing Unit (CPU)(Microprocessor)?
400
A flexible removable magnetic disk, typically encased in hard plastic, used for storing data
What is a Floppy Disk
500
Websites such as WebofTrust or LinkScanner
What are Website Safety Checkers
500
The author's proof of authority
What are credentials?
500
Domain for Internet Service Providers
What is .net
500
Social involvement in improving technology.
What is Technological Advancement
500
Allows people to share files through an informal network of computers running the same software.
What is P2P File Sharing