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| » BROWSERS | |
Browsers are software programs that enable you to view WWW documents. They "translate" HTML-encoded files into the text, images, sounds, and other features you see. For ex. Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc. They are software that must be installed on your computer. |
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| » BIT | |
| The smallest unit in computing. It can have a value of 1 or 0. You'd be hard pressed to find a file size listed in bits. | |
| » BYTES | |
| A (still small) unit of information made up of 8 bits. | |
| » BYTES SENT | |
| Tells you how many bytes your computer has sent to your ISP in the way of requests, e-mail, etc. | |
| » BYTES RECEIVED | |
| This one tells you how many bytes of information your computer has received from your ISP. Stuff like web pages, e-mail, etc. | |
| » @ 42000 BPS | |
| This is how fast you are connected. Since modem speeds are often put in terms of "K" (56K, 33.3K, etc) this would be the equivalent of 42K. Remember, that the "K" you see is NOT kilobytes, but kiloBITS per second. | |
| » BACKBONE | |
| A high-speed line or series of connections that forms a major pathway within a network. | |
| » BPS | |
This is an abbreviation for bits per second and a measurement of how fast data is transmitted. Bps is usually used to describe modem speeds or the speed of a digital connection. A 28.8 modem can move 28,800 bits per second. |
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| » BANDWIDTH | |
| Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data that can travel a communications path in a given time, usually measured in seconds. | |
| » CACHE | |
| A cache temporarily stores web pages you have visited in your computer. A copy of documents you retrieve is stored in cache. | |
| » COUNTER | |
| A counter counts hits or page views to a web pages. Counter quality and featuers can vary widely. Most common are image tag counters that are activated when anyone views a page with graphics enabled. | |
| » CLIENT | |
| A software program that is used to contact and obtain data from a server program on another computer, often across a great distance. | |
| » CRYTOGRAPHY | |
The process of securing private information that is passed through public networks by mathematically scrambling (encrypting) it in a way that makes it unreadable to anyone except the person or persons holding the mathematical "key" that can unscramble (decrypt) it. The two most common types of cryptography are "same-key" and "public-key." In same-key cryptography, a message is encrypted and decrypted using the same key, which is passed along from one party to another in a separate transmission. A more secure method is public-key cryptography which uses a pair of different keys (one public, one private) that have a particular relationship to one another, such that any message encrypted with one key can only be decrypted with the other key and viceversa. |
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| » CASE SENSITIVE | |
| Capital letters (upper case) retrieve only upper case. Most search tools are not case sensitive ( Upper or Lower Case) or only respond to initial capitals, as in proper names. | |
| » CGI | |
| "Common Gateway Interface," the most common way Web programs interact dynamically with users. | |
| Common stands for HTTP protocol used between the web client and the web server. | |
Gateway stands for the bridge programming used to communicate between the client and the server. Interface stands for the programming required to communicate between the web server and applications such as database, search engine and e-mail. |
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CGI to process the data once it's submitted, to pass it to a background program in PERL, JAVA, JAVASCRIPT, or another programming language. |
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| » CO-LOCATION | |
Most often used to refer to having a server that belongs to one person or group, physically located on an Internet-connected network that belongs to another person or group. Usually this is done, because the server owner wants their machine to be on a high-speed Internet connection and/or they do not want the security risks of having the server on their own network. |
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| » COOKIE | |
A message from a WEB SERVER computer, sent to and stored by your browser on your computer. When your computer consults the originating server computer, the cookie is sent back to the server, allowing it to respond to you according to the cookie's contents. The main use for cookies is to provide customised Web pages according to a profile of your interests. Generally cookie will store user information. |
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| This Internet cookie is configured to stay-on in your system for years. If you come back months later, the server still retrieves your choice from your computer, if it is still there. | |
| » DOMAIN | |
| Hierarchical scheme for indicating logical and sometimes geographical venue of a web-page from the network. | |
| » DOWNLOAD | |
| Save to diskette ( Primary or Secondary Storage device). Downloading is the method by which users access and save or "pull down" server or other files to their own computers from a remote computer, usually via a modem. | |
| » DPI | |
