|b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Here are a tiny sample to give you an idea of how the úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser works. |b|uAccess All Areas|b|u úThe Internet,25206ÿ help and connectivity from The Big Room. For only £29.99 you get a full suite of úInternet,14318ÿ software plus a super-quick hypertext help system, and voiced-over movies. If you have any problems finding the full version of úAccess All Areas,0ÿ, call 01924 271637. |b|uAddress|b|u When used in the sense of úthe Internet,25206ÿ - There are three main forms for úaddress,299ÿ on úthe Internet,25206ÿ: 1) úIP address,15131ÿ 2) Domain Name úaddress,299ÿ 3) úEmail address,9131ÿ. Basically, every machine on úthe Internet,25206ÿ has its own úaddress,299ÿ no matter how big or how small the actual computer is. This individual addressing system is one of the reasons that úthe Internet,25206ÿ is able to operate over so many different machine types and to send and receive information no matter the state of the úInternet,14318ÿ-work itself. The first two úaddress,299ÿ forms: IP and Domain, work in tandem with each other. At base, the úIP address,15131ÿ is a numeric address (in the form of four numbers from 0 to 255 separated by dots) while the Domain name úaddress,299ÿ is in word form (in the form of machine-name.domain-name.domain-name). The reason for these two addresses is that computers on the Net prefer to think in terms of numbers, while people find it easier to think in terms of words. Hence you would type in úWWW,28406ÿ.Team17.com to reach Team17's úWorld Wide Web,28238ÿ pages but your computer would look for 194.70.228.65. Your úEmail address,9131ÿ really only adds elements to the domain name address. These are the user name followed by the "@" (or "at") symbol. Therefore to reach someone called Oscar who has an úEmail address,9131ÿ at Team17 for example, you would type Oscar@Team17.com. You will be issued with a domain name address, úIP address,15131ÿ and Email úaddress,299ÿ by your service provider. |b|uArchie|b|u When used in terms of úthe Internet,25206ÿ, úArchie,1786ÿ is a software tool for finding files stored on anonymous úFTP,11881ÿ sites by looking up a file in a directory on an úArchie,1786ÿ server. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uARPA|b|u US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency - the grandma and grandpa of úthe Internet,25206ÿ. Back in the 1960s úARPANet,2811ÿ was set up to link the various elements of úARPA,2013ÿ to encourage and speed up research work. The system used to link the machines was based on the, then new, "packet switching" technology. This was revolutionary because it enabled data to be sent in small packets each armed with its own routing and time stamping details rather than in huge chunks which had to be routed from A-to-B. This meant that more than one computer (and computer user) could use a data line at the same time - the data packets were independent of each other and were only reassembled at the end of their journey. This gave rise to mass computer communication, úEmail,9277ÿ, únews,19311ÿ and úthe Internet,25206ÿ. |b|uARPANet|b|u Advanced Research Projects Administration Network - The precursor to the úInternet,14318ÿ. Developed in the late 60's and early 70's by the US Department of Defense as an experiment in wide-area networking that would survive a nuclear war. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Here are a tiny sample to give you an idea of how the úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser works. |u|bBackbone|b|u When used in the sense of úthe Internet,25206ÿ - A high-speed line or series of connections that forms a major pathway within a network. The term is relative as a úbackbone,3056ÿ in a small network is likely to be much smaller than many non-úbackbone,3056ÿ lines in a large network. |b|uBackbones|b|u When used in the sense of úthe Internet,25206ÿ - A high-speed line or series of connections that forms a major pathway within a network. The term is relative as a úbackbone,3056ÿ in a small network is likely to be much smaller than many non-úbackbone,3056ÿ lines in a large network. |b|uBake Off|b|u A highly technical 'competition' in which different úInternet,14318ÿ sites send packets of data to and from each other with the intent on making one or more fail. Bake Offs are used to ensure that the different forms of data transport across úTCP/IP,24331ÿ are compatible with each other. |b|uBake Offs|b|u A highly technical 'competition' in which different úInternet,14318ÿ sites send packets of data to and from each other with the intent on making one or more fail. Bake Offs are used to ensure that the different forms of data transport across úTCP/IP,24331ÿ are compatible with each other. |b|uBandwidth|b|u When used in the sense of úthe Internet,25206ÿ - The measurement of how much data you can send through a connection. Usually measured in bits-per-second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. A fast úmodem,17446ÿ can move about 15,000 bits in one second. