Thursday, December 30, 2010

Podcast

Is a series of digital media files (audio or video) that are released episodically and often downloaded through the web.

Mosaic

Is the web browser credited with popularizing the World Wide Web.

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

A company that offers its customers access to the Internet.

Internet Protocol (IP) Address

Is a numerical label assigned to each device participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

Is a networking protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.

Hypertext Markup Language (MTML)

Is the predominant markup language for web pages.

Digital Certificate

An attachment to an electronic message used for security

Domain

A set of common requirements, terminology, and functionality for any software program constructed to solve a problem in the area of computer programming.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Is a way to exchange files between computers on the Internet.

Geographic Imaging

Are images based on geographic material and models. 

Hit

The retrieval of any item  like a page or a graphic from a Web server

Home PAge

home page: Is when you save a page as your home page the next time you open an browser that page will appear.

ActiveX

A technology that was designed by Microsoft that is used to be able to run programs on Windows.

Client

It is where one computer can control another.

Cookie

It is text stored in a computer, by the web browser.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

urban legend

An urban legend, urban myth, urban tale, or contemporary legend, is a form of modernfolklore consisting of stories usually believed by their tellers to be true.

Worm

A computer worm is a self-replicating malware computer program.

Virus

Is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer.      

trojan Horse

Is malware that appears to perform a desirable function for the user prior to run or install but instead unauthorized access of the user's computer system.

Time Bomb

An explosive device whose detonation is triggered by a timer.

teleconferencing

Is the live exchange of information among several persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system.

tagging

Is an argument to a subroutine that determines other arguments passed to it.

RDF summary

A product to display content from other web sites provided they make it available in RSS 0.9, 0.91, 0.92 or RSS 1.0 format.

Pyramid Schemes

Scheming people into investing their "company", but really those people are robbing people of their money. Pyramid Schemes are illegal.

Phishing

The act of sending a email, to a person and falsely claim to be someone else so that person can steal you personal information.

Netiquette

Is a set of social conventions that  interaction over networks, ranging from Usenet and mailing lists to blogs and forums.

Logic Bomb

A piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious function, means crashes a user computer.

Hoax

Rumors that are spread that act as a joke.

Fraud

Fraud is done by someone who is intentionally deceitful. 

Filtering

Filtering is the act of deciding which data packets are allowed to be sent and which packets should not be sent. 

Windows Mail

Windows Mail is an email program (email client) that lets you to compose, send, receive and manage email accounts and messages.

User Agent

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

Text Messaging

Electronic message sent from one cell phone to another. 

Spam

Much of spam email is simply deceptive advertisements, attempting to entice the reader to click on links to view a product or service.

Signature

Person's name in his or her own handwriting

Packets

The term packet is used to refer to a bundle of data that gets transmitted over a network.

Mailing Lists

A list of users of the Internet or another computer network who all receive copies of electronic mail messages.

Instant Messaging

System for exchanging typed messages instantly via the Internet

E-mail Address

It is an address that you use for e-mailing over the internet.

Electronic Mail

Electronic mail is known as e-mail which allows to send messages to other people who have e-mail addresses on the internet.

Distribution List

A distribution list, also known as a mailing list, is a collection of email addresses that allows you to email multiple people at one time.

Attachment

When you want to send a .pdf file or word document via email you can make it an attachment. 

Archiving

A file archiver is a computer program that puts several files into one file.

Address Book

An address book or a name and address book  is a book or a database used for storing entries called contacts .   

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Wireless LAN (WLAN)

WLAN is a type of Local Area Network (LAN) that uses high frequency radio waves rather than wires to communicate and transmit data among nodes.

Wireless Internet Service Provider(WISP)

WISP means Wireless Internet Service Provider. It allows users to access local wireless networks.

WiMax

WiMax is a digital communications system used for woreless metropolitan area networks.

Wide area Network (WAN)

A wide area network ( WAN ) is a computer network that covers a broad area. 

T-1 Line

A T1 line is a dedicated Internet connection supplied by the telephone company.

Server Operating System

It keeps track of which servers are currently alive, and shares the load between them.

Server

A server is a computer that holds and transmits data.

Router

A router is an electronic device that is used to connect two or more computers together and usually to the Internet.

Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)

Public Switched Telephone Network, is a circuit-switched network that is used primarily for voice communications worldwide

Proxy Server

A proxy server is technically a gateway between the network you are on and the Internet. 

Peer-Peer Network

A local-area network in which there is no central controller and all the nodes have equal access to the resources of the network.

Node

A node, in communication networks, is a connection point.

Modem

A modem is a device used to connect a computer to the Internet. 

Local Area Conector (LAN)

A local area network (LAN) is a group of computers and associated devices that share a common communications line or wireless link. 

Intranet

 Computer network with restricted access, as within a corporation, that uses Internet technology

Internet

The Internet is a whole network of computer networks sharing information with each other.

Hub

A hub is a computer device that connects many devices. An example is a USB hub. 

Hacker

A hacker is someone who invades another person's private information by bypassing security programs and passwords.

Firewall

A firewall is set in place to prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to a computer 

Extranet

An extranet is used to safely share business information with its partners through a private internet network

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

It is a broadband internet connection that is offered by many phone companies, and it is comparable to cable broadband internet.               

Communication Channels

It is a pathway over which data are transferred between remote devices. 

Client/ Server Network

A client server network describes a computer network with a centralized file server which stores and distributes file and data services for client computers which are referred to as workstations.     

Client

a computer or device that accesses information from a server. 

Cable Modem

A cable modem is a device that allow you to connect to the internet at fast speeds.