| Term | Definition |
| trade secrets | secret, private information concerving the commercial practices or proprietary knowledge of a business, which can't be shared with the public |
| intellectual property | describes the legal entitlements that pertain to written and recorded media and inventions |
| mind or intellect | intellectual property is a product of what |
| digital rights management | DRM stands for what |
| DRM | what is the use of technology to protect the intellectual property of artists |
| DRM technologies | what attempts to control or prevent access to or copying of digital media |
| FairPlay | the technology that Apple uses to ensure audio files downloaded through iTunes is not played on unauthorized computers |
| reverse engineering | the process of discovering technological principals of a device or object through analysis of its function or operation |
| binary digit | a bit is short for what |
| ascii | the way we convert letters into binary code |
| artificial intelligence | the capacity of a computer to learn and make decisions in order to solve problems |
| searching, fitting constraints, recognizing patterns, and logical inferences | methods of solving problems are |
| searching | using techniques to find the answers based on reasoning and/or planning |
| fitting constraints | finding the answer by picking what fits into the confined space |
| recognizing patterns | finding the answer based on criteria that match what is needed |
| neutral network | a computer model designed to simulate the behavior of biological neural networks in order to process information without user interaction |
| logical inferences | finding the answer based on reasoning, such as induction and deduction |
| plagiarism | the taking of ideas or writings from another person and offering them as your own |
| intentional or inadvertant | plagiarism can be what |
| copyright | the rights that regulate an expression of an idea or information |
| music, art, literary works, movies, photographs, and software | copyright laws protect what |
| copy, distribute, modify, display, and perform | the creator of the work has the exclusive rights to do what |
| license | permission given by the creator for someone to copy, distribute, etc. |
| public domain | when work is public property and can be used by anyone for any purpose |
| fair use of copyright works | what allows people to use work for educational purposes or to critisize or review the work |
| patent | the right granted to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years |
| trademarks | distinctive signs that indicate some sort of business or organization |