Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Hypertext Markup Language (MTML)

s the method by which you move around on the web


Home Page

Is the main page that comes up immediately when you open your web browser.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

is a standard network protocol used to copy a file from one host to another 


Domain

domains are defined by the IP adress


Digital Certificate

An attachment to an electronic message used for security purposes


Cookie

A message given to a Web browser


Client

an application or system that accesses a remote service on another computer system


ActiveX

is a framework for defining reusable software components that perform a particular function or a set of functions in Microsoft Windows


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Filtering

Is to sort out different type's of emails. For example, you can filter emails by alphabetical order.

Windows Mail

is an e-mail and newsgroup client included in Windows Vista, that was superseded by Windows Live


User Agent

t is a client application implementing a network protocol used in communications within a client–server distributed computing system.


Text Messaging

efers to the exchange of brief written messages between fixed-line phone or mobile phone and fixed or portable devices over a network.


Spam

is the use of electronic messaging systems (including most broadcast media, digital delivery systems) to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately


) Signature

The electronic equivalent of a handwritten signature


Packet

is one unit of binary data capable of being routed through a computer network

Mailing List

 is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients


Instant Messaging

is a faster and more quicker way to communicate with others by using a computer

e-mail Address

 identifies an email box to which email messages are delivered


Electronic Mail (e-mail)

Is a way of communicating digitally
 across the internet using a computer or a smart phone.

Distribution List

Is a list of who you want a certain email to be sent to.

Attachment

Is to put another file, picture or graph table to an email address

Archiving

is a collection of computer files


Address Book

The address book is a list of your personal contacts that you want to email.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Wireless LAN (WLAN)

is one in which a mobile user can connect to a local area network (LAN) through a wireless  connectionn


Wireless Internet Service Provider(WISP)

are Internet service providers with networks built around wireless networking. 


WiMax

s a telecommunications protocol that provides fixed and fully mobile Internet access


Wide area Network (WAN)

A computer network that spans a relatively large area

T-1 Line

is a fiber optic line that can carry roughly 60 times more data than a normal residential modem.


Server Operating System

is software, consisting of programs and data, that runs on computers and manages the computer hardware




Server

a computer program running as a service, to serve the needs or requests of other progrograms


Router

s an electronic device that intercepts signals on a computer network


Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)

is a circuit-switched network that is used primarily for voice communications worldwide


Proxy Server

s a server  that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers


Peer-Peer Network

is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or work loads between peers


Node

is a connection point


Modem

is a device or program that enables a computer to transmit data over


Local Area Conector (LAN)

are the small networks to which many business and home-computer user initially connec
t

Intranet

is a private computer network that uses Internet Protocol technologies to securely share any part of an organization's information or network operating system within that organization


Internet

is a worldwide web application that all people can use.

Hub

is a connection for a network

Hacker

is a person or virus that tries to get past your fire wall and destroy your computer

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Firewall

a technological barrier designed to prevent unauthorized or unwanted communications between computer networks


Extranet

is a computer network that allows controlled access from the outside, for specific business or educational purposes


Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

is like a family of technologies that provides digital data transmission that brings things together


Communication Channels

is the pathway over which data are transferred between remote devices


Client/ Server Network

 is a hub to which many less powerful personal computers or workstations ,called clientsare connected


Client

 is an application or system that accesses a remote service on another computer system


cable modem

 is a type of network bridge and modem that has different features such as wifi and internet




Biometric Security Measures

It measures the percent of invalid inputs which are incorrectly accepted