Internet communication

Internet communication

All the ways used by people to communicate with each other over the Internet, including e-mail, instant messaging (IM), feedback on blogs, contact forms on Web sites, industry forums, chat rooms and social networking sites.

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Opt out

Internet; Internet communication

It means to choose not to participate in something. In the computing world, this term often refers to a user's decision to not receive emails, marketing materials, or other data from a company that ...

Opt-in emails

Internet; Internet communication

An email that a user receives by requesting information that comes on a regular basis from a Web site. Newsletters and notification of changes to a Web site are examples of opt-in emails.

Opt-in emails

Internet; Internet communication

An email that a user receives by requesting information that comes on a regular basis from a Web site. Newsletters and notification of changes to a Web site are examples of opt-in emails.

Heat leak

Internet; Internet communication

When an electronic device (such as a microprocessor) emits energy (heat) and a cooling device (such as a heat sink or fan) is in place to cool the electronic device, a heat leak is the amount of heat ...

Heatsink

Internet; Internet communication

An object used to absorb and eliminate heat to prevent overheating and breaking down. Some computer components generate heat as they operate because they run so quickly. Computer manufacturers often ...

Optical carrier

Internet; Internet communication

A data transfer rating for Synchronous Optical Network fiber-optic networks. OC-1 has a transfer rate of 51.84Mbps (megabits per second), about 6.48MBps (megabytes per second), so OC-x describes a ...

Highlight

Internet; Internet communication

Any indication that a text block or an object has been selected with a mouse-click or the arrow keys on the keyboard. The highlight may appear as a change in the colour of text or as a border around ...