(i) Search engine is a program that when initiated by a search command from a user interface examines a body of data for items satisfying the search criteria and returns the items or their locations to the interface in Internet. for example Yahoo, Alta vista
Browser – Is a utility program that allows a user to locate and retrieve information from internet-worked information services for example Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer
(ii) Sabotage is destruction of useful information in an organisation with the aim of crippling service delivery. It is normally carried out by disgruntled employees.
Eavesdropping refers to secretly listening to a conversation.
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