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terms[terms.length] = "a programming language designed by Microsoft, allowing for web-based animation.";
terms[terms.length] = "(Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) is a method of transmitting data over traditional copper telephone lines at speeds higher than were previously possible.";
terms[terms.length] = "a site that allows users to access and download public files without the need for a username or password.";
terms[terms.length] = "scans emails for computer viruses.";
terms[terms.length] = "American Standard Code for International Interchange, the standard code computers use to represent numbers, letters and special characters.";
terms[terms.length] = "Active Server Pages is a server side technology that allows dynamic and interactive web pages. ASP needs to be run on a Microsoft web server.";
terms[terms.length] = "bandwidth is the width of the electronic highway that gives you access to the internet. The higher the bandwidth, the wider the highway, and the faster traffic can flow.";
terms[terms.length] = "the provision of multiple channels of information, over a single link which supports high speed through-put of data. The information could consist of voice, video or data.";
terms[terms.length] = "a program that allows you to view HTML documents on the World Wide Web.";
terms[terms.length] = "when you download a web page, the data is \"cached,\" meaning it is temporarily stored on your computer. The next time you want that page, your web browser accesses it from the cache, so the page loads quickly.";
terms[terms.length] = "Common Gateway Interface is a language that allows for interaction between the server and the client browser.";
terms[terms.length] = "Content Management System is a tool that allows the content of a website to be managed yourself. CMS websites allow the content to be updated and managed by the owner";
terms[terms.length] = "purpose-built facility providing a secure, resilient environment for server and firewall hosting.";
terms[terms.length] = "Data Encryption is the manipulation of a packet\'s data in order to prevent anyone but the intended recipient from reading that data.";
terms[terms.length] = "a server which is used solely for one company's purpose, it is not shared with any other party. This can be located at the company's own premises or located/managed by a data centre.";
terms[terms.length] = "Domain Name Server, a computer on the Internet that translates between domain names (3-cities.com) and an Internet Protocol address (204.203.224.155)";
terms[terms.length] = "the domain name is the unique name that identifies an internet site.  A given server may have more than one domain name, but a given domain name points to only one server.";
terms[terms.length] = "Denial of Service (Dos) is a malicious attack used criminally to bombard a website with traffic thus forcing it off-line.";
terms[terms.length] = "an extranet is a network that allows a company to share information with other businesses and customers.";
terms[terms.length] = "a computer that serves as a barrier between undesirable information on the Internet and a network.";
terms[terms.length] = "the act of sending email, newsgroup posting or chat room messages intended to upset the recipient.";
terms[terms.length] = "Is an integrated development environment that is used to create movies or games. Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, web-page components and integrate video into web pages. ";
terms[terms.length] = "File Transfer Protocol is used to transfer files from one computer to another by way of the Internet.";
terms[terms.length] = "Graphic Interchange Format - A popular device independent image format origination from the CompuServe network.";
terms[terms.length] = "a host is any computer directly connected to a network that acts as a repository for services (such as email, FTP or World Wide Web) available for other computers on the network.";
terms[terms.length] = "Hyper Text Mark-up Language, the code used to write or create web pages.";
terms[terms.length] = "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, the means by which web pages are sent over the Internet.";
terms[terms.length] = "a system of writing and displaying text that links to other related documents.";
terms[terms.length] = "an Inter-connected Network of computers spanning the globe.";
terms[terms.length] = "an internal Internet, designed for use within the confines of a company, university, or organisation. What distinguishes an Intranet from the freely accessible Internet is that an Intranet is private.";
terms[terms.length] = "Internet Protocol, a scheme for transferring information from one network to another.";
terms[terms.length] = "a numeric code that uniquely identifies a particular computer on the Internet. Just as a street address identifies the location of your home or office, every computer or network on the Internet has a unique address too.";
