Secure Sockets Layer

a protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting private documents via the Internet.

Feed

Is a Term used to describe the process of inserting an object into a device or moving data into another location.

Directories

Lists of other pages on the Web where you can find additional information.

Copyright

Is the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something like for example a book.

boolean Logic

Is a complete system for logical operations, used in many systems.

Blog

Is a website were the person created an account can talk about and update information on current events, past events, information on almost everything.

Wiki

Is an open editing database allowing any user to add and update information, create new pages, etc. All done over the internet.

web app

Is an application that is accessed over a network. The most common is the internet.

Wesite

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

Web Cache

Is used to help improve how fast data is opened while browsing the Internet.

Web 2.0

A term said by Dale Doughert that today many believe to be a word to describe the second generation of the World Wide Web that introduces Internet technologies such as AJAX, Podcasts, RSS feeds, Weblogs, Wikis and other tools that help all users create their own content and help develop a more community driven website.

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Short for Uniform Resource Locator, is a form of URI and is a standardized naming convention for addressing documents accessible over the Internet or Intranet.

Social Networking Site

Is a site that brings users together who enjoy similar music tastes or other similar interests.

Really Simple Syndication(RSS)

Is XML-formatted text commonly used for distributing weblogs, news, or other content that is updated frequently.

Portal

The idea of a website or service that offers a broad range of services such as e-mail, games, quotes, search, news, stocks, etc.

Podcast

Is an audio broadcast that is often listened to on a computer or downloaded to a MP3 player such as an iPod.

Mosaic

The first widely used graphical World Wide Web browser developed and first released on April 22,1993 by the NCSA.

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

ISP is a company that provides Internet access to users or subscribers of its service.

Internet Protocol (IP) Address

Is an address of a computer or other network device on a network using IP or TCP/IP.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

Is a set of standards that allow users of the World Wide Web to exchange information found on web pages.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Is the markup language for web pages.

Home Page

Is the opening page for a website.

Hit

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

Geographic Imaging

Is images taken by a satellite and sent to a computer back on earth.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

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

Domain

Is a group of computers and devices on a network that are administered as a unit with common rules and procedures. On the internet domains are defined by the IP Address.
 

Digital Certificate

Is an electronic "credit card" that establishes your credentials when doing business or other transactions on the Web.

Cookie

Is a piece of text stored by a users web browser that can contain anything even personal information.

Client

Is a computer that is hooked up to a computer network.

ActiveX

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

Worm

A malware program that replicates itself in a computer.

Virus

It is a computer program that replicates itself in a computer and infects it.

Urban Legend

Is a form of modern folklore consisting of stories usually believed by their tellers to be true.

Trojan Horse

Is a destructive program that starts off as a application. It doesn't replicate itself but acts as a program that claims to rid your computer of viruses but actually lets them in.
 

Time Bomb

A malicious program that is programmed to "detonate" at a specific time and release a virus onto the computer system or network.

Teleconferencing

Is a live exchange of verbal information among a group of people in one place and one or more people in another place. Usually far distances from each other.

Tagging

Commonly used in blogs, site authors attach keyword descriptions to identify images or text within their site as a categories or topic.

RDF Summary

An XML format used to syndicate news, blog spots, forum threads and other content among different websites.

Pyramid Schemes

Is a business model  that involves promising participants payment, services or ideals, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme or training them to take part, rather than supplying any real investment or sale of products or services to the public. 

Phishing

Is the act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be some type of enterprise for the user to give up private information for identity theft.

Netiquette

Are guidelines for posting messages to online services, and particularly Internet newsgroups.

Logic Bomb

Also called slag code, programming code added to the software of an application or operating system that is set to activate at a certain time. It is similar to a Trojan Horse.

Hoax

In e-mail terminology a hoax is a message which is written for you to open like for example it would probably say "YOU WON A TRIP TO EUROPE" something like that and one of the things that could happen if you open it is that it can delete your hard drive.
 

Fraud

Is when someone on a computer creates fake identities to make credit cards and other things.

filtering

Is deciding which data packets are allowed to be sent and which packets should not be sent.

This software Active Wall is a filtering program.

Window Mail

A Microsoft Windows Vista  feature, formally called Outlook Express in previous Microsoft operating systems. Windows Mail better addresses concerns regarding junk e-mail and phishing attacks.

User Agent

is a term used to mean any program used for accessing a website.

Text Messaging

Is sending text messages to other people through your phone.

Spam

Is electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings.

Signature

A digital code that can be attached to an electronically transmitted message that uniquely identifies the sender.