Internet Resources for Understanding This Brave New Digital World

This page is a list of basic computer and internet concepts you need to understand.

Each button is a link to the Simple English Wikipedia article for that thing.

The Simple English Wikipedia is an excellent resource for non-experts to find introductory explanations of technical concepts.

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Computer hardware Software Firmware

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Source code Open source Free and open source software Free software Freeware Operating system Interface

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Computer Network Internet World Wide Web Web browser Download Wi-Fi Net Neutrality

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Linux Encryption Turing completeness Hacker Phishing Cryptography Public-key cryptography Cryptographic hash function

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Terms that should be here, but which don't have a good Simple English Wikipedia writeup:

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Copyright Wars Net Neutrality End to End Encryption Wireless Spectrum Ownership Algorithmic Content Filtering Digital Divide Network Effect Filter Bubble Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Digitial Millenium Copyright Act Asymetric Encryption Adversarial Interoperability

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