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- Secure Sockets Layer is a application layer protocol created by Netscape for managing the security of message transmissions in a network. SSL uses the public-and-private key encryption system from RSA, which also includes the use of a digital certificate.
- Feed is the process for conceptual development of processing industry projects. Example of processing industry are upstream, petrochemical, refining, pharmaceutical.
- Directories specifically the command line interface of the OpenVMS operating system, the DIRECTORY command (often abbreviated as DIR) is used to list the files inside a directory.
- Copyright is the set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. These rights can be licensed, transferred and/or assigned.
- Boolean Logic is a complete system for logical operations, used in many systems. It was named after George Boole, who first defined an algebraic system of logic in the mid 19th century.
- Blog is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.
- Wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor.
- Web App is an application that is accessed via a web browser over a network such as the Internet or an intranet.
- Website is a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are addressed relative to a common Uniform Resource Locator (URL), often consisting of only the domain name, or the IP address, and the root path ('/') in an Internet Protocol.
- Web Cache is the caching of web documents (e.g., HTML pages, images) to reduce bandwidth usage, server load, and perceived lag. A web cache stores copies of documents passing through it; subsequent requests may be satisfied from the cache if certain conditions are met.
- Web 2.0 is the popular term for advanced Internet technology and applications including blogs, wikis, RSS and social bookmarking.
- Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a subset of the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism for retrieving it.
- Social Networking Site are virtual communities in which people with a shared interest may communicate. for example, Facebook.
- Really Simple Syndication(RSS) is a format for allowing content from one online resource to be reproduced (syndicated) by other websites or systems.
- Portal a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet.
- Podcast is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication.
- Mosaic is the web browser credited with popularizing the World Wide Web. It was also a client for earlier protocols such as FTP, Usenet, and Gopher.
- Internet Service Provider (ISP) also sometimes referred to as an Internet access provider (IAP), is a company that offers its customers access to the Internet.
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an Application Layer protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.
- Hypertext Markup Language (MTML) is the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a means to create structured documents by denoting structural semantics for text such as headings, paragraphs, lists etc as well as for links, quotes, and other items.
- Home Page is the URL or local file that automatically loads when a web browser starts or when the browser's "home" button is pressed.
- Hit is basically the number of results when searched. For example "2000 hits were found of Angelina Jolie"
- Geographic Imaging are images based on geographic material and models.
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used to exchange and manipulate files over a TCP/IP-based network, such as the Internet.
- Domain is used to find web pages.
- Digital Certificate is the electronic counterpart to a driver license, passport or membership card. It is specially formatted block of data that serves as a form of personal identification that can be verified electronically.
- Cookie is a small piece of text stored on a user's computer by a web browser. A cookie consists of one or more name-value pairs containing bits of information.
- Client is an application or system that accesses a remote service on another computer system, known as a server, by way of a network.
- ActiveX is a framework for defining reusable software components that perform a particular function or a set of functions in Microsoft Windows in a way that is independent of the programming language used to implement them.
- Worm is a self-replicating Malware computer program. It uses a computer network to send copies of itself to other nodes (computers on the network) and it may do so without any user intervention. This is due to security shortcomings on the target computer.
- Virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer.
- Urban Legend a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false.
- Trojan Horse A Trojan horse often contains hidden malicious code that does something to harm the victim's computer, perhaps severely.
- Time Bomb refers to a computer program that has been written so that it will stop functioning after a predetermined date or time is reached.
- Teleconferencing is the live exchange and mass articulation of information among several persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system.
- Tagging is a system of classification derived from the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content; this practice is also known as collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging.
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- RDF Summary is commonly referred to as "Really Simple Syndication." RSS is method of providing website content such as news stories or software updates in a standard XML format.
- Pyramid Schemes is a non-sustainable business model that involves the exchange of money primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, without any product or service being delivered.
- Phishing is a form of Internet fraud that involves tricking people into revealing confidential information (eg credit card details, user names, passwords etc.) by means of a fake e-mail that appears to come from a well-known, legitimate organisation (eg a bank).
- Netiquette is a set of social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks, ranging from Usenet and mailing lists to blogs and forums.
- Logic Bomb is a piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious function when specified conditions are met.
- Hoax is a deliberate attempt to deceive or trick people into believing or accepting something which the hoaxer (the person or group creating the hoax) knows is false.
- Fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual.
- Filtering is a device or process that removes from a signal some unwanted or component or feature.
- Windows Mail is an e-mail and newsgroup client included in Windows Vista, that was superseded by Windows Live Mail. It is the successor to Outlook Express. Microsoft previewed Windows Mail on Channel 9 on October 10, 2005.
- User Agent is the generic term used to describe any device which might access a web page.
- Text Messaging also known as "texting", refers to the exchange of brief written messages between mobile phones over cellular networks.
- Spam is the abuse of electronic messaging systems (including most broadcast media, digital delivery systems) to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately.
- Signature is a handwritten (and sometimes stylized) depiction of someone's name, nickname or even a simple "X" that a person writes on documents as a proof of identity and intent.
- Packets is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet mode computer network.
