Digital Citizenship Vocabulary

A program that duplicates itself, spreads throughout your device (destroying files, changing data, filling your memory)

A trail of data you (unintentionally) create while using the Internet...

A federal law that give the owner legal protection for anything they create...

Courtesy, honesty, kindness and polite behavior while on the Internet ...

Your security "term" to keep your account safe. (at least 8 letters, a mix of letters/numbers/upper&lower case/symbol

A crime that involves someone pretending to be another person in order to steal money or obtain benefits...

Techniques scammers use to collect personal information from unsuspecting users. (false emails/websites to collect info)

Your log-in information (It should NOT include personal info)

Hardware or software that blocks or filters some network traffic from reaching your computer/device...

Theft/downloading intellectual property (stealing what does not belong to you) Usually pictures, music, games, & videos/

An alphabetical list (by author) of all sources used in your writing...

Using someone else's words or ideas and passing them off as your own...

Something created from your mind so it belongs to you...

The information about a source you used for research...

A person who accesses computer information without permission...

Behaving kindly, safely and responsibly while online...

To write something in your own words ...

Unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)

To create a brief statement of the main points...