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Messaging Dictionary
10BaseT: The base band Ethernet specification
using two pairs of twisted-pair cables (one for receiving, one for transmitting
data) at 10 Megabits/second.
AIM: The acronym for the instant messenger of
AOL.
Alias: e-mail alias - A name used rather than
the assigned name, used to allow additional email addresses, create easier to
remember addresses and other uses to substitute one name for another.
ASDL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - A way
of using existing copper telephone wires to send and receive data at high speed.
ADSL circuits are many times faster than conventional phone lines, but have to
be set up to connect two specific locations, this is like a leased line. As the
name suggests (Asymmetric) the connection is faster in one direction (download)
than the other (upload).
Attachment: A file that is attached, and
therefore send with an e-mail message. Recently attachments have been used to
transmit viruses.
Auto responder: A email response which is sent
automatically when an email is received.
Cable modem: A modem to connect via cable TV
lines at high speeds of up to 2 Mbps.
cc: carbon copy - cc: -- If you carbon copy an
email message to someone, you are sending them a copy of the email message.
Chat Room: A location on the internet where
people exchange messages in "real time."
E-zine: Webzine - An electronic magazine-like
communication delivered by email. Newsletter by email.
Filtering: The sharing of the files on your
computer, PDA, or network with other through the use of software, also referred
to as Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing.
Flaming: Sending angry or insulting messages over
electronic mail or messaging.
Greeting card spam: The e-card/greeting card
sites allow users can connect in, enter a personalized message into a "card"
that is stored at the site, and a notification message is emailed to the
intended recipient of the card. Allow it is a simple online version of a
greeting, birthday, holiday, or other type of card it is becoming a common way
for unwanted commercial advertising emails to be transmitted.
IM: instant messenger.
IMAP: An email standard sometimes used as an
alternative to POP3.
KaZaA: A program that allows one person to share
files with other people.
www.KaZaA.com
KMD: KaZaA Media Desktop - The downloadable
program for file sharing.
www.KaZaA.com
Listserv: An electronic mailing list typically
used by a broad range of discussion groups. When you subscribe to a listserv,
you will receive periodic email messages about the topic you have requested.
MAPI: Messaging Application Programming
Interface - A system built into Microsoft Windows to enables different e-mail
applications to work together to distribute e-mail.
MAPS: Mail Abuse Prevention System - An
organization and system set up to 'defend the Internet's e-mail system from
abuse by spammers' through their RBL (see Realtime Blackhome List).
Messaging Application Program: MAPI - A system
built into Microsoft Windows to enables different e-mail applications to work
together to distribute e-mail.
MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension - A
set of standards for encoding non-ASCII data files for attachment to emails.
Newsgroup: A particular section within the
USENET system typically, though not always, dedicated to a particular subject of
interest. Also known as discussion groups.
Newsreader: Software which allows you to access
and use newsgroups.
Off-line: Not connected. It is a general term
that can apply to connection between a person computer or between a computer and
another device such as a printer (i.e. someone may connect to an email server,
download their emails and read them off-line, being disconnected while reading
off-line.)
Online: Connected to the Internet.
P2P: Peer-to-Peer - The connecting of one
computer user to another, for communication (Instant Messenger) and file/program
sharing. Commonly used to describe a program such as KaZaA (www.KaZaA.com) and
Morpheus that allows file sharing from one person to another electronically.
Peer-to-Peer: P2P - The connecting of one
computer user to another, for communication (Instant Messenger) and file/program
sharing. Commonly used to describe a program such as KaZaA (www.KaZaA.com) and
Morpheus that allows file sharing from one person to another electronically.
POP3: Post Office Protocol - The common protocol
used to connect with an email server.
Post Office Protocol: The common protocol used
to connect with an email server.
Postmaster: The person responsible for taking
care of e-mail problems, answering inquiries about users, and other related work
at a site.
Rack: A frame on which components (i.e. server,
firewall) would be mounted.
RBL: Realtime Blackhole List - A list of IP
addresses that will not stop sending spam. Established by Mail Abuse Prevention
System (MAPS) LLC.
Realtime Blackhole List: A list of IP addresses
that will not stop sending spam. Established by Mail Abuse Prevention System
(MAPS) LLC.
Registered User: A person/user who has given
required information such as name, address, e-mail address, and chosen a
password to access a site.
Screen name: The designation/name someone has
chosen to represent themselves in an instant messenger service.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: A protocol
dictating how email messages are exchanged over the Internet.
SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol - A method
for connecting to the internet using a normal telephone line and a modem to
connect. The more common method is now PPP (Point to Point Protocol).
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - A protocol
dictating how email messages are exchanged over the Internet.
Snail Mail: A negative term referring to the
normal 'paper' method of delivering mail.
Spam: Sending hundreds or thousands of
unsolicited emails.
Spamming: A broad term mainly referring to
unsolicited junk email.
Supernode: A user of KMD, KaZaA Media Desktop,
if it is a modern computer and are accessing the Internet with a broadband
connection. It enables other KaZaA users in your neighborhood to automatically
upload to your machine a small list of files which they are sharing ,whenever
possible using the same Internet Service provider or located in the same area
that you are located in. The actual download will be directly from the computer
who is sharing the file, not from you. The download goes from them to the person
who wants it, peer-to-peer.
Source: www.KaZaA.com
Sysop: Systems Operator - The manager of a
bulletin board system, online service, special interest group, or Usenet
newsgroup.
Systems Operator: The manager of a bulletin
board system, online service, special interest group, or Usenet newsgroup.
Threaded Messages: Messages which follow each
other on a particular topic, often shown in a listed manner so you can see the
sequence of replies. Used on web sites, bulletin boards, and Usenet.
Trillian: A software program that allows you to
access multiple instant-messaging services, including ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo
Messenger, and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM).
www.Trillian.cc
Trolling: The act of posting outrageous messages
to newsgroups (or sending outrageous emails to many recipients) to generate many
irate responses, or similar conduct.
USENET: User's Network - The collection of the
thousands of bulletin boards residing on the Internet. Each bulletin board
contains discussion groups, or newsgroups, dedicated to a myriad of topics.
Messages are posted and responded to by readers either as public or private
emails.
Webzine: An electronic magazine-like
communication delivered by email. Newsletter by email.
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