6.3 Digital Inclusion

Question 1

Digital inclusion

Answer 1

Ensuring that everyone has affordable access to computing technology and the necessary skills to take advantage of it.

Question 2

Digital divide

Answer 2

The gap between people who are technologically empowered and those who are technologically excluded.

Question 3

Professionalism

Answer 3

The skill and competence expected of a person in a professional setting.

Question 4

Intellectual Property (IP)

Answer 4

A creation of the human mind that is unique and has a commercial value.

Question 5

Patent

Answer 5

An exclusive right granted to an inventor to make, use and sell an invention for a fixed period of time.

Question 6

Creative commons

Answer 6

An organisation that allows people to set copyright terms for their intellectual property. One use of a Creative Commons licence is to allow people to copy material as long as it is not used commercially.

Question 7

Open-source software

Answer 7

Software that is free to edit and redistribute.

Question 8

Proprietary software

Answer 8

Software that belongs to an individual or a company. Its licence specifies that users are not allowed to modify the source code and places restrictions on its use.