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uBitnet|b|u Because It's Time Net is just one of the many definitions for this Net setup. úBitnet,4504ÿ is an international organisation that connects educational establishments. Like úthe Internet,25206ÿ itself, and similar to úUsenet,26764ÿ, úBitnet,4504ÿ acts as a conduit for discussion across a wide range of topics. However, it uses different technical protocols to úthe Internet,25206ÿ and úUsenet,26764ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uBITNIC|u|b úBitnet,4504ÿ Network Information Center. Bitnet connects academic establishments using different protocols to úthe Internet,25206ÿ, but like the Internet's NICs, Bitnet uses certain sites to provide support and information to its users; these are the BITNICs. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Here are a tiny sample to give you an idea of how the úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser works. |b|uCCIRN|u|b Co-ordinating Committee for Intercontinental Networks. One of úthe Internet,25206ÿ's 'governing' bodies. Organised by the Federal Networking Council (FNC). Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uCentre Europen de la Recherche Nuclaire|b|u Better known as CERN. This is the scientific research institute in Geneva, famous for having the world's largest particle accelerator. It is also the place where úHTML,12579ÿ, the basis for the úWorld Wide Web,28238ÿ, was developed. |b|uCERFnet|b|u Set up by General Atomics as one of the world's first commercial Internet providers along with CIX, PSINet and Alternet. |b|uCERT|u|b Computer Emergency Response Team. Following the úInternet Worm,14139ÿ disaster of 1988, úDARPA,7025ÿ formed a rapid response team to guard against such occurrences ever happening again... Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uChat|b|u When used in the sense of úthe Internet,25206ÿ - This is a term to describe one-to-one conversation sessions rather than the larger, many-to-many conversations of úIRC,15915ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uCIX |u|b Commercial úInternet,14318ÿ Exchange. One of the world's first commercial Internet providers along with úCERFnet,5664ÿ, PSINet and Alternet. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uCREN|u|b Computer Research and Education Network is the new name for the merged computer networks, úBITNET,4504ÿ and Computer Science Network (CSNET). Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uCyber|b|u Another catch-all term to describe anything that happens on úthe Internet,25206ÿ or even on-line. Can often be used instead of "Virtual" or "On-line". |b|uCyberspace|b|u Term originated by author William Gibson in his novel "Neuromancer", the word úCyberspace,6812ÿ is currently used to describe the whole range of information resources available through computer networks. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Here are a tiny sample to give you an idea of how the úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser works. |b|uDARPA|u|b Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The Daddy of úthe Internet,25206ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uDial-up|b|u There was a time when the majority of computers on úthe Internet,25206ÿ were connected directly to úthe Internet,25206ÿ (much in the same way as your úISP,16050ÿ is). However, recently more and more people using personal computers and modems are connecting. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uDISA|u|b Defense Information Systems Agency. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uDNS lookup|b|u The process whereby your úInternet,14318ÿ applications ask a úDNS Server,7778ÿ to provide an úIP number,15521ÿ in response to a domain name (and vice versa). Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uDNS Server|b|u A dedicated machine (or a dedicated program running on a machine) that takes a FQDN and looks up the úIP address,15131ÿ for the machine. Also known as a Name Server. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uDNS|u|b The Domain Name System. See our special feature in Data Central for an in-depth description of this technical element of úthe Internet,25206ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uDomain Name Resolution|b|u The method by which a numerical (IP) number is matched to is word-based Domain Name. See our special feature in Data Central for more information on this technical area of úthe Internet,25206ÿ. |b|uDynamic Addressing|b|u Put at its most simplistic, this is a system that issues a user with an IP úaddress,299ÿ only when they are on-line, and this address can be different each time. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Here are a tiny sample to give you an idea of how the úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser works. |b|uEARN|u|b European Academic and Research Network. Set up in the early 1980s, EARN is a network made from IBM Vm and DEC VAX computers. