Business which takes place between companies using services such as the Internet, Electronic data Interchange or Electronic File transfer, Two companies, one the supplier & the other the customer can transmit inquiries, orders, invoices, payments etc. directly through their computer systems.
Making deliberate changes to a PC file by using the keyboard or mouse. This is generally something that you do do a text based document, picture or spreadsheet.
Electronic Mail - a way of sending other people messages from your PC. Widely used facility on the Internet that basically sends addressed messages over a Network. The message normally gets there in a couple of minutes. Internet users refer to the conventional Mail system as "Snail Mail". Who says Anoraks don't have a sense of humour.
An electronic mail address. Email addresses are in the form of: user@domain (for example: chris
webguest.net). Most local ISPs offer you an email address - this is called a POP account. A POP account requires a username and password to access your email. You have to configure your email software to retrieve the email from your POP account. See also email alias.
Additional email address that points to another email address (normally your current email address with your local ISP). All messages sent to an email alias, are automatically and immediately redirected (forwarded) to the specified "real" email address, so you don't have to configure your email software to retrieve email sent to your email alias. See also email address.
Characters which express human emotions - you may need to put the side of you head on your left hand shoulder to appreciate them - however some word processors such as word will automatically convert these to the icons. Examples include: Happy - :-) Sad - :-( Indifferent - :-| A big smile - : D Boredom - :-o A smile & a wink ;-)
Encryption is the process of converting data into "unreadable code" so that prying eyes cannot understand the content. Encryption is necessary as valuable & sensitive information is often sent from one computer to another via a network that technically can be accessed by anybody. It provides a degree of security should the information fall into the wrong hands.
A science, which studies how people function in relation to the furniture, machines & equipment that they use in their everyday working lives. Ergonomics is used in designing keyboards, the mouse, desks & chairs to minimizes injury & maximizes safety.
Ethernet is a LAN that was developed by Xerox in 1976. The different Nodes on the Network are connected by Coaxial Cable. This cable can be thin (which can connect 2 Nodes up to a distance of about 1000 feet) or thick (which can connect 2 Nodes up to a distance of about 3300 feet). The Ethernet standard has a provision to transmit data at a rate of 10 megabits per second.
This refers to a computer program that can actually be run on the PC. In most cases it has been converted into machine code so that the operating systems understands it. This process of converting is called compiling the program. If you are trying to run a program & it does not do what you expect then you may well believe that executing the program is the best thing to do - it will make you feel better.
Compartments in a PC into which you can plug expansion cards such as a video or sound card & connect them to the system bus. Most PC's have from 3 to 8 expansion slots.
A subset of SGML aimed at WebSite developers. Gives more flexibility than the original standards in HTML by allowing for custom tags to be processed, which will enable the definition, transmission and interpretation of data structures between organizations.
Very similar to an Intranet with the added feature that the information contained can be accessed externally by business partners. Be sure to take one of these on your next fishing trip.