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INTRANET | a computer network with restricted access |
portable document format | |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
Fire wall | an integrated collection of security measures designed to prevent unauthorized electronic access to a networked computer system |
Giga Byte | is a unit of measurement in computers of one thousand million bytes (the same as one billion bytes in the short scale usage). |
GIF | a standard compressed file format used for pictures |
TIFF | graphics can be any resolution, and they can be black and white, gray-scaled, or color. |
JPEG | JPEG is a lossy compression technique for color images |
HTML | HyperText Markup Language, the authoring language used to create documents on the World Wide Web |
HTTP | hypertext transfer protocol: the standard protocol for transferring hypertext documents on the world Wide web |
BANDWICH | the amount of data that can be carried from one point to another in a given time period (usually a second). |
Bulletin Board System | A computer and associated software which typically provides an electronic message database where people can log in and leave messages |
Blog | web site containing the writer's or group of writers' own experiences |
broadband | of, pertaining to, or responsive to a continuous, wide range of frequencies |
byte | adjacent bits, usually eight, processed by a computer as a unit. |
Common GATWAY INTERFACE | defines how web server software can delegate the generation of web pages to a text-based application |
Cyberspace | all of the data stored in a large computer or network represented as a three-dimensional model through which a virtual-reality user can move |
Domain Name | name owned by a person or organization and consisting of an alphabetical or alphanumeric sequence followed by a suffix indicating the top-level domain: used as an internet address to identify the location of particular web pages |
Down Load | to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device. |
DSL | digital subscriber line: a technology that allows high-speed transmission of text |