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Internet Glossary - C

Find below all entries for the letter C. If you want to add a new word or add content to an existing word, please go to the glossary submission.

Carbon Copy
When people use the CC function of their e-mail program they use it to copy additional recipients to an e-mail. See also blind carbon copy, e-mail.
CBT
See computer based training.
CC
See carbon copy.
Central Processing Unit
The main chip inside every computer that is used to run the operating system and the application software.
CERN
European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva, Switzerland and birthplace of the World-Wide Web.
Certificate Authority
Issuer of digital certificates, used for encrypting communication and signing documents. See also digital certificates, digital signatures.
CGI
See common gateway interface.
Chat
Direct communication over the Internet with multiple persons. Other than e-mail, responses are made in real-time. See also IRC.
Checksum
A special calculation applied to a piece of information. If the information is transmitted and the calculation achieves the same result, then the transmission was successful.
Class
In object-oriented programming, a category of objects, or the applet file itself. For example, there might be a class called shape that contains objects which are circles, rectangles, and triangles.
Client
Application that resides on the customers computer and contacts a server to communicate. Examples: IRC clients, Web Clients. See also IRC, web.
Clipboard
A piece of memory that stores information only temporarily. See also memory.
CODEC
Program or device that COmpresses/DECompresses digital video.
Common Gateway Interface
A standard that describes how a web browser passes on information to a web server. CGI programs are able to read the information, process it and pass the results back to the web browser.
Compiler
A program that translates a programming language into machine code. See also programming language, machine code.
Compression
Technology to reduce the size of files and save bandwidth. See also bandwidth, lossy compression, non-lossy compression.
Computer Based Training
Way of learning to use a computer and a software package, offering information on a certain subject and a test for the pupil.
Concept Search
Instead of searching for documents that contain a given keyword, a concept search will search for documents related conceptually to a given keyword.
Connection
Established path for exchanging information.
Control Prog/Monitor
Operating System created by Gary Kildall in the 70's.
Cookie
Piece of information that is stored in the browser and can be retrieved by the server that placed the information there. This piece of information can be used to identify a user, for example.
CP/M
See control prog/monitor.
CPU
See central processing unit.
Cracker
A person who tries to break the copy protection of software.
Credit Card Processors
Offer services for electronic businesses, such as processing credit card transactions and verifying credibility of customers.
Crosspostings
A message that is sent simultaneously to several newsgroups. See also message, newsgroups.
Cyberculture
A collection of cultures and cultural products that exist on and are made possible by the Internet, along with the stories told about these cultures and cultural products.
Cyberspace
First used in Neuromancer by William Gibson. It is used to describe the Internet. See also internet.

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