Secure Sockets Layer

Secure sockets layer is a security technology that is commonly used to secure server to browser transactions.

Feed

Getting Information through RSS

directory

a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)

Copyright

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

boolean Logic

a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in computers

Blog

read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal

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.

webapp

an application that is accessed via a web browser over a network such as the Internet or an intranet.

Website

a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web

Web Cache

the caching of web documents (e.g., HTML pages, images) to reduce bandwidth usage, server load, and perceived lag.

Web 2.0

web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web.

Uniform Resource Locator

the address of a web page on the world wide web

Social Networking Site

A social network service focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations            among  people

Really Simple Syndication

RSS (most commonly expanded as "Really Simple Syndication") is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.

Really Simple Syndication

 

 Really Simple Syndication

Portal

                           a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet

podcast

   distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer

mosaic

Mosaic is the web browser credited with popularizing the World Wide Web.

Internet Service Provider

a company that offers its customers access to the Internet.

Internet Protocol Address

An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a numerical label that is assigned to devices participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers

Hypertext Markup Language

the predominant markup language for web pages

Home Page

the opening page of a web site

Hit

The retrieval of any item, like a page or a graphic, from a Web Server.

Geographic Imaging

imaging of the world

File Transfer Protocol

protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network

Domain

A group of networked computers that share a common communications address.

Digital Certificate

an electronic document which uses a digital signature to bind together a public key with an identity

Cookie

a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site

Client

                                      any computer that is hooked up to a computer network

ActiveX

ActiveX is a framework for defining reusable software components that perform a particular function or a

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

Worm

a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network; "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"

Virus

a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer

Urban Legend

a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false

trojan horse

a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful

time bomb

 a computer program that has been written so that it will stop functioning after a predetermined date or time is reached.

teleconferencing

a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television

Tagging

 a label associated with something for the purpose of identification

spam

unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)

RDF Summary

a family of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specifications originally designed as a metadata data model.

Pyramid Schemes

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

 the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

Netiquette

short for network etiquette, the code of conduct regarding acceptable online behavior.

Logic Bomb

A 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

Hoaxes are either deliberate or unintentional e-mail messages warning people about a phony virus, malicious software, or just false information.

Fraud

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Filtering

filtering is the proccess of eliminating or controlling access over unwanted material on the internet such as emails, file transfers or websites.

Windows Mail

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

User Agent

 a client application implementing a network protocol used in communications within a client-server distributed computing system.

Text Messaging

 the exchange of brief written messages between mobile phones over cellular networks.