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uEFF|u|b The Electronic Frontier Foundation. According to the úEFF,8853ÿ's own remit, it is a non-profit making organisation that is: "dedicated to protecting and promoting the civil liberties of the users of úonline,20848ÿ technology. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uEmail address|b|u Electronic Mail úAddress,299ÿ. This is your mailing address on úthe Internet,25206ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uEmail|b|u Electronic Mail. Basically a system for sending and receiving electronic text messages over úthe Internet,25206ÿ. For more information on úEmail,9277ÿ, click on the Email icon on the Main page of úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uEmoticon|b|u Another name for a Smiley. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uEncryption|b|u The process of changing a readable message or file into one unreadable except to the person having the correct software and decryption key. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uEthernet|b|u A very common method of networking computers in a LAN. úEthernet,9798ÿ will handle about 10,000,000 bits-per-second... Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uEudora|b|u Mail application for the Mac and PC. Exists in both úshareware,22436ÿ and commercial forms. The úshareware,22436ÿ version is included on úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uEUNet|b|u European Unix Network. Part of the UUNet organisation, úEUnet,10131ÿ is basically the biggest element of the European úInternet,14318ÿ úbackbone,3056ÿ (it even extends into Africa). Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uEWAN|u|b Emulator Without A Name. A úTelnet,24988ÿ application for the Windows-based PC. |b|uEzine|b|u úOnline,20848ÿ magazines that can be downloaded or sent via úEmail,9277ÿ and the úWWW,28406ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Here are a tiny sample to give you an idea of how the úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser works. |b|uFAQ|u|b Frequently Asked Question. Frequently asked questions about the Internet (and a million other subjects) are posed and answered in documents also called úFAQs,10802ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uFAQs|u|b Frequently Asked Question. Frequently asked questions about the Internet (and a million other subjects) are posed and answered in documents also called FAQs |b|uFidonet|b|u A world-wide hobbyist BBSnetwork... Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uFinger|b|u When used in the sense of úthe Internet,25206ÿ - An Internet software tool for locating people on other úInternet,14318ÿ sites. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uFlame War|b|u Flame Wars are the bane of úUsenet,26764ÿ or one of its great pleasures depending on your level of tolerance, patience and humour. A úFlame War,11255ÿ is, at its heart, a conflict of words around a certain (usually meaningless) topic. Flame Wars are very similar to the kind of arguments you find held in pubs around closing time on a hot Friday night... Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uFlame|b|u When used in the sense of úthe Internet,25206ÿ - In the verb sense ("to flame") this means to send abusive úEmail,9277ÿ or úUsenet,26764ÿ postings to one or other people. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uFTP|b|u File Transfer Protocol. A very common method of moving files between two úInternet,14318ÿ sites. úFTP,11881ÿ is a special way to login to another Internet site for the purposes of retrieving and/or sending files. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Here are a tiny sample to give you an idea of how the úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser works. |b|uGlossary Entries|b|u There thousands of úGlossary entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. The ones that you see in this Demo are just a tiny selection. |b|uGlossary|b|u There thousands of úGlossary entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. The ones that you see in this Demo are just a tiny selection. |b|uGopher|b|u One of the best systems with one of the worst names on úthe Internet,25206ÿ. Gopher is another distributed database that can be queried with the correct software. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Here are a tiny sample to give you an idea of how the úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser works. |b|uHome Page|b|u The first link your Web Browser software accesses when it is run. This can be local file on your own machine, or a URL to the outside Web. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uHTML|u|b HyperText Markup Language. The coding language used to create Hypertext documents for use on the úWorld Wide Web,28238ÿ. úHTML,12579ÿ looks a lot like old-fashioned typesetting code... Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uHTTP|u|b HyperText Transport Protocol - The protocol for moving hypertext files across úthe Internet,25206ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uHyperlink|b|u Areas of a document, defined by either text or pictures which link users to another document or another part of the same document when clicked on. Well used in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ to help you get into úthe Internet,25206ÿ quickly. |b|uHyperlinked|b|u Areas of a document, defined by either text or pictures which link users to another document or another part of the same document when clicked on. Used in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ to help you get into úthe Internet,25206ÿ quickly. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Here are a tiny sample to give you an idea of how the úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser works. |b|uIAB|u|b úInternet,14318ÿ Activities Board. An organisation set up internationally to ensure the evolution and integrity of the úTCP/IP,24331ÿ protocols. The úIAB,13440ÿ also deals with publishing úInternet,14318ÿ documentation (such as RFCs). Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uIETF|u|b úInternet,14318ÿ Engineering Task Force. An offshoot of the úIAB,13440ÿ. Its primary function is to ensure the evolution of the úTCP,24111ÿ protocol. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uInternet Service Provider|b|u úISP,16050ÿ. A company that enables personal computer owners to access the Internet over údial-up,7163ÿ lines. The úNetforce,18306ÿ Group who provide One Month's FREE access with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ is an úInternet Service Provider,13902ÿ. |b|uInternet Worm|b|u A programming experiment by a teenage student called Robert Tappan Morris that went disastrously wrong. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uInternet|b|u The series of interconnected networks that includes local area, regional, and national úbackbone,3056ÿ networks. Networks in úthe Internet,25206ÿ use the same telecommunications protocol (úTCP/IP,24331ÿ) and provide electronic mail, remote login, and file transfer services. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uInternetting Project|b|u úDARPA,7025ÿ's 1973 project to study packet transport of data. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uInterNIC|u|b úInternet,14318ÿ Network Information Center. Internic is one of the main NICs on the úInternet,14318ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uInteroperability|b|u The notion that different systems and protocols should be able to communicate with each other over úthe Internet,25206ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uIP Address|b|u Also called úIP number,15521ÿ. Leaving aside the question of údynamic addressing,8424ÿ for a while, the basic equation of úInternet,14318ÿ addressing is that you are issued with a Domain Name úaddress,299ÿ, in the form of words (machine.network.organisation.country) and this is mirrored by a numbered, or úIP address,15131ÿ (158.152.25.251 for example). Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uIP Number|b|u Another name for an úIP Address,15131ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uIRC Bar|b|u Many úIRC,15915ÿ channels double as virtual bars, cafes or pubs. Basically they let you pretend that you are drinking, smoking, eating pretzels and having a good time without the hassle of hangovers, cancer or choking to death. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uIRC|u|b úInternet,14318ÿ Relay úChat,6037ÿ. Basically a huge multi-user live chat facility. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uISP|u|b úInternet Service Provider,13902ÿ. A company such as the úNetforce,18306ÿ Group - providers of One Month's FREE úInternet,14318ÿ connection with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Here are a tiny sample to give you an idea of how the úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser works. |b|uJANET|u|b Joint Academic NETwork, the UK's academic network which also provides a gateway to a great deal of commercial traffic. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uJEEVES|u|b The original úDNS,8009ÿ system, designed by Paul Mocapteris in 1992. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. This Demo úglossary,28732ÿ browser only gives a tiny sample. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. This Demo úglossary,28732ÿ browser only gives a tiny sample. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Here are a tiny sample to give you an idea of how the úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser works. |b|uMailbomb|b|u (verb) To send large amounts of mail in retaliation for some perceived offence. Mailbombing is often the first course of action taken by many people who don't understand the double-edged nature of mailbombing. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uMailhost|b|u Another name for the úPost,21664ÿ or Mail Server usually located at your úISP,16050ÿ (although commercial sites use their own), that acts as the úpost,21664ÿ office. