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- return on marketing investment - Return on marketi...
- return on marketing investment (ROMI) - Ret...
- reverse DNS - Reverse DNS (rDNS) is a method of resolving an IP addre...
- reverse DNS (rDNS) - Reverse DNS (rDNS) is a method of resolvi...
- RickRoll - On the Internet, a RickRoll is a prank where a visitor who cl...
- rogue - In general, a rogue is someone who strays from the accepted path, i...
- ROMI - Return on marketing investment (ROMI) is a metric used to measure the...
- roundtripping - In information processing, roundtripping is the con...
- Safe Harbor - Safe Harbor is the name of a policy agreement establish...
- scannable resume - An electronic resume, also called a scannable...
- scanner-friendly resume - An electronic resume, also call...
- Scooter - Scooter is the Web "crawler" for the AltaVista public search en...
- scope creep - Feature creep (sometimes known as requirements creep or...
- screen name - In a computer network, a screen name is the name a user...
- script kiddie - Script kiddy (sometimes spelled kiddie) is a deroga...
- script kiddy - Script kiddy (sometimes spelled kiddie) is a derogati...
- script kiddy (or script kiddie) - Script kiddy (s...
- scumware - Scumware is any programming that gets on your computer from I...
- second level domain - A second-level domain (SLD) is the port...
- second-level domain - A second-level domain (SLD) is the port...
- second-level domain (SLD) - A second-level domain (SLD)...
- self-sending spam - Self-sending spam is unsolicited e-mail tha...
- Semantic Web - The Semantic Web is an idea of World Wide Web invento...
- server farm - A server farm is a group of computers acting as servers...
- server farm (Web farm, Web server farm)
- server push - Push (or "server-push") is the delivery of information ...
- server-push - Push (or "server-push") is the delivery of information ...
- sexting - Sexting is the act of sending or receiving sexually-explicit im...
- sheep - In biometric verification, a goat is a system end-user who is refus...
- sheep dipping - In computers, a sheepdip (or, variously, sheep dipp...
- sheepdip - In computers, a sheepdip (or, variously, sheep dipping or a f...
- sheepdip (sheep dipping or a footbath)
- sheepdip computer - In computers, a sheepdip (or, variously, sh...
- shopping cart - On a Web site that sells products or services onlin...
- shopping cart software - On a Web site that sells products...
- shoulder surfing - Shoulder surfing is using direct observation ...
- silicon cockroach - Silicon cockroach is a term invented by net...
- single unique user - In Web marketing, a unique user is, for a...
- site map - A site map is a visual or textually organized model of a Web ...
- situation normal all fucked up - SNAFU is an acron...
- skyscraper - A skyscraper ad is a tall and narrow banner advertisement...
- slag code - In a computer program, a logic bomb, also called slag code,...
- SLD - A second-level domain (SLD) is the portion of a Uniform Resource Locato...
- smiley - In Internet e-mail messages and Web discussions, a smiley is a se...
- SNAFU - SNAFU is an acronym for "situation normal, all f***ed up.
- SNAFU (situation normal, all f***ed up)
- snake oil - In cryptographic and other computer products, snake oil is ...
- snoop server - A snoop server is a server that uses a packet sniffer...
- social curation - Social curation is collaborative sharing of Web...
- social media - Social media is the collective of online communicatio...
- SOPA and PIPA - The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as Ho...
- source quench - Using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP),...
- spam kit - A phishing kit is a collection of tools assembled to make it ...
- spam trap - A spam trap is the inclusion of an option in an online form...
- spambot - A spambot is a program designed to collect, or harvest, e-mail ...
- spamhaus - A spamhaus (haus is the German word for house) is an Internet...
- Spamhaus Project - A spamhaus (haus is the German word for house...
- splash ad - A transition ad is a Web page containing a commercial messa...
- Squid proxy server - Squid is a Unix-based proxy server that c...
- status code - 404 is a frequently-seen status code that tells a Web u...
- Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PIPA
- Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA - The Stop Online...
- Stuff I've Seen - Stuff I've Seen is the name of a capability und...
- superstitial - A superstitial is a Web ad format developed by Unicas...
- supplier exchange - E-procurement is the business-to-business p...
- SYN flooding - SYN flooding is a method that the user of a hostile c...
- synergy - In general, synergy (pronounced SIN-ur-jee, from Greek sunergia...
- talker - On the Internet, especially in the United Kingdom, a talker is a ...
- talking Trojan - A talking Trojan is a Trojan horse program that m...
- TCPMAN - TCPMAN is a utility for manual or script modem dialing that is us...
- teergrube - A teergrube (German for tar pit) is a computer server set u...
- Texting and Twitter Cheat Sheets - We've gathere...
- The Big Murkowski - A Murkogram is spam (unsolicited commercial...
- thumbing - Thumbing is a method of typing on a small keyboard using the ...
- TLD - A top-level domain (TLD) identifies the most general part of the domain...
- toothing - Bluejacking is the practice of sending messages between mobil...
- top level domain - A top-level domain (TLD) identifies the most ...
- top-level domain - A top-level domain (TLD) identifies the most ...
- top-level domain (TLD) - A top-level domain (TLD) identifi...
- transition ad - A transition ad is a Web page containing a commerci...
- trap - In a Web site, a trap is a page that does not allow the reader to bac...
- triplewhack - Googlewhacking is the challenging pursuit of searching ...
- troll - As used on the Internet: As a verb, the practice of trying to lure ...
- Tumblr - Tumblr is a free microblogging site. According to Tumblr, as of J...
- turnover - In a general context, churn is a synonym for agitation or tur...
- Tux - Tux, the penguin, is the generally accepted official logo for the Linux...
- tweak - In quality assurance, tweaking is the process of making subtle vari...
- tweak freak - In quality assurance, tweaking is the process of making...
- tweak freak (tweaker) - In quality assurance, tweaking is t...
- tweaker - In quality assurance, tweaking is the process of making subtle ...
- Twitter - Twitter is a free social networking microblogging service that ...
- typosquatting - Typosquatting is a form of Internet cybersquatting,...
- U - A U is a standard unit of measure for designating the height in computer en...
- UBE - UBE (unsolicited bulk email) is a formal term for spam.
- UBE (unsolicited bulk email) - UBE (unsolicited bulk...
- uber geek - An uber geek is a prominent or extreme example of the commo...
- unconference - An unconference is a conference organized, structured...
- unique user - In Web marketing, a unique user is, for a specified per...
- unsolicited bulk e-mail - UBE (unsolicited bulk email) is...
- unsolicited bulk email - UBE (unsolicited bulk email) is a...
- uploading - Uploading is the transmission of a file from one computer s...
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