Big Idea 5: Impact of Computing

Digital Divide

Some communities have less access to computing than others

Crowdsourcing

online users combine efforts to help fund projects, generate ideas, or create goods or services

Citizen Science

The participation of volunteers from the public in a scientific research project (crowdsourcing for science)

Creative Commons

Alternative to copyright, provides free licenses to creators to use when making their work public

Open Access

free access to information and unrestricted use of electronic resources for everyone (opposite of copyright)

PII (Personally Identifiable Information)

Information that can be used to identify someone

MFA (Multifactor Authentication)

login process that requires more information than a password

Encryption

The process of scrambling data to prevent unauthorized access

Symmetric Encryption

the same key is used to both encrypt and decrypt data

Public Key Encryption

uses different keys for encrypting versus decrypting data

Cookie

A small amount of text that tracks information about a user visiting a website

Virus

computer malware (malware=bad) that can make copies of itself

Phishing

An attack where a user is tricked into revealing private information, often via a deceptive email

Rogue Access Point

A wireless access point that provides an attacker with unauthorized access to information going over the network