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Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) – 1. The protocol most commonly |
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used in the World Wide Web to transfer information from Web servers to |
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Web browsers. 2. The protocol that negotiates document delivery to a Web |
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browser from a Web server. |
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Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) – 1. The language used in the |
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World Wide Web to create web pages with links to other documents, rich |
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text enhancements (bold, italic, etc.) and so on. The “source” file for what |
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you see on a web page is written in HTML. 2. The language with which |
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World Wide Web documents are formatted. It defines fonts, graphics, |
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hypertext links, and other details. HTML is an implementation of SGML. |
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International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - Best know for |
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the 7 layer OSI Reference Model. |
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Internet Protocol (IP) - A Layer 3 (network layer) protocol that contains |
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addressing information and some control information that allows packets |
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to be routed. Documented in RFC 791. |
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Internet Service Provider (ISP) - (1) Any of a number of companies that |
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sell Internet access to individuals or organizations at speeds ranging from | 92 |
300 Bps to |
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to connect to the Internet by providing the interface to the Internet |
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backbone. |
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IP Address - The
IPCONFIG - A Windows utility that provides for querying, defining and managing IP addresses within a network. A commonly used utility, under Windows NT and 2000, for configuring networks with static IP addresses.
IPSec - IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) is a developing standard for security at the network or packet processing layer of network communication. A big advantage of IPSec is that security arrangements can be handled without requiring changes to individual user computers.
IRQ (Interrupt ReQuest) - hardware interrupt on a PC. There are 16 IRQ lines used to signal the CPU that a peripheral event has started or terminated. Except for PCI devices, two devices cannot use the same line.
ISP - An ISP (Internet service provider) is a company that provides
