- Search Engine
- Web service that allows you to query a database for
keywords and returns matching web pages.
- Secure Sockets Layer
- Protocol invented by Netscape to encrypt
communication between web browser and server. It provides privacy, authentication
and integrity.
- Server
- A device that provides one or more services to
several clients over a network. See also client, network.
- Servlet
- A Java application that runs on a server. The term
usually refers to a Java applet that runs within a Web server environment. This is
analogous to a Java applet that runs within a Web browser environment.
- Shopping Cart
- It keeps track of all the items that a customer
wants to buy, allowing the shopper to pay for the whole order at once.
- Simple Mail Transport Protocol
- The protocol to send electronic mail over the
Internet. See also e-mail.
- Simple Network Management Protocol
- Protocol to manage and monitor devices connected to
a network.
- Smart Card
- Plastic card of credit card size with an embedded
microchip. The chip can contain digital money and personal information about the
owner.
- SMDS
- See switched multimegabit data service.
- Smiley
- See emoticon.
- SMTP
- See simple mail transport protocol.
- SNMP
- See simple network management protocol.
- Spam
- Inappropriate use of e-mail and postings by sending
information and advertising to people who did not request them.
- Spider
- See web crawler.
- SQL
- See structured query language.
- Stop Words
- Conjunctions, prepositions, articles and other
words, which appear often in documents yet alone may contain little meaning.
- Structured Query Language
- The preferred programming language for communication
with databases.
- SSL
- See secure sockets layer.
- Switched Multimegabit Data Service
- A proposed new standard for very high-speed data
transfer.
- Sysop
- See system operator.
- System Operator
- Person who is responsible for the operations of a
computer system or network resource.
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