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Chapter 16: Technology introduced

This chapter provides some basics about technology, which is needed to properly understand cyberlaw. We don't have to become techies or experts in technology, but can improve our knowledge of it so we can better understand cyberlaw, and better manage our information systems.

Cyber is essentially technology, so we need to know something about computers, data, and networks. Don't forget the humans, who configure and interact with the technology.

Chapter references, resources, and additional reading

  • Chapter 16 resources, https://johnbandler.com/cyberlawbook-resources-ch16/ (this page)
  • Technology Basics, https://johnbandler.com/technology-basics/
  • Technology things to know, https://johnbandler.com/things-to-know-technology/
  • To improve your knowledge of technology, explore what is already at your fingertips, including your devices, settings, applications
  • See also within this book:
    • Chapter 17, Cybersecurity introduced
    • Part 9 (chapters 37-41) deals with organization management and cyberlaws, including how to manage technology in your organization.
  • Coming someday maybe, article on computers and learning more about yours
  • Coming someday maybe, article on networks and learning more about yours
  • Cybersecurity for the Home and Office (2017)
    • Chapter 5, Basic Computer Principals
    • Chapter 6, Basic Networking and the Internet
  • Cybercrime Investigations (2020), Chapter 3, Introduction to Computers, Networks, and Forensics

Chapter questions

  • Review the section headers of this chapter and provide a summary of each term, as if you were explaining it to a senior parent or grandparent
  • Name the main computer parts
  • Identify your local (private) IP address on your local network
  • Find your public IP address
  • Is your "public IP address" visible to a website different based on which web browser you use? (e.g., Chrome)
  • Find the public IP address for a website you trust and use a lot, and see if using that IP address in the address line will take you there.
  • Identify your computer’s make, model, operating system, hard drive type, storage space on the hard drive, RAM space
  • Be sure to see: Technology things to know, https://johnbandler.com/things-to-know-technology/

Links and information

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Originally posted 11/13/2024.  Updated 09/21/2026.