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- 1. BCT Section 2.01 Terms Technology Issues 1. Tech & Education The use of technology in education 2. Tech & Science The use of technology in science 3. Tech & Work The use of technology in work 4. Technology Careers Careers that involve working with technology 5. Administrative Assistant A person hired to aid an executive by coordinating such office services and procedures 6. Graphic Designer The practice or profession of designing of print or electronic forms of visual information. 7. Network Administrator A person who manages a communication network within an organization 8. PC Support A person who works with minicomputer applications 9. Web Master A person who designs or maintains a website 10. Database Administrator A person responsible for the design and management of one or more databases 11. Software Engineer A person who designs and writes and tests computer programs 12. Computer Crime Crimes committed with the use of computers 13. Computer Fraud Conduct that involves the manipulation of a computer or computer data 14. Computer Hacking Involves invading someone else’s computer 15. Theft of Computer Time An employee uses a company’s computer for personal use 16. Data Diddling Changing data before it is entered into the computer or after it has been entered into the computer 17. Computer Virus A virus is a program that has been written to cause corruption of data on a computer. 18. Worm Virus that makes many copies of it’s self resulting in the consumption of system resources that slows down or actually halts tasks.
- 2. 19. Time Bomb Virus that does not cause its damage until a certain date or until the system has been booted a certain number of times. 20. Logic Bomb Virus triggered by the appearance or disappearance of specified data. 21. Trojan Horse Virus that does something different from what it is expected to do. That hides in other files. 22. Privacy & Security Issues Any time you submit information on the Internet, it is possible for the information to be gathered by many persons and used for various situations including being sold 23. Security Measures Passwords, fire walls, anti virus software