terms[terms.length] = "Integrated Services Digital Network - ISDN lines are connections that use ordinary phone lines to transmit digital instead of analogue signals, allowing data to be transmitted at a much faster rate than with a traditional modem.";
terms[terms.length] = "Internet Service Provider.";
terms[terms.length] = "similar to Active X but developed earlier by Sun Microsystems.";
terms[terms.length] = "Joint Picture Expert Group - a picture compression standard algorithm developed by this group. JPEG is designed for highly effective compressing of either full-colour or grey-scale continuous tone digital images. ";
terms[terms.length] = "Kilobits per second, a measure of speed of transmission of data.";
terms[terms.length] = "Local Area Network, LAN refers to a local network that connects computers located on the same floor or in the same building or nearby buildings.";
terms[terms.length] = "Load balancing is a method to reduce/resolve your web traffic bottlenecks. It can also enhance your customers/site user experience as a result.";
terms[terms.length] = "refers to activities which are outsourced by the company and managed by the Internet Service Provider.";
terms[terms.length] = "Megabits per second, a measure of speed of transmission of data.";
terms[terms.length] = "short for Modulator / Demodulator, a modem is a device that allows remote computers to communicate, transmit and receive data using telephone lines.";
terms[terms.length] = "is an umbrella term for a wide range of technologies and products from Microsoft to create new applications on the windows platform.";
terms[terms.length] = "the general term to define proper Internet behaviour.";
terms[terms.length] = "a network is two or more computers connected to each other so they can share resources.";
terms[terms.length] = "The native document format for the Adobe Acrobat family of products.";
terms[terms.length] = "Practical Extraction and Report Language is a programming language especially designed for processing text. PERL is popular for writing CGI scripts.";
terms[terms.length] = "Is an open source, server side, HTML embedded scripting language used to create dynamic web pages.";
terms[terms.length] = "a plug-in extends the capabilities of a web browser, such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, allowing the browser to run multimedia files.";
terms[terms.length] = "Post Office Protocol 3 is the most recent version of a standard protocol for receiving email. POP3 is a client/server protocol in which email is received and held for you by your internet server."; // PO";
terms[terms.length] = "usually used to described a website that is intended to be the first site people visit when using the web.  A portal site may offer email and other services to entice people to use that site as their main point of entry.";
terms[terms.length] = "a protocol is the standard or set of rules that two computers use to communicate with each other.";
terms[terms.length] = "a proxy server is a server that acts as an intermediary between a workstation user and the internet so that the enterprise can ensure security, administrative control and caching service.";
terms[terms.length] = "a device that routes information and data throughout a network or group of networks.";
terms[terms.length] = "Search Engine Optimisation is the process of improving the volume and quantity of traffic to a website from search engines via natural search results.";
terms[terms.length] = "a web site that allows you to search a large database of web sites by key words and phrases.";
terms[terms.length] = "a computer that handles requests for data, email, file transfers and other network services from other computers (i.e. clients). Also called a host.";
terms[terms.length] = "A Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a contract between a network service provider and a customer that specifies, usually in measurable terms, what services the network service provider will provide.";
terms[terms.length] = "Simple Mail Transport Protocol, the means by which email is sent over the Internet.";
terms[terms.length] = "unwanted or unrequested email, named after a Monty Python Skit of the same name.";
terms[terms.length] = "Transport Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol, the protocol that allows information of all kinds to be sent across the Internet.";
terms[terms.length] = "a program that allows you to log into other computers on the Internet.";
terms[terms.length] = "Tagged Image File Format - A file format for graphics developed by Aldus, Adobe and Apple that is particularly suited for representing scanned images and other large bit maps.";
terms[terms.length] = "Uniform Resource Locator, the whole address of information on the Internet.";
terms[terms.length] = "a computer virus is a program created specifically to invade computers and networks, potentially causing serious damage.";
terms[terms.length] = "A virtual private network is essentially a system that allows two or more private networks to be connected over a publicly accessible network, such as the internet .";


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