IS4670 CHAPTER 14 TERMS & DEFINITIONS

Question 1

A 1999 act designed to stop people from registering domain names that are trademarks that belong to other entities.
Bundled product – hardware, software, maintenance, and support provided together for a single price.

Answer 1

Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) -

Question 2

Using the Internet to allow people to access massively scalable technology- enabled services.

Answer 2

Cloud computing -

Question 3

Linking computers into local area networks (LANs) to improve performance and availability while reducing costs.

Answer 3

Cluster computing -

Question 4

A technique for analyzing problems and developing solutions using the combined efforts of a number of individuals focused on a particular issue.

Answer 4

Collaborative computing -

Question 5

The first piece of federal legislation that identified computer crimes as distinct offenses. The CFAA criminalizes the act of causing certain types of damage to a protected computer.

Answer 5

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)-

Question 6

A 2003 act that covers unsolicited commercial e-mail messages. The act has both civil and criminal provisions. Each separate e-mail sent in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act is subject to penalties of up to $16,000.

Answer 6

Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act -

Question 7

The bad-faith registration of a domain name that is a registered trademark or trade name of another entity.

Answer 7

Cybersquatting -

Question 8

A federal 1998 act that makes identity theft a federal crime. A person who violates the law is subject to criminal penalties of up to 15 years in prison. This period increases to 20 years in special circumstances. Violators can also be fined up to $250,000.

Answer 8

Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act -

Question 9

A trend in which the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles every two years

Answer 9

Moore’s law-

Question 10

Software that a provider licenses to customers as a service on demand, through a subscription model.

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Software as a service (SaaS) -

Question 11

A PC that uses little of its computing capability, functioning much like a dumb terminal.

Answer 11

Thin client -

Question 12

A law that amended both the Wiretap Act and the ECPA. The Patriot Act enhances law enforcement tools to intercept electronic communications to fight computer fraud and abuse offenses.

Answer 12

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
(U.S.A. PATRIOT) Act -

Question 13

An amended 1968 act that governs real-time interception of the contents of a communication.

Answer 13

Wiretap Act -