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As the Internet has
expanded and new technologies arise in relation to the Internet, so
has new terminology, abbreviations, and neologisms. Here is a list of
Internet related terminology.
the act of sending unsolicited email, or posting many useless messages in
a forum or such website. (possibly derived from a Monty Python
sketch, in which Vikings repetitively sing about Spam, annoying the
other customers.)
someone who spends a lot of time at the computer, in analogy to
the term 'couch
potato' for TV-addicts. Also known as "Comp Head" in relation
to crack cocaine addict's, "coke head".
someone who attempts to gain infamy in chat or on forums by use
of but not limited to: links to disturbing items, bashing
(fighting, put down) with others, copying or mimicking other's real
posts into perverted messages.
HyperText Markup Language, the coding language used to create
hypertext documents for the World Wide Web. In HTML, a block of
text can be surrounded with tags that indicate how it should appear
(for example, in bold face or italics). Also, in HTML a word, a
block of text, or an image can be linked to another file on the
Web. HTML files are viewed with a World Wide Web browser.
someone who searches for information via whatever means needed
which would compromise the security of a site. This activity often
includes searching trash or refuse disposed on recycle bins of from
the facility.
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line is a technology for
transmitting digital information at a high bandwidth on existing
phone lines to homes and businesses. ADSL is asymmetric in the sense that it uses most of
the channel to transmit downstream to the user and only a small
part to receive information from the user. This means, high
download rates and slower upload rates. Generally if you see 2Mb
ADSL broadband, it refers to 2 Mbit/s Max d/load rate. The upload
rate will probably be around 256 kbit/s Max. (ADSL has a maximum
download rate of 8 Mbit/s, ADSL2 is capable of up to 16 Mbit/s and
ADSL2+ is rated at 24 Mbit/s maximum.)
A method of connection to the internet using existing copper
phone lines using a modem on the
client's end to send information at a slow speed, normally reaching
maximum speed at about 56 kbit/s. This technology uses the voice
spectrum of the telephone lines to transmit data using a system of
sounds that only the receiving modem or ISP understand.
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