tone uzii's List: DGL Vocabulary

• an identity developed in the online environment that can be accessed, used, stored, transferred or processed by means of electronic or computer devices or systems.

• Digital identity refers to the ways and means that identity is created and perceived in the digital world, i.e., online. It includes unique descriptive data, as well as information about relationships. That is, it defines a thing both in and of itself and in relationship to other things.

• Digital literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, share, and create content using information technologies and the Internet.

• It means having the knowledge and ability to use a range of technology tools for varied purposes. A digitally literate person can use technology strategically to find and evaluate information, connect and collaborate with others, produce and share original content, and use the Internet and technology tools to achieve many academic, professional, and personal goals.

• Academic integrity is a fundamental value upon which colleges and universities are built. Students, faculty and staff are expected to contribute candid opinions, reviews and assessments of research and other academic exercises that are vital to sustaining the discussion and exchange of ideas. This conversation stimulates intellectual growth and development among the community and its members. For learning and scholarship to thrive, academic communities cannot tolerate acts of academic dishonesty, such as cheating, misrepresentation or plagiarism.

• Academic integrity is the cornerstone of our intellectual community. All scholarship – teaching, research, and student learning – is the product of intellectual exchange.

• Malware is a category of malicious code that includes viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. Destructive malware will utilize popular communication tools to spread, including worms sent through email and instant messages, Trojan horses dropped from web sites, and virus-infected files downloaded from peer-to-peer connections. Malware will also seek to exploit existing vulnerabilities on systems making their entry quiet and easy.

• "Malware" includes all types of threats, such as viruses (0.5%), rogue security software (0.5%), rootkits (1.0%), adware (2.7%), possible malicious applications (4.1%), worms (4.6%), financial malware & password stealers (5.3%), online gaming password stealers (6.9%), backdoors (13.3%) and trojans (61.3%).

• A viral video is a video that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and em

• Viral Videos are the result of a unique blend of science art and luck.

• Digital Law encompasses a wide range of legal areas - it typically refers to traditional legal areas that have been revitalized with the internet and social media. Some of these include Social Media Policies, Digital Defamation, Digital Reputation Management, Cybersquatting and even Digital Asset Trusts. With an ever-innovating Internet space, we make it our business to stay on the edge and keep you protected.

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• Digital Law deals with society’s behaviour with using technology.

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• What is “Netiquette”?  Simply put it is “Internet Etiquette” or the conventions of politeness pertaining to e-mail and technology use. 

• For those reasons, users of the internet have come up with guidelines for net communication aimed at lessening the chances of miscommunication and perceived disrespect.

• Blogging is an interactive form of publishing content on the web. It comes from the term "web log." The act of blogging dates back to the late 1990s, and has become a dominant way of self-publishing in the 2000s.

• A blog is your best bet for a voice among the online crowd. It's a personal website, packed with features, as easy to use as your e-mail.

• A database is a collection of information that is organized so that it can easily be accessed, managed, and updated. In one view, databases can be classified according to types of content: bibliographic, full-text, numeric, and images.

• Databases 

    are designed to offer an organized mechanism for storing, managing and retrieving information.

• "Geotechnology provides a comprehensive range of applied earth and environmental sciences, geophysics, water resource management, geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, non-destructive testing, construction observation, soils and materials testing and drilling.

• Geodata is information about geographic locations that is stored in a format that can be used with a geographic information system (GIS).