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Firewall |
A combination
hardware and software buffer that many companies or
organizations have in place, between their internal networks and
the Internet. A firewall allows only specific kinds of messages
from the Internet to flow in and out of the internal network.
This protects the internal network from intruders or hackers who
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Gang Press |
A Printing Press set up to print more than one job at the same
time. Often required for small run quantities of small print
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Heuristic |
Problem analysis based on informal judgment or
experience versus data manipulation. |
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HTML |
HyperText Markup Language is the coding language
used to create Hypertext documents for use on the World Wide
Web. HTML looks a lot like old-fashioned typesetting code, where
you surround a block of text with codes that indicate how it
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ICANN |
Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and
Numbers at
www.icann.org are responsible for ensuring the smooth
running of the web and all the domain names. Created in 1998 it
is a global body with the ultimate responsibility on the web -
making sure your web site can be seen by the rest of the world.
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Java |
Invented by Sun Microsystems, Java is a simple
robust object-oriented, platform-independent multi-threaded,
dynamic general-purpose programming environment. Basically good for writing programs that can be safely downloaded to your
computer through the Internet. |
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Java Script |
Developed by Netscape, it is a web programming
language that is very close to Java. It permits greater interaction
between a web page and its viewer. Java Script will run on
your computer. Java, unless it's an applet will run on the web
server. |
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