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|b|uAccess All Areas ·Glossary,28732 Browser|b|u
There are thousands of ·glossary Entries,28590 in ·Access All Areas,0 . Here are a tiny
sample to give you an idea of how the ·Glossary,28732 Browser works.
|b|uAccess All Areas|b|u
·The Internet,25206 help and connectivity from The Big Room. For only ú29.99 you
get a full suite of ·Internet,14318 software plus a super-quick hypertext help system,
and voiced-over movies. If you have any problems finding the full version of
·Access All Areas,0 , call 01924 271637.
|b|uAddress|b|u
When used in the sense of ·the Internet,25206 - There are three main forms for
·address,299 on ·the Internet,25206 :
1) ·IP address,15131
2) Domain Name ·address,299
3) ·Email address,9131 .
Basically, every machine on ·the Internet,25206 has its own ·address,299 no matter how
big or how small the actual computer is. This individual addressing system is
one of the reasons that ·the Internet,25206 is able to operate over so many different
machine types and to send and receive information no matter the state of the
·Internet,14318 -work itself.
The first two ·address,299 forms: IP and Domain, work in tandem with each other.
At base, the ·IP address,15131 is a numeric address (in the form of four numbers
from 0 to 255 separated by dots) while the Domain name ·address,299 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 ·WWW,28406 .Team17.com to reach Team17's ·World Wide Web,28238 pages
but your computer would look for 194.70.228.65.
Your ·Email address,9131 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 ·Email address,9131 at Team17 for
example, you would type Oscar@Team17.com.
You will be issued with a domain name address, ·IP address,15131 and Email
·address,299 by your service provider.
|b|uArchie|b|u
When used in terms of ·the Internet,25206 , ·Archie,1786 is a software tool for finding files
stored on anonymous ·FTP,11881 sites by looking up a file in a directory on an
·Archie,1786 server. Find out more about this with ·Access All Areas,0 .
|b|uARPA|b|u
US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency - the grandma
and grandpa of ·the Internet,25206 . Back in the 1960s ·ARPANet,2811 was set up to link the
various elements of ·ARPA,2013 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, ·Email,9277 , ·news,19311 and ·the Internet,25206 .
|b|uARPANet|b|u
Advanced Research Projects Administration Network - The precursor to the
·Internet,14318 . 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.
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|u|bBackbone|b|u
When used in the sense of ·the Internet,25206 - A high-speed line or series of
connections that forms a major pathway within a network. The term is relative
as a ·backbone,3056 in a small network is likely to be much smaller than many
non-·backbone,3056 lines in a large network.
|b|uBackbones|b|u
When used in the sense of ·the Internet,25206 - A high-speed line or series of
connections that forms a major pathway within a network. The term is relative
as a ·backbone,3056 in a small network is likely to be much smaller than many
non-·backbone,3056 lines in a large network.
|b|uBake Off|b|u
A highly technical 'competition' in which different ·Internet,14318 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
·TCP/IP,24331 are compatible with each other.
|b|uBake Offs|b|u
A highly technical 'competition' in which different ·Internet,14318 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
·TCP/IP,24331 are compatible with each other.
|b|uBandwidth|b|u
When used in the sense of ·the Internet,25206 - 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 ·modem,17446 can move about
15,000 bits in one second.
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|b|uBitnet|b|u
Because It's Time Net is just one of the many definitions for this Net setup.
·Bitnet,4504 is an international organisation that connects educational
establishments. Like ·the Internet,25206 itself, and similar to ·Usenet,26764 , ·Bitnet,4504 acts as a
conduit for discussion across a wide range of topics. However, it uses
different technical protocols to ·the Internet,25206 and ·Usenet,26764 .
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|b|uBITNIC|u|b
·Bitnet,4504 Network Information Center. Bitnet connects academic establishments
using different protocols to ·the Internet,25206 , but like the Internet's NICs, Bitnet
uses certain sites to provide support and information to its users; these are
the BITNICs.
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|b|uCCIRN|u|b
Co-ordinating Committee for Intercontinental Networks. One of ·the Internet,25206 's
'governing' bodies. Organised by the Federal Networking Council (FNC).
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|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 ·HTML,12579 , the basis for the ·World Wide Web,28238 , 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 ·Internet Worm,14139 disaster
of 1988, ·DARPA,7025 formed a rapid response team to guard against such
occurrences ever happening again...
