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| IT (Information Technology) | A very general term referring to the entire field of Information Technology – anything from computer hardware to programming to network management. Most medium and large size companies have IT Departments. |
| Web Publishing | The entire process of creating and maintaining a Web site, from creating text documents with HTML tags and graphics, to putting the documents on a server, to revising the documents over time. |
| Mirroring | Keeping a copy of data on additional servers to make data available more quickly and to a greater number of simultaneous users. |
| Newsgroup | An ongoing exchange of electronic messages about a specific topic, such as pets or Web authoring. |
| Shareware | Software that can be used for free for a limited period of time, after which the user is requested (though usually not forced) to pay a fee for continued use. |
| Freeware | Software that can be used for free, without payment, though often with a license that contains some restrictions on its use. |
| Firewall | A combination of hardware and software that separates a Network into two or more parts for security purposes and protects it from unauthorized access. |
| Domain Name | The unique name that identifies an Internet site. A website address. i.e. www.apple.com |
| DHTML (Dynamic HyperText Markup Language) | Web pages that use a combination of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS to create features such as letting the user drag items around on the web page, some simple kinds of animation, and is much more interactive. |
| Portal | Usually used as a marketing term to describe a Web site that is or is intended to be the first place people see when using the web. A “Portal site” has a catalog of web sites, a search engine, or both. It may also offer email and other services to entice people to use that site as their main “point of entry” to the web. |
| Proxy Server | A computer that sits in between a client and the “real” server that a client is trying to use. The clients make all of its requests to the Proxy server, which then makes requests from the “real” server and passes the result back to the client. Generally used to reduce the direct use of the “real” server and its network. |
| Upload | Transferring data (usually a file) from the computer you are using to another computer. The opposite of download. |
| Spyware | Software that is secretly installed on a users computer and that monitors use of the computer in some way without the users’ knowledge or consent. |
| Trojan Horse | A computer program is either hidden inside another program or that masquerades as something it is not in order to trick potential users into running it. |
| Worm | A virus that only affects its intended software. It makes copies of itself, and infects additional computers through network connections. A worm might alter, install, or destroy files and programs. |
| Virus | A chunk of computer programming code that makes copies of itself without any conscious human intervention. Some viruses do more than simply replicate themselves, they might display messages, install other software or files, delete software or files, etc. |
| Cyberspace | The term used to describe the whole range of information resources available through computer networks. |
| BLOG | A running journal that is available on the web. |
| Blogging | The activity of updating a blog. |
| Blogger | Someone who keeps a blog. |
| Blogosphere | The current state of all information available on all blogs and/or the sub-culture of those who create and use blogs. |
| Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) | HTML code written to define the style of specific, repeating components of a web page. (i.e. a CSS might specify that all numbered lists are to appear in italics.) |
| Cookie | a piece of information sent by a Web Server to a Browser that contains specific information such as login or registration information or user preferences. The information is sent back to the Server whenever the Browser makes additional requests of the server. |
