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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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Internet communication

Business transaction protocol (BTP)

Internet; Internet communication

The Business Transaction Protocol (BTP) is an XML-based protocol being developed by the Business Transactions Technical Committee (BT TC) of the organisation for the Advancement of Structured ...

Spear phishing

Internet; Internet communication

Spear phishing is an e-mail spoofing fraud attempt that targets a specific organization, seeking unauthorised access to confidential data. Spear phishing attempts are not typically initiated by ...

Active Server Page (ASP)

Internet; Internet communication

An Active Server Page (ASP) is an HTML page that includes one or more scripts (small embedded programs) that are processed on a Microsoft Web server before the page is sent to the user. An ASP is ...

Address space

Internet; Internet communication

Address space is the amount of memory allocated for all possible addresses for a computational entity, such as a device, a file, a server, or a networked computer. Address space may refer to a range ...

High-speed dialup

Internet; Internet communication

High-speed dialup, sometimes advertised as broadband dialup, is an Internet service provider (ISP) feature that speeds up data transfer by using a special server, called an acceleration server, to ...

Authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA)

Internet; Internet communication

Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) is a term for a framework for intelligently controlling access to computer resources, enforcing policies, auditing usage, and providing the ...

AAA server (authentication, authorization, and accounting)

Internet; Internet communication

An AAA server is a server programme that handles user requests for access to computer resources and, for an enterprise, provides authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) services. The AAA ...

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