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|b|uChat|b|u
When used in the sense of ·the Internet,25206 - This is a term to describe one-to-one
conversation sessions rather than the larger, many-to-many conversations of
·IRC,15915 .
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|b|uCIX |u|b
Commercial ·Internet,14318 Exchange. One of the world's first commercial Internet
providers along with ·CERFnet,5664 , PSINet and Alternet.
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|b|uCREN|u|b
Computer Research and Education Network is the new name for the merged
computer networks, ·BITNET,4504 and Computer Science Network (CSNET).
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|b|uCyber|b|u
Another catch-all term to describe anything that happens on ·the Internet,25206 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 ·Cyberspace,6812 is currently used to describe the whole range of information
resources available through computer networks.
|b|uAccess All Areas ·Glossary,28732 Browser|b|u
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|b|uDARPA|u|b
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The Daddy of ·the Internet,25206 .
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|b|uDial-up|b|u
There was a time when the majority of computers on ·the Internet,25206 were
connected directly to ·the Internet,25206 (much in the same way as your ·ISP,16050 is).
However, recently more and more people using personal computers and
modems are connecting.
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|b|uDISA|u|b
Defense Information Systems Agency.
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|b|uDNS lookup|b|u
The process whereby your ·Internet,14318 applications ask a ·DNS Server,7778 to provide
an ·IP number,15521 in response to a domain name (and vice versa).
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|b|uDNS Server|b|u
A dedicated machine (or a dedicated program running on a machine) that
takes a FQDN and looks up the ·IP address,15131 for the machine. Also known as a
Name Server.
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|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 ·the Internet,25206 .
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|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 ·the Internet,25206 .
|b|uDynamic Addressing|b|u
Put at its most simplistic, this is a system that issues a user with an IP
·address,299 only when they are on-line, and this address can be different each
time.
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sample to give you an idea of how the ·Glossary,28732 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.
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|b|uEFF|u|b
The Electronic Frontier Foundation. According to the ·EFF,8853 's own remit, it is a
non-profit making organisation that is: "dedicated to protecting and promoting
the civil liberties of the users of ·online,20848 technology.
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|b|uEmail address|b|u
Electronic Mail ·Address,299 . This is your mailing address on ·the Internet,25206 .
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|b|uEmail|b|u
Electronic Mail. Basically a system for sending and receiving electronic text
messages over ·the Internet,25206 . For more information on ·Email,9277 , click on the Email
icon on the Main page of ·Access All Areas,0 .
|b|uEmoticon|b|u
Another name for a Smiley.
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|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.
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|b|uEthernet|b|u
A very common method of networking computers in a LAN. ·Ethernet,9798 will
handle about 10,000,000 bits-per-second...
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|b|uEudora|b|u
Mail application for the Mac and PC. Exists in both ·shareware,22436 and commercial
forms. The ·shareware,22436 version is included on ·Access All Areas,0 .
|b|uEUNet|b|u
European Unix Network. Part of the UUNet organisation, ·EUnet,10131 is basically
the biggest element of the European ·Internet,14318 ·backbone,3056 (it even extends into
Africa).
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|b|uEWAN|u|b
Emulator Without A Name. A ·Telnet,24988 application for the Windows-based PC.
|b|uEzine|b|u
·Online,20848 magazines that can be downloaded or sent via ·Email,9277 and the ·WWW,28406 .
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|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 ·FAQs,10802 .
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|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...
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|b|uFinger|b|u
When used in the sense of ·the Internet,25206 - An Internet software tool for locating
people on other ·Internet,14318 sites.
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|b|uFlame War|b|u
Flame Wars are the bane of ·Usenet,26764 or one of its great pleasures depending
on your level of tolerance, patience and humour. A ·Flame War,11255 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...
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|b|uFlame|b|u
When used in the sense of ·the Internet,25206 - In the verb sense ("to flame") this
means to send abusive ·Email,9277 or ·Usenet,26764 postings to one or other people.
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|b|uFTP|b|u
File Transfer Protocol. A very common method of moving files between two
·Internet,14318 sites. ·FTP,11881 is a special way to login to another Internet site for the
purposes of retrieving and/or sending files.
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|b|uAccess All Areas ·Glossary,28732 Browser|b|u
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|b|uGlossary Entries|b|u
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|b|uGlossary|b|u
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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 ·the Internet,25206 . Gopher
is another distributed database that can be queried with the correct software.
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|b|uAccess All Areas ·Glossary,28732 Browser|b|u
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|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.
