1.00 Understand Information Technology career pathways and foundation skills.

1.02a Key Terms

1.02 Key Terms

Term

Jargon

Definition
1. special words or expressions that are used by a particular
profession or group and are difficult for others to
understand.
study of clear, reasoned thinking. According to Beyer (1995

Critical Thinking
) Critical thinking means making clear, reasoned judgements.
five skills that are key to learning and working in today's world,
Core Skills

identified by employers as the skills most likely to be needed in

any work ...
the knowledge and capabilities to perform specialized tasks.

Technical skills
Management often needs to have technical skills in order to...
earned through secondary and postsecondary career and
Industry certification technical education programs and courses are an important
component of ...
In organizational behavior and industrial/organizational
psychology, proactivity or
proactive
proactive behavior by individuals refers to anticipatory, changeoriented and ...
a "disposition toward developing or demonstrating ability in
goal oriented

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Term
adaptable

Ethical

Definition
1. able to adjust to new conditions
1.of or relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge
dealing with these
Works in the public domain are those whose intellectual property
rights have

Public Domain
expired, have been forfeited, or are inapplicable. Examples
include the works of ...
Piracy

the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea

to do something that does not obey or follow (a rule, law, etc.) (
chiefly US ). : to

Infringement
wrongly limit or restrict (something, such as another person's
rights).
Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and
publication" of
Plagiarism

another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and

the
representation ...
The U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 101 - 810, is Federal
legislation enacted by

Copyright
Congress under its Constitutional grant of authority to protect the
writings
Fair use is a limitation and exception to the exclusive right
granted by copyright
Fair Use
law to the author of a creative work. In United States copyright
law and the ...

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Term

Definition

End User License

Agreement (EULA)

It ends the license on something

Internet Privacy

Allows people to have privacy on the internet

Professionalism

1. the act of being professional

Punctuality

2. being know or standing out

Dependable

People Can trust you to complete task for them

Internet Acceptable
Use Policy (AUP)

A document that has information about the appropriate use of the

internet

Netiquette

somthing

Flaming

A very large scale arguement

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