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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32-bit IP addressing

Internet; Internet communication

32-bit IP addressing is the IP address scheme used in Internet Protocol 4 (IPv6 uses a 128-bit system). In IPv4, an IP address is a 32-bit number that identifies each sender or receiver of ...

6to4

Internet; Internet communication

6to4 is a tunnelling mechanism used to transfer IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) packets over an IPv4 infrastructure, typically the IPv4 Internet. The 6to4 mechanism was created to support ...

Instant messaging (IM or IM-ing or AIM)

Internet; Internet communication

Instant messaging, often shortened to simply "IM" or "IMing," is the exchange of text messages through a a software application in real-time. Generally included in the IM software is the ability to ...

Web-Braille

Internet; Internet communication

Web-Braille is a delivery system that allows content to be read on a Braille display or transmitted to a Braille embosser. The name is proprietary to the National Library Services for the Blind and ...

Bookmark

Internet; Internet communication

Using a World Wide Web browser, a bookmark is a saved link to a Web page that has been added to a list of saved links. When you are looking at a particular Web site or home page and want to be able ...

Common internet file system (CIFS)

Internet; Internet communication

Common Internet File System (CIFS) is a protocol that lets programmes make requests for files and services on remote computers on the Internet. CIFS uses the client/server programming model. A client ...