Computer Terminology

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Ads

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Short for advertisements; notices of things for sale.

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Spam

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Junk email messages sent to a lot of people at once to try to sell something or harm people's computers.

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Scam

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A dishonest way to make money by deceiving people.

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Valid

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Based on truth, fact, or logic

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Fact-check

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Investigate an issue in order to make sure the facts are true

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Disinformation

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False information that is intended to mislead

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Consumer

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A person or thing that uses something

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Evaluate

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To carefully judge the value or condition of something

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Biases

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Already-formed opinions, that may not be fair, for or against someone or something

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Data

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The information that computers work with, like pictures, numbers, words, or sounds