ETHICS PRESENTATION

ACCESSIBILITY

The ability of physically disabled people to use the computer.

AUPACCEPTABLE USE

POLICY

Acceptable use policy or the rules for the use of a business’ resources.

CODE OF CONDUCT

Rules of personal behavior. Also called ethics.

COOKIES

Small software programs that track your movements on the Internet and store personal information about you.

COPYRIGHT LAWS

Laws that give the creator of intellectual property rights to use his or her own creations.

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT

Law preventing people and businesses from sharing someone else’s intellectual property over the Internet.

ERGONOMICS

The study of the work area and its effects on the body.

ETHICS

Rules of personal behavior.Also called Code of Conduct.

FAIR USE ACT

Law allowing a small amount of someone’s intellectual property to be used.

FREEWARE

Software that is free for anyone to use.

HACKING

Using the computer to break into someone else’s computer.

IDENTITY THEFT

Taking and using someone’s personal identity for gain (personal profit).

OPEN SOURCE

Code that is shared with others who are allowed to build software based on this code.

PIRACY

Stealing other’s work by copying it and giving it away or selling it.

PUBLIC DOMAIN

The copyright owner has been dead for 70+ years so his or her work is now available for use by the public.

SHAREWARE

Software that can be used for a limited time. Once the trial period is over, the user must pay to keep using the software.