HW #3

Carlos Perez
Vocab list #3

ActiveX-a framework for defining reusable software components that perform a particular function or a set of functions in Microsoft Windows in a way that is independent of the programming language used to implement them.

 Client- an application or system that accesses a remote service on another computer system, known as a server, by way of a network.

Cookie-a small piece of text stored on a user's computer by a web browser. A cookie consists of one or more name-value pairs containing bits of information. 

                                             

Digital Certificate an electronic document which uses a digital signature to bind together a public key with an identity information such as the name of a person or an organization, their address

Domain a field of study that defines a set of common requirements, terminology, and functionality for any software program constructed to solve a problem in the area of computer programming.

File Transfer Protocol-protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.

Geographic ImagingA computer application used to store, view, and analyze geographical information, especially maps.

 Hit- Any time a piece of data matches criteria you set. For example, each of the matches from a Yahoo or any other search engine search is called a hit.

Home Page -the URL or local file that automatically loads when a web browser starts or when the browser's "home" button is pressed

Hypertext Markup Language- the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a means to create structured documents by denoting structural semantics for text such as headings, paragraphs, lists etc as well as for links, quotes, and other items.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol- an Application Layer protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.

Internet Protocol Address-a numerical label that is assigned to devices participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes.

Internet Service Provider-A company or organisation that offers Internet access to customers for a fee. Some ISPs offer hosting of websites and website design and promotion services as well.

 Mosaic -the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral

Podcasta series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication.

Portal-In computer-generated imagery and real-time 3D computer graphics, portal rendering is an algorithm for visibility determination.

Really Simple SyndicationAllows you to collect news and postings from newspapers, blogs, libraries, etc. and read them in one place. Popular RSS feed readers include Google Reader and Bloglines.

 Social Networking Site-A social network service focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people.

Uniform Resource Locator-the address of a web page on the world wide web

Web 2.0-commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design,

Web Cache- A web cache stores copies of documents passing through it; subsequent requests may be satisfied from the cache if certain conditions are met.

Website- a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web

webapp-a web application is an application that is accessed via a web browser over a network such as the Internet or an intranet.

 Wiki- a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language.

Blog- read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal

boolean Logic-a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in computers

copyright-a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

 Directories-as used in computing and telephony, refers to a repository or database of information which is heavily optimized for reading, under the assumption that data updates are very rare compared to data reads. 

Feed- the process for conceptual development of processing industry projects. Example of processing industry are upstream, petrochemical, refining, pharmaceutical.

Secure Sockets Layer- are cryptographic protocols that provide security for communications over networks such as the Internet. TLS and SSL encrypt the segments of network connections at the Transport Layer end-to-end.

Hw #2

Carlos Perez                                                                                                                                                       2-19-10

Iths                                                                                                                                                           Vocabulary  #2

Address Book-    An address book or a name and address book (NAB) is a book or a database used for storing entries called contacts.

                                                               

H.w vocab 1

Carlos Perez                                                                                                                                       2-11-11

Iths                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Computer Funds

                                                                                                Vocabulary #1

Biometric Security Measures:  The analysis of human data using the fingerprints, facial patterns, eye retinas is termed as the Biometrics.

 

                                                          

Cable modem: A cable modem is a device that enables you to hook up your PC to a local cable TV line and receive data 

                                                    

Client Server network : A client is an application or system that accesses a remote service on another computer system, known as a server, by way of a network.

                                                     

Client:  A customer who buys something from someone.

                               

                             

Communication Channels:  a communication channel, or channel, refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire.

                                                           

Digital Subscribers line: is a family of technologies that provides digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network. DSL originally stood for digital subscriber loop.

                                                                

                       

Extranet: An extranet is a computer network that allows controlled access from the outside, for specific business or educational purposes.

                       

Firewall: A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. Firewalls can be implemented in both hardware and software, or a combination of both.

                                               

Hacker: People committed to circumvention of computer security. This primarily concerns unauthorized remote computer break-ins via a communication networks such as the Internet.

                                                                       

                                    

Hub: This is a hardware device that is used to network multiple computers together. It is a central connection for all the computers in a network

                               

Internet: The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite  to serve billions of users worldwide.

                               

Intranet:  An intranet is a private computer network that uses Internet Protocol technology to securely share any part of an organization's information or network operating system within that organization.

                                                       

Local Area Conector: Typically, computers running Windows are connected to a local area network. When you install Windows, your network adapter is detected, and a local area connection is created. It appears

                             

Modem: a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information.

                              

Node:  A node is an abstract basic unit used to build linked data structures such as trees, linked lists, and computer-based representations of graphs. Each node contains some data and possibly links to other nodes.

                         

                             

Peer-to-peer:  computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or work loads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application.

                                               

Proxy Server:  In computer networks, a proxy server is a serve that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers.

                                   

Public Switched Telephone Network:  is the global collection of interconnects originally designed to support circuit-switched voice communication.

                                                                               

                                                                                               

Router:   Routers forward data packets across computer networks. A Router checks the data packet for its destination address and protocol format details.

                                               

Server: is a software program, or the computer on which that program runs, that provides a specific kind of service to client software running on the same computer or other computers on a network.

                                                           

server operating systems:  sets of abstractions and runtime support for specialized, high-performance server applications.

                                                                                

T1 line:   specific type of copper or fiber optic telephone line that can carry more data than traditional telephone lines. The T-carrier line, as it is sometimes called, was developed by AT&T Bell Labs for North America and Japan.

Wide area Network: a computer network that covers a broad area (i.e., any network whose communications links cross metropolitan, regional.

                                                           

WiMAX:  is a telecommunications protocol that provides fixed and mobile Internet access.

                                          

Wireless Internet Service Provider: Internet service providers with networks built around wireless networking. Technology may include commonplace Wi-Fi wireless mesh networking,

Wireless Lan:  links two or more devices using some wireless distribution method and usually providing a connection through an access point to the wider internet.