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|b|uHTML|u|b
HyperText Markup Language. The coding language used to create Hypertext
documents for use on the ·World Wide Web,28238 . ·HTML,12579 looks a lot like
old-fashioned typesetting code...
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|b|uHTTP|u|b
HyperText Transport Protocol - The protocol for moving hypertext files across
·the Internet,25206 .
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|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 ·Access All Areas,0 to help you get into ·the Internet,25206 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 ·Access All Areas,0 to help you get into ·the Internet,25206 quickly.
|b|uAccess All Areas ·Glossary,28732 Browser|b|u
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sample to give you an idea of how the ·Glossary,28732 Browser works.
|b|uIAB|u|b
·Internet,14318 Activities Board. An organisation set up internationally to ensure the
evolution and integrity of the ·TCP/IP,24331 protocols. The ·IAB,13440 also deals with
publishing ·Internet,14318 documentation (such as RFCs).
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|b|uIETF|u|b
·Internet,14318 Engineering Task Force. An offshoot of the ·IAB,13440 . Its primary function is
to ensure the evolution of the ·TCP,24111 protocol.
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|b|uInternet Service Provider|b|u
·ISP,16050 . A company that enables personal computer owners to access the Internet
over ·dial-up,7163 lines. The ·Netforce,18306 Group who provide One Month's FREE access
with ·Access All Areas,0 is an ·Internet Service Provider,13902 .
|b|uInternet Worm|b|u
A programming experiment by a teenage student called Robert Tappan Morris
that went disastrously wrong.
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|b|uInternet|b|u
The series of interconnected networks that includes local area, regional, and
national ·backbone,3056 networks. Networks in ·the Internet,25206 use the same
telecommunications protocol (·TCP/IP,24331 ) and provide electronic mail, remote
login, and file transfer services.
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|b|uInternetting Project|b|u
·DARPA,7025 's 1973 project to study packet transport of data.
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|b|uInterNIC|u|b
·Internet,14318 Network Information Center. Internic is one of the main NICs on the
·Internet,14318 .
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|b|uInteroperability|b|u
The notion that different systems and protocols should be able to
communicate with each other over ·the Internet,25206 .
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|b|uIP Address|b|u
Also called ·IP number,15521 . Leaving aside the question of ·dynamic addressing,8424 for
a while, the basic equation of ·Internet,14318 addressing is that you are issued with
a Domain Name ·address,299 , in the form of words
(machine.network.organisation.country) and this is mirrored by a numbered,
or ·IP address,15131 (158.152.25.251 for example).
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|b|uIP Number|b|u
Another name for an ·IP Address,15131 .
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|b|uIRC Bar|b|u
Many ·IRC,15915 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.
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|b|uIRC|u|b
·Internet,14318 Relay ·Chat,6037 . Basically a huge multi-user live chat facility.
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|b|uISP|u|b
·Internet Service Provider,13902 . A company such as the ·Netforce,18306 Group - providers
of One Month's FREE ·Internet,14318 connection with ·Access All Areas,0 .
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|b|uJANET|u|b
Joint Academic NETwork, the UK's academic network which also provides a
gateway to a great deal of commercial traffic.
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|b|uJEEVES|u|b
The original ·DNS,8009 system, designed by Paul Mocapteris in 1992.
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|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.
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|b|uMailhost|b|u
Another name for the ·Post,21664 or Mail Server usually located at your ·ISP,16050 (although
commercial sites use their own), that acts as the ·post,21664 office.
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|b|uMILNET|u|b
MILitary NETwork. Back in the dim distant past (the 1970s), ·ARPANet,2811 (the
original ·Internet,14318 ) was split into ·ARPANet,2811 and ·MILNET,17065 .
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|b|uMIT|b|u
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of the main institutions for
computer and ·Internet,14318 research in the world.
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|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.
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|b|uMultimedia|b|u
Computer programs or documents which combine text, pictures, video and
sound. ·Multimedia,17678 was a buzzword for much of the early Nineties. The World
Wide Web is an effective ·multimedia,17678 delivery system for example, as is
CDROM.
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|b|uNASA|u|b
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Along with being one of the
most famous organisations in the world...
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|b|uNCSA|u|b
The National Center for Supercomputer Applications. An American research
centre based at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign...
