A small piece of semiconducting material that holds the parts of an integrated circuit.

A system on the Internet where documents can be shared and viewed in a web browser.

A bit is a single 0 or 1 in a digital signal. Eight bits together form a byte. 1024 bytes make a kilobyte and 1024 kilobytes make a megabyte.

A way of recording data that directly represents or reproduces something in the real world. For example, a sound wave recorded onto a vinyl disc is an analog storage method.

Uniform Resource Locator. A way to specify a specific address on the Internet.

The connection via the Internet of everyday objects that contain embedded sensors and/or Wi-Fi capabilities

A temporary storage area that contains a record of the websites visited by a user and the associated website data stored by the browser

Using remote computer hardware and software to store and process data.

The practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to trash, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer

A website or software system that searches the Internet for specific information. Common search engines include Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

Short Message Service (SMS). The technical name for texting on cell phones. Service that provides quick exchange of short messages that is provided through a cellular carrier instead of the Internet

Subscriber Identity Module. A small chip that gives a mobile phone a unique customer ID, phone number, and authentication codes.

Rules for being safe, courteous, and polite on the Internet.

Guidelines on how to be safe when actively using a computing system.

Online ethics.

Rules for being unsafe when going on the internet.

Types of fishing nets.

An operating system for mobile devices. Common mobile operating systems include Android and iOS.

Operating System for stationary devices

A device that allows users to interact with a computer by moving the mouse on areas on the screen

A display screen on a computing device that can process user input through touch.

Hyper Transfer Protocol Secure: It is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol + Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Transfers hypertext documents on the World Wide Web while applying encryption algorithms to them, unlike HTTP, which transfers documents in plain text.

A temporary storage area that contains a record of the websites visited by a user and the associated website data stored by the browser.

Techniques used by threat agents to obtain personal information that can be used to access secure data and computer assets or to circumvent security policies and procedures.

A type of software designed to detect malicious software

Software that detects and removes malicious computer programs that are designed to gain unauthorized access to computer systems and information.

The process of transforming information into a format that can only be read by authorized entities

The partnership of ideas and control over the tangible or virtual representation of those ideas

Anything that is owned by a copyright holder. Books, paintings, songs, poems, and movies can all be intellectual property.

A document or online object which was written or created during the time under study

A source that provides a firsthand account of something. Primary sources include original speeches, letters, poems, laws, scientific fieldwork, and artwork.

Unauthorized use of another person's or entity's intellectual property. Piracy can include downloading a movie without paying, making photocopies of a book, or selling a copy of a CD.

Works whose copyrights have expired enter the public domain. Public domain works are free for anyone to reproduce, display, and make derivatives.

Software where anyone can inspect, enhance, and modify the source code.

Software that is free and whose source code is available.