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Introduction

Have you ever worked on a project only to encounter a power outage prior to saving your document? Frustrated, frazzled, and perplexed probably describe how you felt. This module will provide you with information on how to back up data and save information to the cloud. You will also discover how to conduct a web search to obtain accurate and relevant information. Finally, you will learn how to secure and protect your data from viruses and other intrusions.

Essential Question

What options are available for storing files?
What is the difference between a search engine and a search Web site?
What steps can be taken to browse the World Wide Web safely?

Key Terms

Boolean Operator - A word or symbol that describes a relationship between keywords and assists in narrowing the results of a query.
Cloud Service Provider (CSP)- an information technology services vendor that allows clients to manage applications and data in a cloud environment.
Cloud Storing - an Internet service that provides remote storage to computer users.
Pharming - A method used by hackers to redirect a website's traffic to a phony website.
Phishing - A method in which hackers steal passwords by posing as an official representative of an organization in order to get you to reveal personal information.
Private Cloud – a cloud computing environment where all hardware and software resources are accessible by a single customer.
Public Cloud – an information technology model where on-demand computing services and infrastructure are managed by a third-party provider and shared with multiple organizations using the public Internet.
Netiquette - A set of guidelines for posting messages and e-mails on the Internet.
Search Engine - A program that uses keywords to find information and return a list of related documents.
Spam - Unwanted electronic junk mail that appears in an individual's inbox.
Web Crawler - A search engine element that explores the Web to gather information that represents the contents of web pages and then submits the related pages to an indexing service for processing.
Web Browser - A software program that runs on your computer and helps you access web pages.
URL - The exclusive address of a web page. The official term is Uniform Resource Locator.

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