Key Terms: 1/12/10

1.) Sabotage: A malicious attack on work, tools, or business.

2.) Malware: Malicious software, especially destructive programs such as the viruses, worms, and Trojan horses devised and spread by computer saboteurs.

3.)virus(es) :Software that spreads from program to program, or from disk to disk, and uses each infected program or disk to make copies of itself. A form of software sabotage.

4.) Worms: programs that use computer hosts to reproduce themselves. Worm programs travel independently over computer networks, seeking out uninfected workstations to occupy. A form of software sabotage.

5.)Trojan horse: A program that performs a useful task while at the same time carrying out some secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage.

6.) spyware: Technology that collects information from computer users without their knowledge or consent.

7.) Hackers: A slang term for a computer enthusiast, i.e., a person who enjoys learning programming languages and computer systems and can often be considered an expert on the subject(s).

8.) Dos Attacks: (denial-of-service attack), a type of attack on a network that is designed to bring the network to its "knees" by flooding it with useless traffic.

9.) smart weapons: are missiles that use computerized guidance systems to locate their targets.

S/E issue: People & Machines
AOI:

10.)autonomous system : is a complex system that can assume almost complete responsibility for a task without human input.

S/E issue: People & Machines
AOI: Business