COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY

ETHICS IN COMPUTING

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which computer term did we learn is defined as “the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as your own is known”?

A	piracy
B	theft
C	plagiarism
D	infringement

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Plagiarism is presenting work or ideas from another source as your own, with or without consent of the original author, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, to “plagiarize” means: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. to use (another’s production) without crediting the source. to commit literary theft.

Detailed explanation-3: -Frequently asked questions about plagiarism. Can you plagiarize yourself? Yes, reusing your own work without acknowledgment is considered self-plagiarism. This can range from re-submitting an entire assignment to reusing passages or data from something you’ve turned in previously without citing them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Direct Plagiarism. Direct plagiarism is the word-for-word transcription of a section of someone else’s work, without attribution and without quotation marks. Self Plagiarism. Mosaic Plagiarism. Accidental Plagiarism.

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