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Term |
Definition |
| SCSI |
Small Computer Systems Interface a (fast) type of disk drive |
| Second Normal form (2NF) |
A database table is in second normal form if it is in first normal
form and no column that is not part of the primary is dependant on only a
portion of the primary key. (THE WHOLE KEY) |
| Security Certificate |
Security Certificates contain information about who it belongs to,
who it was issued by, a unique serial number or other unique identification,
valid dates, and an encrypted “fingerprint” that can be used to
verify the contents of the certificate. |
| serial Transmission |
Transmission mode that sends data one bit at a time. In most cases,
in personal computers, serial data is passed through an RS232 serial interface
port. |
| Server |
A computer, or a software package, that provides a specific kind of
service to client software running on other computers. The term can refer to a
particular piece of software, such as a WWW server, or to the machine on which
the software is running, e.g. Our mail server is down today, that's why e-mail
isn't getting out. A single server machine could have several different server
software packages running on it, thus providing many different servers to
clients on the network. |
| SLIP |
(Serial Line Internet Protocol) -- A standard for using a regular
telephone line (a serial line) and a modem to connect a computer as a real
Internet site. SLIP is gradually being replaced by PPP. |
| SMDS |
(Switched Multimegabit Data Service) -- A new standard for very
high-speed data transfer. |
| SMTP |
(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) -- The main protocol used to send
electronic mail on the Internet. Almost all Internet email is sent and received
by clients and servers using SMTP, thus if one wanted to set up an email server
on the Internet one would look for email server software that supports SMTP.
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| SNMP |
(Simple Network Management Protocol) -- A set of standards for
communication with devices connected to a TCP/IP network. Examples of these
devices include routers, hubs, and switches. |
| Software Audits |
Making a list of software in use in a company and checking that
it's all licensed etc. |
| Spam (or Spamming) |
An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list, or USENET or other
networked communications facility as if it was a broadcast medium (which it is
not) by sending the same message to a large number of people who didn't ask for
it. The term probably comes from a famous Monty Python skit which featured the
word spam repeated over and over. (Spam is a registered trademark of Hormel
Corporation, for its processed meat product.) |
| Speech recognition software |
A program that will convert raw speech into computer data, For the
most part these work imperfectly. |
| spooling |
Sending or saving output to a disk storage area. Often used in
order to print or transfer files. |
| spreadsheet |
A spreadsheet application (program) manipulates numerical and
string data in a row and column format. Cell values (the intersection of a row
and column) may be calculated using formulas and the values from other
cells. |
| SQL |
(Structured Query Language) -- A specialized programming language
for sending queries to databases. Most industrial-strength and many smaller
database applications can be addressed using SQL. Each specific application
will have its own version of SQL implementing features unique to that
application, but all SQL-capable databases support a common subset of SQL.
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| SSL |
(Secure Sockets Layer) -- A protocol designed by Netscape
Communications to enable encrypted, authenticated communications across the
Internet. SSL is used mostly (but not exclusively) in communications between
web browsers and web servers. URL’s that begin with “https”
indicate that an SSL connection will be used. SSL provides 3 important things:
Privacy, Authentication, and Message Integrity. |
| stakeholder |
A person or organization that has a stake, vested interest, or
business relationship with your organization. The stakeholder entity includes
the following: an interested party, business partner, competitor, supplier, or
customer. |
| Standard Interchange Language (SIL) |
A standard designed to exchange data between computers using
different applications. SIL was designed to provide an efficient method for
remotely manipulating a database without the need for multiple, proprietary
interfaces. SIL is non-proprietary and utilizes a public domain standard. |
| SWOT analysis |
Taken from the first letters of the words Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities and Threats, a SWOT analysis is a process for identifying those
areas where an organization needs to pay special attention. |
| symbology |
A defined method of representing numeric or alphabetic characters
in some other way for example a bar code. |
| Sysop |
(System Operator) -- Anyone responsible for the physical operations
of a computer system or network resource. A System Administrator decides how
often backups and maintenance should be performed and the System Operator
performs those tasks. |
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