Chapter 6 - Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy

Cloud Computing

A Web-based service that extends a computer’s software or storage capabilities by allowing users to remotely access excess storage and computing capacity as needed.

Cookie

A small file sent from a Web site and stored in a user’s Web browser to track the user’s Web-browsing activities..

Cyber tort

A tort committed in cyberspace.

Cybersquatting

The act of registering a domain name that is the same as, or confusingly similar to, the trademark of another and then offering to sell that domain name back to the trademark owner.

Distributed Network

A network used by persons located (distributed) in different places to share computer files.

Domain Name

The series of letters and symbols used to identify site operators on the Internet or an Internet address.

Goodwill

The market value of the good reputation of any company, partnership, or other business entity.

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

A business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services.

Meta Tag

A key word in a document that can serve as an index reference to the document. On the Web, search engines return results based, in part, on the tags in Web documents.

Peer-to-peer (P2P) Networking

The sharing of resources (such as files, hard drives, and processing styles) among multiple computers.

Social Media

Forms of communication through which users create and share information, ideas, messages, and other content via the Internet.

Spam

Bulk, unsolicited (junk) e-mail.

Typosquatting

A form of cybersquatting that relies on mistakes, such as typographical errors, made by Internet users when inputting information into a Web browser.