Archives: Glossary Terms

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Social Media

  Definition: Social Media includes a number of ways individuals can communicate electronically with others, such as Blogs & Wikis, Podcasts, LinkedIn, Facebook, and

Software

  Definition: Sets of instructions or data that tell a computer what to do. Software is often divided into two categories: system software, which

Source

  Definition: The source is where the data we want are found. In DataSpecs, Source is a reference to an external source that controls

Source Code

  Definition: Computer programs or operating systems are originally written by a person in a programming language. This is the software's source code. To

Spam

  Definition: Unsolicited bulk email, irritating if not fraudulent, sent to large numbers of people. Need another definition?    

Spam Filtering

  Definition: This is a security measure that the campus has implemented to help reduce the amount of spam that enters campus email system