This is an abbreviation for Dots Per Inch, a measurement of print image resolution and quality. A larger number of dots allow for more detail, and therefore a higher resolution image. The average laser printer has a resolution of 300 x 300 dpi, which means, it can print 300 dots per inch horizontally and 300 dots per inch vertically, or 90,000 dots per square inch. A high-resolution, professional quality laser printer prints at 1200 dpi or 2400 dpi. |
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| » DOMAIN NAME | |
The domain name is the unique name that identifies an Internet site. The Internet is made up of hundreds of thousands of computers and networks, all with their own domain name or unique address. A given server may have more than one domain name, but a given domain name points to only one server. The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain Names always have 2 or more parts, separated by dots. The part on the left is the most specific, and the part on the right is the most general. A given machine may have more than one Domain Name but a given Domain Name points to only one machine. |
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For example, www.infostan.com is the domain name belonging to the Infostan computer system. Once a system administrator registers a unique domain name, subaddresses can be assigned to the machines and people on the local network. Thus, the e-mail address is enquiry@infoarcade.com, technicalteam@infostan.com and so on. |
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| » DATABASE | |
| A database is a structured format for organizing and maintaining information that can be easily retrieved. A simple example of a database is a table or a spreadsheet. | |
| » DSL | |
(Digital Subscriber Line) -- A method for moving data over regular phone lines. A DSL circuit is much faster than a regular phone connection, and the wires coming into the subscriber's premises are the same (copper) wires used for regular phone service. A DSL circuit must be configured to connect two specific locations, similar to a leased line. |
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| » ENCRYPTION | |
A way of coding the information in a file or e-mail message so that if it is intercepted by a third party as it travels over a network it cannot be read. Only the person or persons who may have the right type of decoding software, can unscramble the message. |
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| » E-MAIL ADDRESS | |
This refers to a computer mailing address to which electronic mail may be sent. Each computer system handles e-mail addressing differently, but relies on various protocols for exchanging mail with other, dissimilar systems. |
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| Short form of electronic mail, e-mail consists of messages, sent from one person to another via computer E-mail can also be sent automatically to a number of addresses. | |
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| » FTP | |
| File Transfer Protocol. Ability to transfer rapidly entire files from one computer to another, intact for viewing or other purposes. | |
| » FORMS | |
Forms are web pages comprised of text and "fields" for a user to fill in with information. They are an excellent way of collecting and processing information from people visiting a website, as well as allowing them to interact with web pages. Forms are written in HTML and processed by CGI programs. The output can be sent as an e-mail form, stored online, printed, and/or returned to the user as an HTML page. When you enter a keyword in the search field of an Internet directory, you are filling in a form. It is then processed by a CGI program, returning a list of possible matches with your keyword. Forms are also used for online catalogs, surveys, requests for information, and conferencing. |
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| » FIREWALL | |
A firewall is a combination hardware and software buffer that many companies or organizations have in place between their internal networks and the Internet. A firewall allows only specific kinds of messages from the Internet to flow in and out of the internal network. This protects the internal network from unauthentic / intruders / hackers who might try to use the Internet to break into those systems (server). |
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| » GUI | |
A GUI, short for Graphical User Interface, allows users to navigate and interact with information on their computer screen by using a mouse to point, click, and drag icons and other data around on the screen, instead of typing in words and phrases. The Windows and Macintosh operating systems are examples of GUIs. The World Wide Web is an example of a GUI designed to enhance navigation of the Internet, once done exclusively via terminal-based (typed command line) functions |
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| » GIF | |
Acronym for Graphics Interchange Format, GIF is a graphics file format that uses a compression scheme originally developed by CompuServe. Because GIF files are compressed, the file can be quickly and easily transmitted over a network. That's why it is the most commonly used graphics format on the World Wide Web. |
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| » GIGABYTE | |
| Approximately 1 billion bytes (1024 MB). Most hard drive sizes are listed in gigabytes. | |
| » GATEWAY | |
A gateway refers to hardware or software that bridges the gap between two otherwise incompatible applications or networks so that data can be transferred among different computers. Gateways are common with e-mail that gets sent back and forth between Internet sites and commercial online services (like America Online) that have their own internal e-mail systems. This is useful for security purposes. |