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|b|uNetForce|b|u
The parent company of County ·Internet,14318 Services. ·Netforce,18306 is based in
Chelmsford, Essex. Contact County and ·Netforce,18306 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 ·the Internet,25206 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 ·Netiquette,18485 in Data Central.
|b|uNewbie|b|u
(Also 'Newby') A term used to describe somebody with limited experience of
·the Internet,25206 . Widely understood to mean someone who is brand new to the
·Internet,14318 , 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".
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|b|uNews|b|u
When used in the sense of ·the Internet,25206 , this is synonymous with ·Usenet,26764 and
·Usenet,26764 postings.
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|b|uNewsHopper|b|u
Extremely popular commercial ·newsreader,19615 for the Mac that allows off-line
reading of ·Usenet,26764 groups. Included on ·Access All Areas,0 .
|b|uNewsreader|b|u
A name given to software that enables you to access ·Usenet,26764 newsgroups
using the NNTP protocol.
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|b|uNFS|u|b
Network File System. Initially developed by Sun Microsystems...
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|b|uNREN|u|b
The National Research and Education Network. A proposed national computer
network to be built upon the foundation of the NSF ·backbone,3056 network, ·NSFNet,20287 .
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|b|uNSF|u|b
National Science Foundation. The US organisation responsible for the
formation of ·NSFNet,20287 ...
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|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 ·the Internet,25206 .
·NSFNet,20287 ...
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|b|uNSI|u|b
·NASA,17918 Science ·Internet,14318 . Fairly obvious really, it's NASA's own network system
responsible for ·NSINet,20676 .
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|b|uNSINet|u|b
·NASA,17918 Science Internet Net. NASA's connection to ·the Internet,25206 which is often
referred to as a ·backbone,3056 .
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|b|uOnline|b|u
(also On-line) To be connected to ·the Internet,25206 (or any other system that entails
connecting your computer via the telephone lines, or a network).
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|b|uPARC|u|b
Palo Alto Research Center - Xerox's legendary research centre in California.
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|b|uPGP|b|u
·Pretty Good Privacy,22068 . An ·encryption,9585 program by Philip Zimmerman which uses
RSA ·encryption,9585 algorithms to strongly encrypt ·Email,9277 or other data.
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|b|uPing|b|u
Packet ·Internet,14318 Groper.
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When used in the sense of ·the Internet,25206 - To add an article to a Usenet
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Point To Point Protocol. ·PPP,21838 is the most fashionable way of connecting a
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An ·encryption,9585 program by Philip Zimmerman which uses RSA encryption
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European Reseaux Associos pour la Recherche Europienne (yes, a French
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'Try before you buy' software. ·Shareware,22436 is distributed through public
channels (BBSs, newsgroups, ·FTP,11881 sites etc.) but is not free; if you decide to
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Serial Line ·Internet,14318 Protocol. A standard for using a regular telephone line (a
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The plural of Smiley. The more widely used name for an ·emoticon,9487 . Smileys
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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. There are two main forms of ·Email,9277 protocol to
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|b|uStanford|b|u
One of the original sites for ·TCP,24111 protocol testing in 1974.
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|b|uSurf|b|u
When used in the sense of ·the Internet,25206 - A word meaning to look around the
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Transport Control Protocol. Part of the ·TCP/IP,24331 suite of protocols. TCP itself is a
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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - the suite of data
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The computer ·games,28866 software company famous for bringing the World the
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A protocol, command and type of program that enables you to log-in to other
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Defining ·the Internet,25206 is both simple and very complex. On the one hand it is
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Once you've got beyond this basic explanation however, things get complex.
·The Internet,25206 began as a way of connecting computers so that they could send
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The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link. A bulletin board based in the San Francisco
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Better known as world.std.com. ·The Internet,25206 's first commercial provider...
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Credited with being the co-instigator of MUD1, ·the Internet,25206 's first multi-player
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Credited with being the co-instigator of ·Usenet,26764 while at Duke University.
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One of the original sites for ·TCP,24111 protocol testing in 1974.
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USErsNETwork. ·Usenet,26764 is more commonly known as straightforward old
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·Virtual Reality,29051 . Virtual Reality is a 3D computer simulation of a real (or
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·Virtual Reality,29051 Mark-up Language. ·VRML,27235 is a language which enables users
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Wide Area Information Servers - A commercial software package that allows
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Another ·Internet,14318 term with more than one meaning: on the one hand, Whois
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The most fashionable, and possibly most user-friendly, face of ·the Internet,25206 at
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Acronym for the ·World Wide Web,28238 . The most fashionable, and possibly most
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