Kaarten: Professional Communication U7-12 | Quizlet

Reliability

The quality of being able to be trusted or believed because of working or behaving well

Integrity

The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change

Diligence

The quality of working carefully and with a lot of effort

Fairness

The quality of treating people equally or in a way that is right or reasonable

Conscience

The part of your mind that helps you know what is right or wrong and makes you feel bad when you do something wrong. → geweten

Preliminary

Something that happens first, before the main or final part.

Complacency

Feeling too comfortable or satisfied, so you stop trying or being careful.

Subsequent

Happening after something else

To adhere to

To follow or obey something (like a rule or plan).

To comply with

To do what a rule, law, or request says.

Disengagement

Stopping being involved or connected to something.

To minimize

To make something as small or as little as possible.

Median

The part in the middle of a road that separates traffic going in opposite directions.

To rotate

To turn around

Dark pattern

A user interface design that tricks users into doing something they do not really want.

Terms of Service

The rules and conditions you must agree to when you use a service or app.

Copyright

A legal protection that stops others from using a published work without permission.

Digital footprint

the information you leave behind when you use the internet.

Malicious software

This kind of software or computer programs are designed to damage other people's computers and prevent them from working normally

Spyware

Software that collects information about how someone uses the Internet, or personal information such as passwords, without the user being aware of it

Trojan horse

Malicious software that looks like a safe or useful program but secretly harms your computer or steals information.

Ransomware

This disables the victim's access to data until ransom is paid

Adware

Software that automatically displays or downloads (unwanted) advertisements to a user when he/she is online

To spur

To encourage an activity

To outlaw

To make something illegal or unacceptable

Deep packet inspection

Also known as packet sniffing, A method used to look closely at internet data to see what it contains, not just where it comes from or goes to.

Endorsement

Public support or approval of a person, product, or idea.

Telcos

Telecommunications companies

To dub

To give something or someone a particular name

Node

A point or device in a network where information is sent, received, or passed on.

Encryption

Protects digital information by changing it into a code that only authorized people can read.

To decode

To discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way

To encode

To encode is to put information into a coded form so other people cannot easily understand it.

To intercept

To stop and catch something or someone before that thing or person is able to reach a particular place

Unauthorized

Without someone's official permission to do something or be in a particular place

Geo-blocking

Technology that restricts access to Internet contect based upon the user's geographical location

VPN

Short for Virtual Private Network, allows a user to connect to a network through a tunneling protocol and to access internal Internet and intranet websites and email

To deploy

To use something or someone, especially in an effective way

To prohibit

To officially refuse to allow something, to forbid something

Suppression

The act of stopping something from being shown, said, or used.

Non-disclosure agreement

A legal agreement where someone promises not to share a company’s secrets or private information.

To outsource

When a company pays to have part of its work done by another company

To refute

To prove that something is false or wrong

Precedent

An earlier example or decision that is used as a rule or guide for future cases

Default

The normal or automatic setting or choice, used if nothing else is chosen.

Cryptography

The practice of protecting information by turning it into a secret code so others cannot read it.

Blacklist

A list of people or groups that are banned from something

Cancel culture

When someone is excluded or ignored because of something they did or said.

To deplatform

To stop someone from being able to speak or share their views on a website or social media platform.

Disinformation

False information that is shared on purpose to mislead people.

Liable

Legally responsible for something, especially for damage or harm.

Shadow ban

To block a user on a website or chatroom without their knowledge, so that they continue to see their own posts and comments but nobody else does

Subjectivity

Being based on personal feelings or opinions, not on facts.

Monopoly

An organization or group that has complete control of something

Provider

A company that sells a particular type of product/service

Unprecedented

Never having happened in the past

To freeze somebody out

To stop a person or organization from being included in a particular activity or arrangement

A third-party purchase

A purchase made through someone else, not directly from the main seller or provider.

Allegedly

Used when something is said to be true but has not been proved

Core process

A process that is part of the core business and therefore delivers customer value

Drawback

A disadvantage

Machine learning

A technology where computers learn from data and get better at tasks without being given step-by-step instructions by humans.

To relay

To repeat something you have heard to someone else

Ursury

Lending money and charging extremely high interest when it is paid back.

Commission

Extra money someone earns for selling things, based on how much they sell.

Protocol

A protocol is a set of rules that tell computers how to communicate with each other.

Domain

A group of websites or computers that are connected and used for the same purpose.

Subscription

Amount of money you pay regularly to receive a product or service

Duopoly

A situation in which only two companies control all the business in a particular industry

Terms and conditions

The rules and agreements you must accept when using a service.

ISP

= Internet Service Provider - A company that gives you access to the internet

Data cap

A limit on how much internet data a user can use on a network. This is done to prevent the network from being overloaden

Common carrier

A company that gives communication services (like internet or phone) to everyone and cannot choose who to serve.

End user

The person or organization that uses a product or service

End-to-end principle

The idea that most important functions should be done by the applications, not by the network itself.

provision

The act of providing or supplying something.

Web hosting

A service that stores a website and makes it available on the internet.

Web-enabled

Able to connect to or work with the internet.

Information superhighway

A way to describe the internet as a fast system for sharing information around the world.

Cybersquatting

Registering a website name using someone else’s brand or name to make money from it.

To extend

To make something longer, larger, or last longer.

Surveillance

Surveillance means watching people or places carefully to keep them under control or safe.

Repression

The use of violence or force to put pressure on a group

Dissent

To publicly show that you do not agree with a decision or idea.

Consumer privacy

The way sensitive personal information is handled and kept safe during online transactions.

Data transfer

The collection, replication, and transmission of large datasets from one organization or business unit to another

To require

To make it officially necessary for someone to do something

To add insult to injury

To make an unfavorable situation even worse

Piracy

The act of illegally copying a computer program, music, film and then selling it

Intellectual Property

Someone's idea, invention, ... that can be protected by law from being copied by someone else

Through lines

A common or consistent element shared by parts of a whole

To expropriate

To take someone’s money or property, usually by the government, without paying for it.

Dissident

A person who publicly disagrees with and criticizes their government

Tangible

describes something that is real and physical, not an idea or feeling.

the opposite of abstract

Brazen

Obvious, without any attempt to be hidden

Hoax

To deceive someone, especially by playing a trick on them

To compel

To force someone to do something

To allege

To say that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving any proof

To log

To write something down to make an official record of it

Incredulous

Not wanting or not able to believe something