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E-mail
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Electronic Mail Messages,
usually text, sent from one person to another via
computer. E-mail can also be sent automatically to
a large number of addresses (Mailing
List).
See Also:
Listserv,
Maillist
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E-mail Aliasing
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The e-mail aliasing feature
allows you to have multiple addresses for one
POP mailbox or eventually several if
you have them.
For example, you could have
sales@xyz.com and info@xyz.com and
help@abc.com as aliases to a single
POP mailbox so all that mail can be
picked up in one action from one place.
Also, if these aliases are
directed to several POP mailboxes the mail
can be so sorted so several people can pick up the
mail that concerns them.
See Also:
POP,
E-mail
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E-mail
Forwarding
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The e-mail forwarding feature
allows you to automatically forward mail from one
POP mailbox or your regular mailbox
on the server to any internet e-mail
address.
See Also:
POP,
E-mail,
Internet,
Server
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Ethernet
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A very common method of
networking computers in a LAN. Ethernet will
handle about 10 megabits-per-second and can be used
with almost any kind of computer. The newer "fast"
Ethernet standard handles 100
megabits-per-second.
See Also:
LAN,
Bit,
Bandwidth
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FAQ
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Frequently Asked Questions --
FAQs are documents that list and answer the most
common questions on a particular subject. There are
hundreds of FAQs on subjects as diverse as Pet
Grooming and Cryptography. FAQs are usually written
by people who have tired of answering the same
question over and over.
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FDDI
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Fiber Distributed Data
Interface -- A standard for transmitting data on
optical fiber cables at a rate of around 100
megabits-per-second (10 times as fast as the
regular Ethernet, over twice as fast as
T3).
See Also:
Bandwidth,
Ethernet,
T
1,
T
3,
Bit
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Finger
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An Internet software
tool for locating people on other Internet
sites. Finger is also sometimes used to give
access to non-personal information, but the most
common use is to see if a person has an account at
a particular Internet site. Many sites do
not allow incoming Finger requests, but many
do.
See Also:
Internet
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Fire Wall
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A combination of hardware and
software that separates a LAN into two or
more parts for security purposes. Also used to
separate an Intranet from the rest of the
Internet while still allowing a controlled
bi-directional access. Many web servers are
separated from the Internet by
firewalls.
See Also:
Network,
LAN,
Intranet,
Internet,
Web,
Server
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Flame
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Originally, flame meant to
carry forth in a passionate manner in the spirit of
honorable debate. Flames most often involved the
use of flowery language and flaming well was an art
form. More recently flame has come to refer to any
kind of derogatory comment no matter how witless or
crude.
See Also:
Flame
War
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Flame War
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When an online discussion
degenerates into a series of personal attacks
against the debators, rather than discussion of
their positions. A heated exchange.
See Also:
Flame
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Freeware
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Software that is freely
distributed.
See Also:
Shareware
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FTP
Anonymous FTP
FTP Server
FTP Client
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File Transfer Protocol -- A
very common method of moving files between two
locations. FTP is a standard way to
login to another site for the purpose of
retrieving and/or sending files. There are many
Internet sites that have established
publicly accessible repositories of material that
can be obtained using FTP, by logging in
using the account name anonymous, thus these
sites are called anonymous ftp
servers.
The FTP server
feature allows you to “serve ” (make
files available for download) files using
the File Transfer Protocol, so anyone can get those
files from anywhere on the Net.
The FTP client is the
program used on the user's side to retrieve or send
files to/from the FTP server.
Many Web Design
software programs have an FTP client
built-in to upload a site to a host,
examples are:
Claris Home Page
Microsoft Front Page
Adobe Page Mill / Site Mill
and many others...
See Also:
Upload,
Download,
Login,
Client,
Web,
Server,
Host
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