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| wizard | a tool that guides users step-by-step through a software installation process, or assists users of an application in creating documents and/or databases based on styles and templates |
| Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) | a text string that can refer to documents, resources or people |
| Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) | a text string that specifies an Internet address and the method by which the address can be accessed |
| home page | The first Web page that displays when you access a domain |
| deep URL | A URL that goes deeper into a Web site than the home page |
| absolute URL | A URL that gives the full path to a resource |
| relative URL | an abbreviated URL, and it is always referenced from within the page currently loaded into the Web browser |
| Authentication | the process of verifying the identity of a user who logs on to a system or the integrity of transmitted data |
| Anonymous logon | No user name or password is required, and authentication is handled automatically and transparently by the browser and the server |
| Basic authentication | A username and a password are required. |
| Secure authentication | A user name and password are required, and that information is encrypted before it is sent across the Internet, so that anyone who intercepts the data will not be able to read it |
| Digital certificates | Proves the identity of an individual or computer over the Internet. |
| Encryption | the process of converting data into an unreadable form of text |
| Decryption | the process of converting the encrypted data back to its original form |
| Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) | used to authenticate dial-up sessions for remote users |
| Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) | authenticates by generating a challenge phrase, which is a randomly generated text string |
| Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) | A protocol that provides authentication and encryption, used by most servers for secure exchnages over the Internet. A protocol for secure exchanges. |
| Transport Layer Security (TLS) | A protocol based on SSL 3.0 that provides authentication and encryption, used by most servers for secure exchanges over the Internet. |
| pop-up windows | A small browser window that appears in front of the browser window you are viewing |
| pop-under window | A small browser window that appears behind the browser window you are viewing. |
| browser cache | a folder on your hard drive that stores downloaded files , improves the performance (speed) of your browser because it allows you to view previously accessed Web pages without having to request them from the server again. |
| Cookies | small text files placed on Web site visitors' computers so that Web site managers can customize their sites to their visitors' preferences |
| proxy server | serves as the middleman between corporate networks and the Internet and is used to enhance the corporate network security and increase its Internet access speed by providing caching server functions for frquently used documents |
| intranet | an internal, or in-house, Web site and network used only by employees within a company |
| extranet | an internal network designed to provide access to selected external users, and is not available to the Internet public |
| Webinar | a type of Web conference that is typically one-way, from speaker to participants with limited audience participation |
| Webcast | an audio and/or video media file that is distributed over the Internet |
| Web feed | a data format for delivering Web content that is updated frequently, |
