This WhatIs.com glossary contains terms related to Internet technologies, including definitions about port numbers, standards and protocols and words and phrases about how the Internet works.
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- .shtml - A Web file with the suffix of ".shtml" (rather than the usual ".h...
- 16 bit Unicode Transformation Format - UTF-1...
- 16- bit Unicode Transformation Format - UTF...
- 32-bit IP address - 32-bit IP addressing is the IP address sche...
- 32-bit IP addressing - 32-bit IP addressing is the IP addres...
- 3PL - In business, 3PL has a broad meaning that can be applied to any service...
- 3PL (third-party logistics) - In business, 3PL has a ...
- 6to4 - 6to4 is a tunneling mechanism used to transfer IPv6 (Internet Protoco...
- 802.11 Fast Guide - This table lists highlights of the most pop...
- 911 - In the United States, E911 (Enhanced 91 is support for wireless phone u...
- AAA - Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) is a framework for ...
- AAA server - An AAA server is a server program that handles user reque...
- AAA server (authentication, authorization, and ...
- AAAA resource record - An AAAA resource record is a record t...
- Aakash tablet computer - Aakash is a government-subsidized...
- acceleration server - High-speed dialup, sometimes advertised...
- access log - An access log is a list of all the requests for individua...
- ActionScript - ActionScript is an object-oriented programming (OOP) ...
- Active Server Page - ASP is also an abbreviation for applicati...
- Active Server Page (ASP) - ASP is also an abbreviation f...
- address - An address can mean the unique location of either ( an Internet...
- address space - Address space is the amount of memory allocated for...
- addressable call endpoint - A dial peer, also known as ...
- Adobe AIR - Adobe AIR is a developer's tool for creating platform-indep...
- Adobe Flash Player - Adobe Flash Player is software used to st...
- Advanced Research Projects Agency - An agency o...
- aggregate - In general, to aggregate (verb, from Latin aggregare meanin...
- agitation - In a general context, churn is a synonym for agitation or t...
- AIM - Instant messaging (sometimes called IM or IMing) is the ability to easi...
- Ajax - Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a method of building intera...
- Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)
- Ajax quiz: Do you speak Geek? - A quiz about AJAX. ...
- ALE - Application Link Enabling (ALE) is a mechanism for the exchange of busi...
- alt group - "alt." is the prefix for any of the hundreds of "alternate"...
- alt. - "alt." is the prefix for any of the hundreds of "alternate" user-orig...
- altdot - "alt." is the prefix for any of the hundreds of "alternate" user-...
- alternate newsgroup - "alt." is the prefix for any of the hun...
- alternate newsgroup (alt.) - "alt." is the prefix for ...
- Amazon Cloud Drive - Amazon Cloud Drive is an online storage s...
- Amazon Mechanical Turk - Amazon Mechanical Turk is a web s...
- analog telephone adapter - An analog telephone adaptor (...
- analog telephone adapter (ATA) - An analog telepho...
- anonymizer - Anonymous Web surfing allows a user to visit Web sites wi...
- anonymous Web surfing - Anonymous Web surfing allows a user...
- anonymous Web surfing (Web anonymizer, SafeWeb)
- anti-replay protocol - The anti-replay protocol is part of t...
- antidisintermediation - In commerce, antidisintermediation ...
- anycast - In Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), anycast is communication...
- Apache - Apache is a freely available Web server that is distributed under...
- API management - API management is the process of publishing, prom...
- APIPA - Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) is a feature of Windows-bas...
- appliance computing - Appliance computing is an Internet-base...
- Applicability Statement 1 - AS1 (Applicability Statemen...
- Applicability Statement 2 - AS2 (Applicability Statemen...
- Application Link Enabling - Application Link Enabling (...
- Application Link Enabling (ALE) - Application Lin...
- application server - An application server is a server program...
- application services - Web services (sometimes called applic...
- arachnotaxis - Arachnotaxis is the use of a table or structured list...
- Archie - Archie is a program that allows you to search the files of all th...
- archive of Web sites - The Wayback Machine is a Web site tha...
- ARPA - An agency of the United States Department of Defense, ARPA (Advanced ...
- ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency)
- ARQ - Automatic repeat request (ARQ) is a protocol for error control in data ...
- AS - On the Internet, an autonomous system (AS) is the unit of router policy, ...
- AS1 - AS1 (Applicability Statement is a specification for Electronic Data Int...
- AS1 (Applicability Statement 1) - AS1 (Applicabil...
- AS2 - AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) is a specification for Electronic Data ...
- AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) - AS2 (Applicabil...
- ASP - ASP is also an abbreviation for application service provider.
- Asynchronous JavaScript and XML - Ajax (Asynchron...
- ATA - An analog telephone adaptor (ATA) is a device used to connect a standar...
- atomic clock - An atomic clock is the most accurate type of timepiec...
- atomic clock (NIST-F1) - An atomic clock is the most accur...
- authentication authorization accounting
- authentication authorization accounting
- authentication, authorization, and accounting (...
- Automatic Private IP Addressing - Automatic Priva...
- Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
- automatic repeat request - Automatic repeat request (ARQ...
- automatic repeat request (ARQ) - Automatic repeat ...
- autonomous system - On the Internet, an autonomous system (AS) ...
- autonomous system (AS) - On the Internet, an autonomous sy...
- B channel - In the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), the B-ch...
- B-channel - In the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), the B-ch...
- B-channel (bearer channel) - In the Integrated Service...
- bandwidth - Bandwidth is generally either (1) the amount of data that c...
- bandwidth test - A bandwidth test is a program that sends one or m...
- bandwidth test (testing your bandwidth)
- Basic Rate Interface - In the Integrated Services Digital Ne...
- Basic Rate Interface (BRI) - In the Integrated Service...
- Bayesian filter - A Bayesian filter is a program that uses Bayesi...
- bearer channel - In the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)...
- Bearer Independent Call Control - Bearer Independ...
- Bearer Independent Call Control (BICC)
- BGP - BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is a protocol for exchanging routing info...
- BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) - BGP (Border Gateway...
- BICC - Bearer Independent Call Control (BICC) is a signaling protocol based ...
- bis - The word (also used as a prefix or suffix) bis, applied to some modem p...