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Digital
Cerificates or Signatures
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A solution for security on the internet.
One of the problems on the net is knowing that the person you are
talking to is who they say they are. This is where Digital Certificates
come in. This is an encrypted piece of code that identifies who
you are. At the start of a transaction, your Digital Certificate
is looked at confirming you are who you claim to be.
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DHTML (Dynamic
HyperText Markup Language)
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DHTML is an addition to the html language
for creating webpages. It is a scripting language that treats every
element on the page as an object that can be freely manipulated.
Simple animations, layering, transitions, sounds, and motion can
all be defined in the webpage itself without the need for plugins.
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Discussions
on the Web
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Bulletin board-like discussion groups
within a website which, as opposed to chat, are not live or in
real time. Just punch in your message and stop back later to see
if anyone replies.
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DNS (Domain
Name Server)
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Every host on the Internet has a numerical
IP address. These addresses have corresponding domain names (ie.
www.imagun.com). The domain name is more user friendly and easier
to remember than an IP address(a bunch of numbers). In order to
avoid duplicating names, however, hosts must make sure the name
they want to use is not already taken. In order to do this they
must register with InterNIC, an entity that oversees all domain
names and which has recently started charging for this service.
A name look-up must occur for each link that translates the domain
name into an IP address. This name look-up can occur at primary,
secondary, or cache name servers.
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Downloads
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Software, sound, image, or video files
that are received from a Web Site or FTP and transferred to a user's
computer from the server. Downloads may require helper applications
or plugins to view or play the files.
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