IT GLOSSARY
IP Address
Address coded on 32 bits identifying a piece of equipment on the network in a unique manner (e.g. 192.168.10.56).
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, very high-speed communication link.
Backdoor
Programme installed automatically by a virus or manually by a malicious person which allows the computer to be controlled remotely.
Cache
Temporary memory
CGI
Common Gateway Interface, technology for running programmes on web servers.
DNS
Domain Name System
Ethernet
One of the communication standards on the local network.
Firewall
Hardware and/or software device for protecting a local network and/or connected machine.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol, communication protocol for exchanging files between computers.
GUI
Graphic User Interface, graphic interface for running software.
HTML
HyperText Markup Language, designates the language for creating web pages.
HTTPS
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol, protocol for the secure exchange of data on the web. Your data is encrypted before being transmitted.
IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol, protocol for accessing electronic mailboxes.
IP
Internet Protocol
ISP
Internet Service Provider
Java
Programming language
Javascript
Language allowing integrated scripts to be programmed in a web page.
Kbit/s
Kilobit per second, unit indicating the speed of transmission.
LAN
Local Area Network, local network
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, coding system allowing the dispatch of digital documents and ensuring correct transmission of accented letters.
NAT
Network Address Translation, System for translating IP addresses between various networks.
NNTP
Network News Transfer Protocol, protocol used for the transmission of newsgroups (articles from forums).
Octet
Byte, group of 8 bits.
POP3
Post Office Protocol Ver. 3, protocol for accessing electronic mailboxes.
PPP
Point to Point, refers to a TCP/IP protocol allowing the transmission of datagrams by means of a serial communication line.
Quoted-Printable
Method of encoding binary files in text files.
ISDN
Digital network with integrated service, full name: Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN).
Router
Equipment allowing packets of information to be transferred from one network to the other.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, protocol allowing messages to be sent and distributed on the Internet.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
URL
Uniform Resource Locator, method of uniform addressing indicating the protocol for the various services available within the Internet network.
V.92
Regulation for transmitting information at 56 Kbit/s over a telephone line.
WAN
Wide Area Network
Wysiwyg
What you see is what you get
XML
eXtensible Markup Language, HTML extension for dynamic page layouts.
