Glossary

A glossary of terms used that you may or may not be familiar with or just want to know more information about.
Short descriptions with a link to more information.

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is what bullying used to be, but it has evolved, it can happen at school, at home, on your mobile phone, on social network sites, websites, messenger systems. - Direct.gov

It is when someone uses technology, like the internet or a mobile phone, to deliberately hurt, humiliate, harass, intimidate or threaten someone else. - Cyber mentors

Spyware

Spyware is a general term used to describe software that performs certain behaviors, generally without appropriately obtaining your consent first, such as:

• Advertising
• Collecting personal information
• Changing the configuration of your computer

CEOP

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre delivers a multi-agency service dedicated to tackling the exploitation of children.

Phishing

Just like a lure might be dangled in front of a fish to trick it into thinking there’s a real worm at the end of the hook, phishing is e-mail or instant messages that look like they’re from a reputable company to get you to click a link. These messages can look like the real thing.

Viruses and Malware

Malware and especially viruses can damage your computer or personal mobile device and can be used to extract personal information such as passwords and bank details without you even knowing.

Spam

Some spam is mostly annoying but harmless. However, some spam is part of an identity theft scam or another kind of fraud. Identity theft spam is often called a phishing scam.

Firewall

A firewall is software or hardware that helps guard your computer against hackers as well as some computer viruses and worms that try to reach your computer when it's connected to the Internet.

Social Networks

Social networking services allow users to manage, build and represent their social networks online. Permissions are a very important feature of most social networking services. They allow members and groups to control who can access their profiles, information, connections and spaces, as well as determining degrees of access.
Commonly used Social Networks are Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

More Definitions

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