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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Android: The software that organizes data and governs operations on mobile devices made by companies including Samsung, Sony, LG, and Motorola.
Authentication: A process or tool used to confirm the legitimacy of a claimed online identity.
Authorization: Approval or permis- sion for a user to get access to and manipulate data stored online, within limits defined by that user’s status in the system.
Availability: The need for data and the system in which it is stored to be accessible and functional at all times needed for users’ and owners’ business purposes.
Browser: An application program or tool that displays web pages. Examples include Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer.
Cellular data network: The communications system enabling mobile phones and tablets to connect to each other and to the internet.
Confidentiality: The condition of data being disclosed only to those who are authorized to view it.
Data care: The practice of managing and limiting the spread of personal information online to minimize risks of misuse and criminal exploitation.
Duo: The program Android devices use to make video calls.
Encryption: a translation of language in plain, conventional text into ciphered text requiring a key to decode and make legible.
FaceTime: The program Apple devices use to make video calls.
Identification: A name or label representing a user of an online data system, unique to that user but not sufficient to authorize access to data.
Identity theft: Theft enabled by
a criminal impersonating someone else by using personally identifiable information stolen from online or physical data sources.
Integrity: Assurance that data stored online remains accurate and whole, corresponding to off-line realities and/or the owner’s understanding of its completeness and correctness.
iOS/macOS: The software that organizes data and governs operations
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