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| Domain Name System (DNS) |
| When you send email or instruct your browser to access a web site, you likely type an address, or domain name based on words (such as yourusername@frontier.com or www.frontier.com). The DNS translates the address into a series of numbers called an Internet Protocol (IP) address, which might look something like this: 123.123.23.2. These numbers comprise a code recognized by the Internet's computing system, which then sends your mail or connects you to the web site. |
| Denial of Service Attack (DoS Attack) |
| A malicious attack against a computer network that is intended to bring its operations to a halt by flooding it with useless traffic.
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| Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) |
| DSL is a form of telephone technology that carries data at high speeds over standard copper telephone wires. With DSL, data can be delivered about 30 times faster than through a 56-bps modem, which uses traditional telephone technology. Also, DSL users can receive voice and data simultaneously, so you can leave your computer plugged into the Internet without interrupting phone connections. xDSL is the collective term for variations of DSL, such as ADSL and HDSL. |
| Dynamic Internet Protocol Address (Dynamic IP Address) |
| A temporary Internet Protocol address assigned to your computer hardware at the start of your High Speed Internet session. IP addresses are numerically coded addresses that link your computer to others on the Internet. The dynamic IP address is engineered specially for high-speed transmissions and is assigned from a pool of addresses owned by one's own Internet Service Provider. This address remains the same throughout your Internet session. When you disconnect, it is returned to the pool for assignment to another customer. When you reconnect to the Internet, you are again assigned a dynamic IP address. Dynamic IP addresses from the pool are assigned to just one customer at any one time, ensuring the uniqueness of the address on the Internet. |
| Firewall |
| A software program or hardware device that acts as a barrier between the Internet and your computer or networked server (a computer that "serves" multiple computers). A firewall prevents unauthorized access to your computer or server (by both software programs and unauthorized Internet users) and hides your Internet-connected computer from view. All information leaving and entering your computer must pass through the firewall. It ultimately helps keep hackers away from your personal and confidential data. |
| Freeware |
| Freeware is software you can download, pass around, and distribute without paying for it. It's still copyrighted, however, so you can't turn around and sell it as your own (as you can with a public domain software program). |
| File Transfer Protocol (FTP) |
| FTP is the computer program that lets you download information (in the form of files) from the Internet, by connecting your computer with another computer (a server). The server delivers, or "serves," the appropriate file to your computer. With FTP you can transfer files between networked computers. You can also connect to FTP sites using a Web browser. |
| Gigabyte (G or GB) |
| A unit of measure for a chunk of data totaling about 1 billion bytes (1,073,741,824 bytes, or 2 to the 30th power, to be exact, because bytes are calculated as binary numbers, based on the number 2). The following table shows standard measures of data based on bytes:
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Approximate Value |
Precise Binary Value |
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B |
8 bits |
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Kilobyte |
K or KB |
1,000 bytes |
1,024 bytes
or 2 to the 10th power |
Megabyte |
M or MB |
1 million bytes |
1,048,576 bytes
or 2 to the 20th power |
Gigabyte |
G or GB |
1 billion bytes |
1,073,741,824 bytes
or 2 to the 30th power |
Terabyte |
TB |
1 trillion bytes |
1,099,511,627,776 bytes or 2 to the 40th power |
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| Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) |
| A form of data file that contains color images and background graphics. Most of the color images you find on the Web are GIF files. Once the most popular format for online color photos, this compact file format is ideal for graphics that use only a few hues or consist of line drawings. It has lost ground to the JPEG format for photos, however, because GIF images support 256 colors, while JPEGs can contain some 16-24 million colors and can look almost as good as photographs. Some still consider GIF better than JPEG for simpler images. |
| History List |
| While it sounds like something to do with school homework, a history list is actually a drop-down menu in a Web browser that contains a log of the document titles and URLs you have visited during your Web session. It's a convenience feature that lets you jump back to where you've been without having to click repeatedly on the Back button or retype Web addresses each time. |
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