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| Host |
| In Internet usage, a host is any computer that has full two-way access to other computers via the Internet. Each host has a unique IP (Internet Protocol) address. The term also describes a computer equipped with with a server that delivers, or "serves," the pages of a web site to a browser that requests them. Companies that provide this service are also called hosts; the service is called hosting. For large organizations that use complex mainframe computers, the host is the mainframe itself (now usually referred to as the large server). In this context, the mainframe has intelligent or "dumb" workstations attached to it, to which it provides various services. In other contexts, a host is a device or software program that provides services to a smaller or less capable device or software program.
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| Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) |
| The computing protocol used to transmit and receive all data over the World Wide Web. When you type a Web address (aka a domain name or URL) into your browser, you're actually sending an HTTP request to a Web server for a page of information (that's why Web addresses technically begin with "http://" -- although some software packages add this code automatically for you). |
| Instant Message Access Protocol (IMAP) |
| One of two forms of technology that allow your computer to retrieve email messages from the Internet or a network of computers. The other, older protocol, is POP (Post Office Protocol). Outbound messages are sent with SMTP (Simple Message Transport Protocol). |
| Internet Network Information Center (InterNIC) |
| InterNIC is a web site that provides information on domain names (web site addresses). Visit www.InterNIC.org to: search the registry for the availability of the domain name you want (click on Registry Whois); contact a registrar; file a registrar complaint; or report inacurate registry data. InterNIC is operated by a public-private partnership called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Visit www.icann.org for more information. |
| Internet Protocol Address (IP Address) |
| Just as each building on a street has a unique address, so does each computer, server or other destination on the Internet. The IP address is an numerical address scheme that allows computers or servers to distinguish between each other. IP addresses are expressed as a series of four numbers that look like this: 66.133.128.140. Becauses these numerical series would be hard for people to remember and transcribe, they are translated into Domain Names -- words that describe the computer, web site or email they are naming. |
| Internet Server Application Program Interface (ISAPI) |
| An application program interface (API) designed for use with Microsoft's Internet Information Server; it's a computing protocol that sets the rules for connecting, or interfacing, your personal computer with a Web server. ISAPI helps you connect with the Web faster than the traditional CGI (Common Gateway Interface) and other APIs. ISAPI uses Windows' dynamic link libraries (DLLs) to make processes faster than regular APIs. |
| Java |
| A programming language developed by Sun Microsystems for adding animation and other action to web sites, Java was designed as a simplified language to help programmers avoid errors. Small Java-based software applications (called Java applets) can play back on your computer if your Web browser is Java compatible. (The leading browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape, are compatible.) |
| Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG or JPG) |
| A file format for color images developed by the Joint Photographic Experts Group committee. JPEG compresses graphics of photographic color depth better than competing formats like GIF, and it retains a high degree of color fidelity. (It can contain 16-24 million colors, compared to GIF's 256.) JPEG's smaller files are also quicker to download than GIF. You can choose how much to compress a JPEG file, but the smaller you compress it, the more color information you will lose. For this reason, GIF is considered better for simple line drawings and images with just a few hues, because such images can't afford to lose detail. |
| Kilobyte (k or kb) |
| A unit of measure for a chunk of data totaling about 1,000 bytes (1,024 bytes, or 2 to the 10th 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 |
Byte |
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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| Kilobits Per Second (Kbps) |
| A unit of measure that tells the number of kilobits of data that can be transferred in a second (a bit being the smallest unit of data and kilobit being 1,024 bits). Your modem's speed is measured by how many bits it can transfer in a second; those that can transfer kilobits are standard. |
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