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STUDENTS -
COMPUTERS
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LIFE BEFORE THE COMPUTER
Memory was something you lost with age
An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano
A web was a spider's home
A virus was the flu
A CD was a bank account
A hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
The Numbers
30 |
Number (in millions) of kids under 18 who are online.
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28 |
Percent increase of phishing attacks over a 12-month period ending in May 2005. Phishers pose as legitimate companies in e-mail to steal consumers' bank account information, credit-card numbers and other data
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95 |
Percent of U.S. public schools that provide Internet access.
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83 |
Percent of teens who use e-mail to stay in touch with friends and relatives.
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