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| » HTML | |
Hypertext Markup Language. A standardized language of computer code, imbedded in "source" documents behind all Web documents, containing the textual content, images, links to other documents (and possibly other applications such as sound or motion), and formatting instructions for display on the screen. |
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| »HTTP | |
Http stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol -- the method used to transfer hypertext files across the Internet. On the World Wide Web, pages written in Hyper Text Markup Language ( HTML ) use hypertext to link to other documents. When you click on hypertext, you jump to another web page, sound file, or graphic. |
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Hypertext transfer is simply the transfer of hypertext files from computer to computer. Hypertext transfer protocol is the set of standards used by computers to transfer hypertext files (Web Pages) over the Internet. |
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| » HYPERTEXT | |
| Generally, any text that contains "links" to other documents - words or phrases in the document that can be chosen by a reader ( by clicking) and which cause another document to be retrieved and displayed. | |
| » HOST NAME | |
Every computer that is directly connected to the Internet has a numerical identification, called an IP address, and a name, called a host name. Most people using the Internet don't need to know the host name of a computer in order to link to it. The Web URLs and e-mail addresses are all you really need to know. |
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| » HOST | |
| A host is any computer directly connected to a network that acts as a repository for services | |
| » HOME PAGE | |
| Also referred to as a web page / index page, the home page is the starting point of a Web presentation. It is a sort of table of contents for what is at the website, offering direct links to the different parts of the site. | |
| » HITS | |
This term refers to the number of files that are downloaded from a web server. Keeping track of hits is a way of measuring traffic to a website that can be misleading. The number of hits a site receives is usually much greater than the number of actual visitors. That's because a web page can contain more than one file. For example, each graphic element is a separate file, so a page with nine graphics would count as ten hits, one for each graphic and one for the HTML file. In this scenario, a page may have 10,000 hits, but only 1,000 visits. |
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| » HACKER | |
| Hacker is a slang term for a technically sophisticated computer user who enjoys exploring computer systems and programs, sometimes to the point of obsession in unauthenticated. | |
| » HYPERLINK | |
| Anything on a Web page that you can click to go to another page. A text or graphical link could go to another page at the same Web site or to page on a different part of the Web. | |
| » INTERNET | |
| An "internet" (lower case i) is any computers connected to each other (a network). | |
| » ISP or INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER | |
| A company that sells Internet connections via modem. Ex. VSNL | |
| » IP ADDRESS | |
An IP address is a numeric code that uniquely identifies a particular computer on the Internet. Just as a street address identifies the location of your home or office, every computer or network on the Internet has a unique address, too. Internet addresses are assigned to you by an organization called InterNIC. You register your address with InterNIC as both a name (infostan.com), which is referred to as the domain name, and a number (203.180.236.2), which is generally referred to as the IP address or IP number |
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| Every machine that is on the Internet has a unique IP number - if a machine does not have an IP number, it is not really on the Internet. | |
| » JAVASCRIPT | |
| A simple programming language developed by Netscape to enable greater interactivity in Web pages. This is popular in internet languages. | |
| » JPEG | |
An acronym for Joint Photographic Experts Group, an industry committee that developed a compression standard for still images, JPEG refers to the graphics file format that uses this compression standard. You will find JPEG files on the World Wide Web with the file extension JPG. |
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| » KEYWORD(S) | |
| A word searched for in a search command. Ex. webdesign hyderbad india. | |
| » KILOBYTE | |
| A thousand bytes. Actually, usually, 1024 (2^10) bytes. Most download sites use kilobytes when they give file sizes. | |
| » LINKS | |
| A clickable, underlined term leading to other pages | |
| » LAN | |
| (Local Area Network) -- A computer network limited to the immediate area, usually the same building or in the floor of 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. | |
| » MULTIMEDIA | |
| Multimedia refers to the simultaneous use of more than one type of media such as text with sound, moving or still images with music, and so on. | |
| » MPEG | |
MPEG (or MPG) is an acronym for Moving Pictures Experts Group, an industry committee that is developing a set of compression standards for moving images (such as film, video and animation) that can be downloaded and viewed on a computer. |
