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An individual who diagnoses & resolves users' technical hardware & software problems.
What is a "Help Desk Technician?"
A small browser window that appears in front of the browser window you are viewing.
What is a "pop-up window?"
Windows standard format for audio files.
What is "Waveform" or "WAV?"
A file that is sent with an email message.
What is an "attachment?"
A security technique designed to prevent access to information by converting it into a scrambled (unreadable) form of text.
What is "encryption?"
An individual who manages & maintains a network infrastructure.
What is a "Network Engineer?"
A text file that tracks users' activities.
What is a "cookie?"
A plug-in developed by Apple Computer for storing movie & audio files in digital format.
What is "QuickTime?"
A unique numerical address assigned to a computer or device on a network.
What is an "IP Address?"
A security barrier that controls the flow of information between the Internet & a private network.
What is a "firewall?"
An individual who is responsible for the organization & appearance of a Website.
What is a "Website Designer?"
The first Webpage that displays when you access a domain.
What is the "home page?"
A continuous flow of data, usually audio or video files.
What is "streaming media" or "streaming?"
Unsolicited & unwanted email messages; the equivalent of junk mail.
What is "spam?"
Programming code that provides a temporary solution to a known problem, or bug.
What is a "patch?"
An individual who manages a Web development team.
What is a "Website Manager?"
A small browser that appears behind the browser window you are viewing.
What is a "pop-under window?"
A storage space on a computer hard disk used to temporarily store downloaded data.
What is a "disk cache" or "cache?"
A protocol that resides on an incoming mail server.
What is "Post Office Protocol" or "POP?"
A self-replicating program or algorithm that consumes system resources.
What is a "worm?"
An individual who determines the visibility of Websites across multiple clients & search engines.
What is an "SEO Analyst?"
A URL that gives the full path to a resource.
What is an "absolute URL?"
A compression/decompression algorithm used by modern video & audio player plug-ins.
What is "codec?"
A published list of IP addresses known to be sources of spam.
What is a "blackhole list?"
The unethical practice of registering domain names very similar to those of high-volume sites.
What is "typosquatting?"