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GUI Graphical User Interface: A man-machine interface displayed on a computer screen or other display device, that allows a human operator to control and monitor a process or application
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol: A suite of transport and application protocols that can be used to transfer information across a network
HTML HyperText Markup Language: A page formatting language in which web pages are written by the use of standardized "tags".
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol: a TCP/IP protocol used to transfer HTML documents on an internet. HTTP is client driven; that is, data is sent in response to a browser's request.
internet A collection of networks connected with routers that transfer data using TCP/IP
Web Server A computer system that is able to provide, in response to a properly formatted request reuest over a TCP/IP network, HTML pages using HTTP across an internet.
Web Browser An application used to retrieve and display HTML documents from across an internet. The most popular browsers are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: A TCP/IP protocol used to SEND electronic mail across computers.
POP Post Office Protocol: A TCP/IP protocol used to RECEIVE email from an email server. The latest version is POP3.
XML A language based upon HTML that allows the creation of custom HTML tags

 

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