Glossary
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TCP/IP (Transmission
Control Protocol/
Internet Protocol)
threat
timeout
Trojan horse
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
Web page
Web site
World Wide Web (WWW)
The standard family of protocols for communicating with Internet devices.
A circumstance, event, or person with the potential to cause harm to a system in the form of destruction, disclosure, modification of data, and/ or denial of service.
A predetermined period of time during which a given task must be completed. If the timeout value is reached before or during the execution of a task, the task is canceled.
The last part of a domain name that identifies the type of entity that owns the address (such as .com for commercial organizations or .edu for educational institutions), or the geographical location of the address (such as .ca for Canada or
.uk for United Kingdom).
A destructive program that is often designed to cause damage to a computer, while disguised as something useful or interesting.
The global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web and the convention that Web browsers use to locate files and other remote services.
A single document on the World Wide Web
(WWW)that is identified by a unique URL. A Web page can contain text, hyperlinks, and graphics.
A group of Web pages that is managed by a single company, organization, or individual. A Web site may include text, graphics, audio and video files, and hyperlinks to other Web pages.
The collection of hypertext documents that are stored on Web servers around the world. Also called WWW or simply the Web. The Web allows universal access to a vast collection of documents that are stored in HTML format as Web pages.
