• on, "protected computers". The statute, as amended by the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996, defines "protected computers" (formerly...
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    causes damage without authorization, to a protected computer; (B) intentionally accesses a protected computer without authorization, and as a result of...
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  • that are part of the same class can access private members. Protected (or class-protected) allows the class itself and all its subclasses to access the...
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    A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation). Modern digital electronic...
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    networking equipment, video projectors, alarm systems as well as computers. To protect computer systems against this, the use of an uninterruptible power supply...
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    United States v. Kane (category United States computer case law)
    Central to the case was whether a video poker machine constituted a protected computer and whether the exploitation of a software bug constituted exceeding...
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    C. § 1030, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is the key legislation. It prohibits unauthorized access or damage of protected computers as defined in 18...
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  • agreed to plead guilty to one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information resulting in an 18-month sentence. While no...
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    A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. It often uses a computer network...
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    Cybercrime (redirect from Computer crime)
    on a computer network, especially the Internet"; "an array of criminal activity including offences against computer data and systems, computer-related...
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    A programmer, computer programmer or coder is an author of computer source code – someone with skill in computer programming. The professional titles software...
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    Computer hardware includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the central processing unit (CPU), random-access memory (RAM), motherboard, computer...
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  • government computer, committing fraud with a protected computer, damaging a protected computer, trafficking in passwords, threatening to damage a protected computer...
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  • Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) (Wireless Protected Access), Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), and Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) are the three security certification...
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    Login (redirect from Computer login)
    In computer security, logging in (or logging on, signing in, or signing on) is the process by which an individual gains access to a computer system or...
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    (open = protected). Iomega Zip disks were write-protected using the IomegaWare software. Syquest EZ-drive (135 & 250 MB) disks were write-protected using...
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  • including wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer, and recklessly damaging a protected computer. Prosecutors in...
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    counts: wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer, and recklessly damaging a protected computer. On November 17...
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    Computer memory stores information, such as data and programs, for immediate use in the computer. The term memory is often synonymous with the terms RAM...
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    Antivirus software (category Wikipedia indefinitely move-protected pages)
    to protect against other computer threats. Some products also include protection from malicious URLs, spam, and phishing. The first known computer virus...
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    Software (redirect from Computer Software)
    Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer. Software also includes design documents and specifications. The history...
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    Fundamental areas of computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines...
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    technological, and social aspects. Major computing disciplines include computer engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, data science, information systems, information...
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  • URL (category Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages)
    the Web, is a reference to a resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. A URL is a specific type of...
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  • commonly known as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, prohibits unauthorized access or damage of "protected computers". "Protected computers" are defined in 18...
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    Convicted computer criminals are people who are caught and convicted of computer crimes such as breaking into computers or computer networks. Computer crime...
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    ESET NOD32 (category Computer security software)
    was created in 1987 by Miroslav Trnka and Peter Paško at the time when computer viruses started to become increasingly prevalent on PCs running DOS. Due...
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    Patriot Act (category Wikipedia indefinitely move-protected pages)
    prohibited was extortion undertaken via a protected computer. The penalty for attempting to damage protected computers through the use of viruses or other software...
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    In computer science, hierarchical protection domains, often called protection rings, are mechanisms to protect data and functionality from faults (by...
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  • employee and pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence. The synonym self-teaching computers was also used in this time period....
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