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| instant messaging (IM) | real-time communication with friends, family and colleagues by typed text via the Internet |
| social network | a website where people share interests and activities and explore the interests and activities of others |
| texting | the sending of short text messages from mobile phones |
| email | mail sent instantaneously by your computer to anywhere in the world |
| discussion board | an online bulletin board on which you can post, and expect to see responses to, comments about a certain topic or interest, or you can just read messages on the board |
| flame war | hostile and insulting interaction between Internet users |
| chat room | an online forum that allows real-time text conversations |
| wiki | an online collaborative environment that anyone can edit |
| podcast | an online audio or video file that can be downloaded for listening or viewing at any time |
| cyberethics | a code of safe and responsible behavior for the Internet community |
| copyright | the legal right of ownership to the work produced in books, music, plays, movies, graphics/pictures and computer software. To copy this work you must get permission from the owner of the legal right. |
| fair use | the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without getting permission. Use by a student is one of the conditions of fair use. The source must be cited. |
| public domain | non-copyrighted material which may be used without asking permission |
| hack | to break into a computer without permission |
| piracy | the act of stealing valuable property by copying software, music, graphics/pictures, movies, or books |
| plagiarism | illegal activity which involves the copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as your own |
| cyberbullying | intentional and repeated use of cell phone or computer networks to cause harm or distress |
