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Glossary
Data Protection Act - The Act that places legal requirements on businesses and individual agents to
adequately protect and manage personal data. The Act now applies not only to data stored on a computer,
but to any personal data you hold.
Encryption - The process of converting information into a form unintelligible to anyone except holders of a
specific cryptographic key.
Network - Several different technologies allow computers to communicate with each other; when computers
are connected this way, they are usually described as a 'network'.
Operating systems - Programming that boots automatically when you start a computer and provides you with
the desktop and all of the facilities needed for applications such as word processing and your Internet
browser.
USB (Universal Serial Bus) - Connection port on a computer that is universally compatible with many types of
devices, such as printers, speakers and mice.
Viruses - Programs designed to exploit weaknesses in your security so as to replicate themselves between
computers, usually causing damage as they go.
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