Glossary of Internet Terms

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URL rewriting
Instead of storing a cookie value in the HTTP header of a request, the URL is rewritten to include a session parameter. URL rewriting might avoid cookies but it share the same set of potential problems just mentional above. Plus, with URL rewriting there are no static URLs in your Web-Enabled application, which often makes caching and indexing more difficult. Finally, every Web page needs to be dynamically generated so all hyperlinks include the session parameter.

Router
A device that forwards traffic between networks.

SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol)
A standard protocol which is used to run TCP/IP over a serial line.

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
A standard protocol used to transfer e-mail messages.

Subnet mask (Address Mask)
This is used to recognize the sections of an IP address that concur with the different parts. Also known as the "subnet mask".

T1
A connection of a host to the Internet where data is transferred at 1.544 megabits per second.

T3
A connection of a host to the Internet where data is transferred at 44.746 megabits per second.

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, or TCP/IP, is the basic communications protocol required for computers that use the Internet.

Telnet
This is the standard Internet protocol to connect to remote terminals.

Token ring
A token ring is a kind of LAN that consists of computers that are wired into a ring. Each computer is constantly in direct contact with the next node in the ring. A token, which is a type of control message, is sent from one node to another, allowing messages to be sent throughout the network. A Token Ring network cannot communicate within itself if one ring is broken.

URL (Universal Resource Locator)
An example of a URL would be http://www.computertips.com. A Universal Resource Locator refers to the universal address of an Internet web page. A URL consists of three things. First, it starts with letters such as http, ftp, or gopher that identify the resource type, followed by a colon and two forward slashes. Next, the computer’s name is listed. And finally, the filename and directory of the remote resource is listed as well.

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Glossary of Internet Terms