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| This is a file format developed by Adobe Systems in 1992. PDF captures formatting information from a variety of desktop publishing applications, making it possible to send formatted documents and have them appear on the recipient’s monitor or printer as they were intended. This is because a PDF will maintain the original fonts, images, graphics as well as the exact layout of the file. |
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| A novel or improved idea, device, product, etc, or the development there of |
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| A computer is a programmable machine. A computer responds to specific set of instructions in a well-defined manner and executes pre recorded instructions. |
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A computer. A computer that awaits and responds to requests for data.
Example: a DNS server awaits and responds to requests for urls to be translated to IP addresses |
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| A group of computers and servers that are connected to each others |
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| ISP:Internet Service Provider |
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| An ISP is your gateway to the Internet and everything else you can do online; a company that provides subscribers access to the Internet. |
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A computer that requests data stored on a server.
Example: When you type an address into your browser, your computer is the client and it sends the request to the DNS server. |
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A program that uses HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) to serve the files that form Web pages to users, in response to their request, which are forwarded by their computers’ HTTP clients. |
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| A computer and storage device dedicated in storing files. Any user on the network can store files on the server. |
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| A server that sits between a client application, such as a web browser, and a real server. It intercepts all requests to the real server to see if it can fulfill the requests itself. If not, it forwards the request ot the real server. |
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| The practice of using a network of remote servers from data centers all over the world hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. |
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| Cloud server hosting is when hosting services are made available to customers on demand via the internet. Rather than being provided by a single server or virtual server, cloud server hosting services are provided by multiple connected servers that comprise a cloud. |
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| A program that handles all application operations between users and an organization’s backend business applications or databases. |
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| A single computer in a network reserved for serving the needs of the network. For example, some networks require that one computer be set aside to manage communications between all the other computers. |
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| A computer that manages one or more printers, and a network server is a computer that manages network traffic. |
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| A computer system that processes database queries. |
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| A way of representing information using only two options, usually 0’s and 1’s. |
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| Small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information. |
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| A set of rules and standards used to communicate between machines. |
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| HyperText Transfer Protocol - the protocol used for transmitting web pages over the internet |
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