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APPENDIX A:

Glossary

This glossary documents terms found in the documentation for Peer Web Services and Internet Explorer. It does not document terms specific to Microsoft Windows NT. For those terms, see the Windows NT online help.


TOP A

annotation file

anonymous logons

associating

authentication


TOP B

Basic clear-text authentication

BIND

bits per second (bps)

bps

browser


TOP C

cache

CGI

challenge/response

client/server architecture

Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

connected user

cryptography


TOP D

data integrity

Data Source Name (DSN)

DHCP

dial-up

DNS

DNS spoofing

domain

domain controller

Domain Name System (DNS)

DSN

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)


TOP E–F

encryption

file-extension mapping

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

filter

firewall

friendly name

FTP


TOP G

gateway

gopher

gopher plus

gopherspace


TOP H

home directory

HTML

HTTP

hyperlink

hypertext

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)


TOP I

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

interactive applications

Internet

Internet Log Converter

Internet Network Information Center (InterNIC)

Internet Protocol (IP)

Internet Protocol (IP) address

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

InterNIC

intranet

IP

IP address

ISDN

ISPs


TOP L

leased line

link

log file

logging


TOP M

Management Information Databases (MIBs)

MIBs

MIME mapping

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) mapping


TOP N

name resolution

Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)

NNTP


TOP O


TOP P

packet

page

password authentication

Peer Web Services