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uMILNET|u|b MILitary NETwork. Back in the dim distant past (the 1970s), úARPANet,2811ÿ (the original úInternet,14318ÿ) was split into úARPANet,2811ÿ and úMILNET,17065ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|u|b|u |b|uMIT|b|u Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of the main institutions for computer and úInternet,14318ÿ research in the world. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uModem|b|u MOdulator, DEModulator - a device that you connect to your computer and to a phone line, that allows your computer to talk to other computers via the phone system. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uMultimedia|b|u Computer programs or documents which combine text, pictures, video and sound. úMultimedia,17678ÿ was a buzzword for much of the early Nineties. The World Wide Web is an effective úmultimedia,17678ÿ delivery system for example, as is CDROM. |b|uAccess All Areas úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser|b|u There are thousands of úglossary Entries,28590ÿ in úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. Here are a tiny sample to give you an idea of how the úGlossary,28732ÿ Browser works. |b|uNASA|u|b National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Along with being one of the most famous organisations in the world... Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uNCSA|u|b The National Center for Supercomputer Applications. An American research centre based at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign... Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uNetForce|b|u The parent company of County úInternet,14318ÿ Services. úNetforce,18306ÿ is based in Chelmsford, Essex. Contact County and úNetforce,18306ÿ on (Tel +44-1245-348000 or Fax +44-1245-287057). |b|uNetiquette|b|u The un-official but often spoken set of rules that, depending on your views makes úthe Internet,25206ÿ a more pleasant and efficient place to be, or interferes with your freedom of expression and merely adds to other busy-body's arsenal of flamebait. See our feature on úNetiquette,18485ÿ in Data Central. |b|uNewbie|b|u (Also 'Newby') A term used to describe somebody with limited experience of úthe Internet,25206ÿ. Widely understood to mean someone who is brand new to the úInternet,14318ÿ, it is actually far more ambiguous than that. For example, someone who has been using UNIX-based Net connections since 1979, and is used to command-line interfaces from a very technical level, is more than likely to view someone who's had a personal computer connection since 1989 as a "newbie". Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uNews|b|u When used in the sense of úthe Internet,25206ÿ, this is synonymous with úUsenet,26764ÿ and úUsenet,26764ÿ postings. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uNewsHopper|b|u Extremely popular commercial únewsreader,19615ÿ for the Mac that allows off-line reading of úUsenet,26764ÿ groups. Included on úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uNewsreader|b|u A name given to software that enables you to access úUsenet,26764ÿ newsgroups using the NNTP protocol. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uNFS|u|b Network File System. Initially developed by Sun Microsystems... Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uNREN|u|b The National Research and Education Network. A proposed national computer network to be built upon the foundation of the NSF úbackbone,3056ÿ network, úNSFNet,20287ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uNSF|u|b National Science Foundation. The US organisation responsible for the formation of úNSFNet,20287ÿ... Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uNSFNet|b|u The US National Science Federation's network which set the pace for other networks by linking faster and better supercomputers to úthe Internet,25206ÿ. úNSFNet,20287ÿ... Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uNSI|u|b úNASA,17918ÿ Science úInternet,14318ÿ. Fairly obvious really, it's NASA's own network system responsible for úNSINet,20676ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uNSINet|u|b úNASA,17918ÿ Science Internet Net. 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An úencryption,9585ÿ program by Philip Zimmerman which uses RSA úencryption,9585ÿ algorithms to strongly encrypt úEmail,9277ÿ or other data. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uPing|b|u Packet úInternet,14318ÿ Groper. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uPornography|b|u Porn is one of the topics you've probably heard most about regarding the úInternet,14318ÿ. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uPost|b|u When used in the sense of úthe Internet,25206ÿ - To add an article to a Usenet newsgroup. Also known as a posting. Find out more about this with úAccess All Areas,0ÿ. |b|uPPP|u|b Point To Point Protocol. úPPP,21838ÿ is the most fashionable way of connecting a home computer such as a Macintosh or PC to úthe Internet,25206ÿ using the serial port and a úmodem,17446ÿ. 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