Internet Glossary Terms

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Dial Up

Connecting to the internet, a network or another computer over the telephone system. - read more

Digital Certificate

A digital certificate is an electronic means of establishing your credentials when doing business or other transactions on the Web. It is issued by a certification authority. It contains your name, a serial number, expiration dates, a copy of the certificate holder's public key (used for encryp ... - read more

DirectX

A set of predefined code, called an Application Programming Interface, written by Microsoft. Programmers can use it to create graphic images or other multimedia effects in their applications. It is divided into five distinct parts: DirectDraw manages two-dimensional images Direct3D m ... - read more

DNS

Abbreviation for Domain Name System. The method used when naming Internet host computers and the directory services used when looking up those names. Each of these host names (such as pd.zevon.com) corresponds to a long decimal number known as the IP address (such as 199.10.44.8). These domain n ... - read more

Domain

An area of information on the Internet, such as a website or even a collection of sites grouped together. - read more

Domain Forwarding

The name that the Web uses to identify sites more easily. Domain Name Servers then translate this name into an IP address to reach the correct Web Server. - read more

Domain Name Server

This is a server that performs address verification on the Internet finding the right computer to connect to for access to websites and email. - read more

Download

To copy or move a file from another computer or disk onto another. On the internet the term normally describes the transfer of files from a website to a local computer. Example: I downloaded photos to my PC. - read more

DSL

Short for Digital Subscriber Line, DSL is a remote access connection technology that will eventually allow users to download at speeds of up to 6Mbps as opposed to the current 56Kbps limitations seen with standard modems. To do this, phone companies have started to upgrade their systems to handl ... - read more

Dynamic HTML

A language for building "unfixed" pages i.e. pages whose content changes on receipt of further information such as the contents of a database. - read more