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| » MODEM | |
| Short for Modulator/Demodulator, a modem is a device that allows remote computers to communicate, to transmit and receive data using telephone lines. Modems come in varying speeds 14.4, 28.8, 33.6, 56k, T1, T3. | |
| » MIME | |
MIME stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension, a standard system for identifying the type of data contained in a file based on its extension. MIME is an Internet protocol that allows you to send binary files across the Internet as attachments to e-mail messages. These files includes graphics, photos, sound and video files, and formatted text documents. MIME negotiates many different operating systems and types of software to perform this amazing feat. Its invention has been a major step forward in the exchange of non-text information over the Internet. |
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Besides email software, the MIME standard is also universally used by Web Servers to identify the files they are sending to Web Clients, in this way new file formats can be accommodated simply by updating the Browsers" list of pairs of MIME-Types and appropriate software for handling each type. For ex. If you send an attachment of document to other person then when the person is opening the file at that time if microsoft word is installed means then automatically microsoft word will open with content wherein the person has sent. |
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| » MEGABYTE | |
| A million bytes. A thousand kilobytes. | |
| » NETWORK | |
| Connecting two or more computers together therby sharing the resources. | |
| » PACKET | |
| When you retrieve a document via the WWW, the document is sent in "packets" which fit in between other messages on the telecommunications lines, and then are reassembled when they arrive at your end (computer). | |
| » PLUG-IN | |
| An application built into a browser or added to a browser to enable it to interact with a special file type (such as a movie, sound file, Word document, etc.). For Ex. To view flash files in the website, you need to have flash plugins. | |
| » PROTOCOL | |
A protocol is the standard or set of rules that two computers use to communicate with each other. Also known as a communications protocol or network protocol, this is a set of standards that assures that different network products or programs can work together. Any product that uses a given protocol should work with any other product using the same protocol. |
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| » POP SERVER | |
| A POP server uses the Post Office Protocol, to hold users' incoming e-mail ( POP 3 EMAIL ) until they are read or downloaded. Ex. For POP3 Email is yourname@yourcompanyname.com - enquiry@infoarcade.com. | |
| » PIXEL | |
A pixel, short for picture element, is the smallest element that can be displayed on a video screen or computer monitor, and is often used as a unit of measurement for image size and resolution. The number of pixels (width and height) in an image defines its size and the number of pixels in an inch, defines the resolution of the image. |
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| » PERL | |
An acronym for Practical Extraction and Reporting Language, PERL is a robust programming language frequently used for creating CGI programs on web servers. PERL is faster than UNIX shell script programs, it can read and write binary files, and it can process very large files. The major advantage of PERL over C as a programming language is that PERL does not need to be compiled. |
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| » PASSWORD | |
A code used to gain access to a locked system. Good passwords contain letters and non-letters and are not simple combinations such as "system8". For ex. If you type system8 the in the password column it will show with '*' marks as *******. |
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| » PORTAL | |
A "Portal site" has a catalog of web sites, a search engine, or both. A Portal site may also offer email and other service to entice people to use that site as their main "point of entry" (hence "portal") to the Web. Ex. www.infostan.com gives free services like Product Rating, Webmail, Movie Review, Country Comparision. Some more examples are www.yahoo.com & www.rediff.com. |
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| » ROUTER | |
| A router is a piece of hardware or software that connects two or more networks. | |
| » ROBOT | |
A robot is a program that is designed to automatically go out and explore the Internet for a specific purpose. Robots that record and index all the contents of the network to create searchable databases are sometimes called spiders or Worms. For Ex. WebCrawler and Lycos are popular examples of robots. |
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| » SITE or WEB-SITE | |
This term is often used to mean "web page," but there is supposed to be a difference. A web page is a single entity, one URL, one file that you might exist on the Web at a particular server. A "site," properly speaking, is an location or gathering or center for a bunch of related pages linked to from that site. Exploring a website usually begins with the home page, which may lead you to more information about that site. A single server may support multiple websites. Ex. www.infostan.com, www.infoarcade.com. To visit the website you need to have Internet Connection. |
