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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Arachnotaxis

Internet; Internet communication

Arachnotaxis is the use of a table or structured list of URLs for Web sites (or words that hyperlink to Web sites) in order to help locate them. A structured bookmark list or a portal directory (such ...

B-channel (bearer channel)

Internet; Internet communication

In the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), the B-channel is the channel that carries the main data. (The "B" stands for "bearer" channel.) In ISDN, there are two levels of service: the Basic ...

Appliance computing

Internet; Internet communication

Appliance computing is an Internet-based computing architecture where software applications reside on a Web server rather than on the end-user's workstation. The workstation, or appliance, is a thin ...

Automatic repeat request (ARQ)

Internet; Internet communication

Automatic repeat request (ARQ) is a protocol for error control in data transmission. When the receiver detects an error in a packet, it automatically requests the transmitter to resend the packet. ...

As1 (applicability statement 1)

Internet; Internet communication

AS1 (Applicability Statement 1) is a specification for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) communications between businesses using e-mail protocols. The specification has been largely superseded by ...

Web governance

Internet; Internet communication

The term web governance denotes the administrative structures that set policy and standards for managing the Internet as a global communication network and assuring its proper operation.

System bus

Internet; Internet communication

The bus that connects the CPU to main memory on the motherboard. I/O buses, which connect the CPU with the systems other components, branch off of the system bus. The system bus is also called the ...