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GLOSSARY
Glossary of Terms Relating to WWW, Internet and Web Hosting etc.
Those who: use internet, are IT professional / computer science students; they may
something know about these terms. Therefore, we have tried to provide you the relevant knowledge.
This list is not complete, by any means. If you have any terms that you would like to be added to this glossary, e-mail your request to yourtieinfo@yahoo.com
 
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IAB (Internet Architecture Board)
A council that makes decisions about Internet standards.
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
The authority originally responsible for the oversight of IP address allocation and the management of the DNS. Now, IANA has responsibility for the distribution of addresses to the Regional Internet Registries (i.e. the two letter country codes) and overseeing the operation of the DNS.
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
A nonprofit organization that controls the Internet internationally based on authorization by the U.S. Department of Commerce. It is positioned to take the place of the U.S. Government and IANA (Internet Assigned Number Authority) in the past. For more information, please see ICANN's website.
IE -- (Internet Explorer)
A browser by Microsoft. The most commonly used browser today. However a lot of other browsers by other companies are also available like "Opera" and "FireFox" etc.
IETF -- (Internet Engineering Task Force)
An open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet.
IIS -- (Internet Information Server)
A web server for Windows operating systems developed by Microsoft.
IMAP -- (Internet Message Access Protocol)
IMAP is gradually replacing POP as the main protocol used by email clients in communicating with email servers.
Using IMAP an email client program can not only retrieve email but can also manipulate message stored on the server, without having to actually retrieve the messages. So messages can be deleted, have their status changed, multiple mail boxes can be managed, etc.
IMAP is defined in RFC 2060.
IMHO -- (In My Humble Opinion)
Shorthand appended to a comment written in an online forum, IMHO indicates that the writer is aware that they are expressing a debatable view, probably on a subject already under discussion. One of many such short hands in common use online, especially in discussion forums.
Impressions
With regard to online advertising, it is the number of times an ad banner is downloaded and presumably seen by users. Guaranteed impressions refers to the minimum number of times an ad banner will be seen by users.
     
 
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