60% of men but only 44% of women know what adware is

Pew Internet & American Life Project released the survey on awareness of various Internet terms among US Internet users. Generally males are more familiar with Internet terminology than women, younger people are more familiar then 65+ and those with broadband express greater knowledge of terminology as well.

Levels of awareness of different Internet-related terms
Term	Men	Women	Age 18-29	Age 65+	Broadband	Dial-up
Spam	90	87	88	85	94	85
Firewall	83	73	77	59	88	69
Spyware	82	74	82	55	88	75
Cookies	74	62	67	52	81	59
Adware	60	44	55	31	65	43
Phishing	36	23	55	31	35	25
Podcasting	16	11	12	5	16	11
RSS feeds	12	6	12	5	10	9
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project