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| » SPIDERS | |
Computer robot programs, referred to sometimes as "crawlers" or "knowledge-bots" or "knowbots" that are used by search engines to roam the World Wide Web via the Internet, visit sites and databases, and keep the search engine database of web pages up to date. |
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| » SSL | |
Secure Socket Layer. SSL is a protocol developed by Netscape Communications Corporation for securing data transmission in commercial transactions( buying goods) on the Internet. Using public-key cryptography, SSL provides server authentication, data encryption, and data integrity for Client/server communications. |
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| » SMTP | |
| Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, SMTP is the protocol used for routing e-mail across the Internet. | |
| » SHAREWARE | |
Shareware is software that is freely distributed for a small fee paid on an "honor system." You are not required to pay the fee, to try the program, but if you like the software enough to use it, you are expected to send the fee directly to the creator. |
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| » SECURITY | |
| Unauthorised / Unauthenticate people will not enter into the server, when they are trying to delete some of the files / datas from the server. | |
| » SERVER | |
| A server is a computer that handles requests for data, e-mail, file transfers, and other network services from other computers (i.e., clients). | |
| » SEARCH ENGINE | |
A search engine is a type of software that creates indexes of databases or Internet sites based on the titles of files, keywords, or the full text of files. The search engine has an interface that allows you to type what you're looking for into a blank field. It then gives you a list of the results of the search. When you use a search engine on the Web, the results are presented to you in hypertext, which means you can click on any item in the list to get the actual file. Ex. www.google.com, www.altavista.com, www.hotbot.com etc. |
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| » SCRIPT | |
| A script is a type of program that consists of a set of instructions for another application or utility to use. | |
| » SOFTWARE | |
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set of programs use to control the computer. The types of softwares are Application and
System. Ex. For System Software is WINDOWS 98, UNIX etc. Ex. For Application Software is MS-OFFICE, ACCOUNTING PAGKAGE ETC. |
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| » SPAM (or SPAMMING) | |
| An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list. | |
| » SURFING | |
| The act of navigating the Web by clicking hyperlinks. | |
| » TELNET | |
Telnet is a software program that allows you to log in to other remote computers on the Internet to which you have access. Once you are logged into the remote system, you can download files, engage in conferencing, and perform the same commands as if you were directly connected by computer. You need an Internet account to be able to use a telnet program. |
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| » TAGS | |
| Tags are descriptive formatting codes used in HTML documents that instruct a web browser how to display text and graphics on a web page. For example, to make text Italic, the tag <I> is used at the beginning and end of the text </I>. | |
| » T3 LINE | |
A T3 line is a super high-speed connection capable of transmitting data at a rate of 45 million bps (bits per second). A T3 line represents a bandwidth equal to about 672 regular voice-grade telephone lines, which is wide enough to transmit full-motion, real-time video, and very large databases over a busy network. A T3 line is typically installed as a major networking artery for large corporations and universities with high-volume network traffic. For example, the backbones of the major Internet Service Providers are comprised of T3 lines. |
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| » T1 LINE | |
A T1 line is a high-speed digital connection capable of transmitting data at a rate of approximately 1.5 million bps (bits per second). A T1 line is typically used by small and medium-sized companies with heavy network traffic. It is large enough to send and receive very large text files, graphics, sounds, and databases instantaneously, and is the fastest speed commonly used to connect networks to the Internet. Sometimes referred to as a leased line, a T1 is basically too large and too expensive for individual home use. |
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| » TERABYTE | |
| 1000 gigabytes. | |
| » URL | |
| URL (Uniform Resource Locator) -- The standard way to give the address of any resource on the Internet that is part of the World Wide Web (WWW). For ex. a URL looks like this: http://www.infostan.com/index.html | |
| » UPLOADING | |
| Uploading a file means loading it from your computer onto a remote one. Most people do a lot more downloading than uploading. | |
| » UPGRADE | |
| An upgrade is a later release of a software program. Most software companies work to improve their existing software by upgrading it periodically by adding new features & functions. | |
| » UNIX | |
| UNIX is the trademarked name of the multiuser, multitasking, time-sharing operating system developed at AT&T's Bell Labs in 1969. Many websites are maintained on UNIX systems. | |
| » WORLD WIDE WEB | |
| Known as WWW, the Web is a system that enables you to see documen | |
