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CSULB Computer Use Policy, Sect. 6
Last Modified: 02 Jul 96
Paper copies of this document are available from the Academic Senate office.
6.
GLOSSARY
- Access right
- permission to use a CSULB computing resource according to
appropriate limitations, controls, and guidelines
- Commercial purpose
- a goal or end involving the buying and/or selling
of goods or services for the purpose of making a profit
- Computing resource
- any computing/network equipment, facility, or service made
available to users by CSULB
- Data
- a representation of facts, concepts, or instructions suitable
for communication, interpretation, or processing by human or
automatic means
- Disk space allocation
- the amount of disk storage space assigned to a particular user by
University Computing Services or the appropriate system administrator
- Fair share of resources
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Access to hardware, software, connectivity, processing time and power,
data storage space, and similar resources, to the extent that this
access is:
- feasible within available budgetary constraints,
- allocated in a manner consistent with established budgeting
guidelines and procedures,
- appropriate for actual academic needs for computing
resources, and
- consistent with resources allocated to others with
comparable academic standing and computing needs.
- Fair use
- use of computing resources in accordance with this policy and with
the rules of an individual CSULB facility; use of computing resources so
as not to unreasonably interfere with the use of the same resources by
others
- File
- a collection of data treated as a unit
- Inappropriate use of authority or special privilege
- use of one's access right(s) or position of authority in a manner
that violates the rules for use of those privileges as specified by the
appropriate system administrator or designee.
- "Mail bomb"
- an electronic mail message that contains destructive program code
- Password
- a string of characters that a user must supply to meet security
requirements before gaining access to a particular computing resource
- Proscribed act
- any act that violates state or federal law or established University policies
- Prudent and responsible use
- use of computing resources in a manner that promotes the efficient
use and security of one's own access right(s), the access rights of
other users, and CSULB computing resources
- Remote activity
- any computing action or behavior that accesses remote site facilities
via a CSULB computing resource
- Remote site
- any computing/network equipment, facility, or service not part of,
but connected with, CSULB computing resources via a communications
network
- "Robot posting"
- an electronic mail message or newsgroup posting which has been
generated by a computer program
- "Spam"
- colloquial jargon for mass distribution of unsolicited and unwanted electronic
mail or newsgroup postings
- System administrator
- any individual authorized by the Chancellor, an appropriate Vice President,
Dean, or other authority to
administer a particular computing hardware system and/or its system
software
- Transmission
- the transfer of a signal, message, or other form of intelligence from
one location to another
- Usage record
- information or data indicating the level of usage of computing
resources by a particular user
- User
- any individual -- whether student, faculty, staff, or individual
external to CSULB -- who uses CSULB computing resources
- User id
- a character string that uniquely identifies a particular user
to a CSULB computing resource
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