| A | B |
|---|
| junk e-mail | spam |
| the person who sends spam e-mails | spammers |
| mean of harassing behavior online | cyber bullying |
| anyone who uses cyber space | cyber citizen |
| real people communicating through computers connected to the Internet | cyberspace |
| sequence of characters on your keyboard to show emotion | emoticons |
| putting someone down in cyberspace using rude words | flame war |
| passing along an email you received | forwarding |
| stories, urban legends, or rumors | hoaxes |
| information that is not given directly | indirect information |
| worldwide network of smaller networks | internet |
| worms or viruses written to harm your computer | maleware |
| people online who bother you and make you feel uncomfortable | online bullies |
| series of letters, numbers or symbols used to log onto a computer sustem, usually 6-8 characters long | password |
| someone who victimizes somebody else, using lies, secrecy or stealth | predator |
| a victim of a predator | prey |
| a program running in the background of your computer monitoring your activities, can cause pop-ups | spyware |
| a program written claiming to be one thing but actually will do another when downloaded | trojan horse |
| computer instruction that can cause damage to your computer by spreading infected files | virus |
| travel through shared files and programs on a network | worms |
