Maillist (or Mailing List) A (usually automated) system that allows people to send e-mail to one address, whereupon their message is copied and sent to all of the other subscribers to the maillist. In this way, people who have many different kinds of e-mail access can participate in discussions together. Megabyte A million bytes. A [...]
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LAN (Local Area Network) — A computer network limited to the immediate area, usually the same building or floor of a building. Leased-line Refers to a phone line that is rented for exclusive 24-hour, 7 -days-a-week use from your location to another location. The highest speed data connections require a leased line. Listserv The most [...]
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Kilobyte A thousand bytes. Actually, usually 1024 (210) bytes.
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Java Java is a network-oriented programming language invented by Sun Microsystems that is specifically designed for writing programs that can be safely downloaded to your computer through the Internet and immediately run without fear of viruses or other harm to your computer or files. Using small Java programs (called “Applets”), Web pages can include functions [...]
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IMHO (In My Humble Opinion) — A shorthand appended to a comment written in an online forum, IMHO indicates that the writer is aware that they are expressing a debatable view, probably on a subject already under discussion. One of may such shorthands in common use online, especially in discussion forums. Index Server Index Server [...]
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hit As used in reference to the World Wide Web, ‘hit’ means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server; thus in order for a web browser to display a page that contains 3 graphics, 4 ‘hits’ would occur at the server: 1 for the HTML page, and [...]
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Gateway The technical meaning is a hardware or software set-up that translates between two dissimilar protocols, for example Prodigy has a gateway that translates between its internal, proprietary e-mail format and Internet e-mail format. Another, sloppier meaning of gateway is to describe any mechanism for providing access to another system, e.g. AOL might be called [...]
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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) — FAQs are documents that list and answer the most common questions on a particular subject. There are hundreds of FAQs on subjects as diverse as Pet Grooming and Cryptography. FAQs are usually written by people who have tired of answering the same question over and over. FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data [...]
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E-Commerce Electronic Commerce. Refers to the general exchange of goods and services via the Internet. E-mail (Electronic Mail) — Messages, usually text, sent from one person to another via computer. E-mail can also be sent automatically to a large number of addresses (Mailing List). Ethernet A very common method of networking computers in a LAN. [...]
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DNS: Domain Naming System The DNS is a distributed, replicated that allows nameservers to map easily remembered domain names to an IP number. Dedicated Server For those customers that want the advantages of colocation without the hassles of purchasing their own server. See colocation. Digerati The digital version of literati, it is a reference to [...]
