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| A measure of how well computers and computer-based devices communicate and share information with one another without human intervention. |
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| The name identifying a unique node on the Internet. |
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| Internet Protocol (IP) address |
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| Four-part numeric address indicating a unique computer location on the Internet. |
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| Online groups using e-mail broadcast from mailing list servers for discussions or messaging. |
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| Network tool that allows someone to log on to one computer system while doing work on another. |
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| virtual private network (VPN) |
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| A secure connection between two points across the Internet to transmit data. Provides a lowcost alternative to a private network. |
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| The person in charge of an organization's Web site. |
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| uniform resource locator (URL) |
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| The address of a specific resource on the Internet. |
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| hypertext transport protocol (http) |
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| The communications standard used to transfer pages on the Web. Defines how messages are formatted and transmitted. |
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| Method of obtaining relevant information on networks by having a computer broadcast information directly to the user based on prespecified interests. |
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| Hardware and software placed between an organization's internal network and an external network to prevent outsiders from invading private networks. |
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| Technologies enabling users to access digital information from the Internet using wireless mobile computing devices. |
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| WML (Wireless Markup Language) |
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| Markup language for wireless Web sites; based on XML and optimized for tiny displays |
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| Technology for storing the contents of Web pages as objects in a database rather where they can be accessed and assembled to create constantly changing Web pages. |
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| XML (eXtensible Markup Language) |
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| General-purpose language that describes the structure of a document and supports links to multiple documents, allowing data to be manipulated by the computer. Used for both Web and non-Web applications. |
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| hypertext markup language (html) |
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| Page description language for creating Web pages and other hypermedia documents. |
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