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| computer vandalism | act of damaging, altering, or destroying a computer, computer peripherals, computer software, or computer service |
| freeware | a copyrighted program for which the user is not obligated to compensate the author in any manner |
| private | data which is confidential and only ethically available to selected individuals |
| unethical | not conforming to accepted professional standards of conduct |
| worm | a program similar to a computer virus, but it does not lie dormant nor does it need another program to run |
| hacker | computer users who enjoy tinkering with computer or who intentionally access computers without permission to do so |
| copyright law | law granting a legal right to a copyright holder which requires the permission of the copyright holder to make non-archival copies |
| piracy | the unauthorized dupliction and distribution of copyright-protected software |
| ethical | conforming to accepted professional standards of conduct |
| virus | relating to computer, a program that can reproduce by changing other programs to include a copy of itself |
| intellectual property | ideas put into actions, such as writing, music, art, computer code, that can be protected under copyright or patent laws |
| public | data which is available ethically to any user |
| shareware | programs like public domain but ones for which the author requests a donation if you use the software |
| public domain | a non-commercial, copyrighted progam free of public restriction |
