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  2. Artificial intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.It is a field of research in computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to perceive their environment and uses learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals.

  3. Social media - Wikipedia

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    Social media. Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. [1] [2] Common features include: [2] Online platforms that enable users to create and share content and participate in social networking.

  4. Identity-based encryption - Wikipedia

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    Identity-based encryption ( IBE ), is an important primitive of identity-based cryptography. As such it is a type of public-key encryption in which the public key of a user is some unique information about the identity of the user (e.g. a user's email address). This means that a sender who has access to the public parameters of the system can ...

  5. Id, ego and superego - Wikipedia

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    In the ego psychology model of the psyche, the id is the set of uncoordinated instinctual desires; the superego plays the critical and moralizing role; and the ego is the organized, realistic agent that mediates between the instinctual desires of the id and the critical superego; Freud compared the ego (in its relation to the id) to a man on ...

  6. Authorization - Wikipedia

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    Authorization is the responsibility of an authority, such as a department manager, within the application domain, but is often delegated to a custodian such as a system administrator. Authorizations are expressed as access policies in some types of "policy definition application", e.g. in the form of an access control list or a capability, or a ...

  7. Touch ID - Wikipedia

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    Touch ID is an electronic fingerprint recognition feature designed and released by Apple Inc. that allows users to unlock devices, make purchases in the various Apple digital media stores ( iTunes Store, App Store, and Apple Books Store ), and authenticate Apple Pay online or in apps. It can also be used to lock and unlock password-protected ...

  8. Facebook - Wikipedia

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    Facebook enables users to control access to individual posts and their profile [320] through privacy settings. [321] The user's name and profile picture (if applicable) are public. Facebook's revenue depends on targeted advertising, which involves analyzing user data to decide which ads to show each user.

  9. Computer security - Wikipedia

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    An example of a physical security measure: a metal lock on the back of a personal computer to prevent hardware tampering. Computer security, cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attacks by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, theft of, or damage to hardware ...