Social Implications

• Hardware failure refers to hardware components breaking down due to age or wear and tear.
• A Software bug is a fault in a computer program that causes it to produce unexpected or undesirable results.
• Software bugs can cause programs to respond slowly, inefficiently or worse.
• Mobile Offices are customised vehicles that include a working space with relevant devices and an Internet Connection.
• A Virtual Office does not exist physically. This is done online and offers a range of services that enables the employees and business owners to work from anywhere.
• Virtual Offices are accessed through the Internet.
• Office Automation refers to all hardware and software needed to create, collect, store, manipulate and communicate information to accomplish simple and everyday tasks.
• BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device and refers to the practice of employees bringing their own devices to work.
• Social Engineering is defined as the act of manipulating people into giving out confidential information with a view to committing some sort of computer fraud.
• Phishing is the deceitful attempt to obtain sensitive information from an unsuspecting victim such as usernames and passwords.
• Spear Phishing is designed to target a specific user.
• A Trojan horse is a seemingly harmless program that when activated, causes harm to a computer system.
• Data Misuse is when data is used for a different purpose than the original reason it was collected.
• Botnets refers to criminals creating a networked collection of zombie computers which can be remotely controlled to perform large-scale malicious acts.
• Pharming is an attack intended to redirect a Web site's traffic to another, bogus site.
• Ransomware is a type of malware and prevents the user from accessing their computer system until they paid a ransom through an online payment system like Bitcoin.
• e-Commerce is the buying and selling of goods online.
• big Data is extremely large sets of data that is often diverse. this could be text, video or sounds and requires complex processing to make sense of the data.
• Power Settings which are used to control the amount of power that is used by the CPU and other components.
• Examples of power Settings which can be used to manage your computer's power usage include 'sleep', setting brightness and using the balance power option.
• A Cable Lock is one example of a strategy that can be used to physically protect your computer.
• AUP stands for Acceptable Use Policy
• AUP policy criteria include: rules for logging in / rules on how to keeps things tidy / rules for data usage / rules to govern internet usage.
• Information Overload can be reduced by filtering e-mails / learning to use search tools effectively and learning to compare and analyzing sources.
• TWO methods of making a document available for access, besides copying into a USB Flash Drive are CLOUD STORAGE and FILE SHARING PLATFORMS