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The online world has its own language and dictionary of terms. While a lot of this dialog has become well-known and commonplace among the general public, others have not caught on as fast - and even more are being created every day!
In an effort to explain some of the more common terms, we have created this glossary. This is not meant to be an all-encompassing encyclopedia, but rather a brief glimpse at some of the most frequently used words and acronyms. If you would like to suggest an Internet term that is not part of this list, please send an eMail to info@gravityfree.com.
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T-1 - A data communication line capable of transmitting at speeds of 1.54 Mbps. This is a US and Japanese standard for high-speed data transmission.

T-3 - A US standard data communication line capable of transmitting at speeds of 45 Mbps. Also referred to as a DS3, a T-3 provides the equivalent bandwidth of 28 T-1 circuits.

Tag - The code used to make up part of an HTML component, see META tag

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) - The protocol used to connect two or more computers, and it is the foundation of the Internet communication protocol. The Internet is TCP/IP, and usually it is implemented on top of UNIX, except at the final desktop destination, where it might be on a Windows, NT, DOS PC, or Mac. Also, three main protocols sit above TCP/IP: Telnet, FTP and SMTP.

Telnet - A protocol for sharing information across networks using a technique for terminal emulation. Using Telnet, it appears as if user is "logged in" to the remote computer.

Terabyte - 1000 gigabytes.

Threads - In a discussion group or mailing list, a message thread is a series of e-mail responses to a particular subject strung together as in "following the thread".

Title tag - An HTML tag with text describing a specific Web page (but not visually displayed on the page). The title tag should contain strategic keywords for the page and be constructed following specific guidelines. The title tag is important because it usually becomes the text link to the page found in search engine listings, and because search engines pay special attention to the title text when indexing pages.

Traffic - The number of visitors to a Web page or Web site. Refers to the number of visitors, hits, page accesses, etc., over a given time period. As a general term, it describes data traveling around the Internet.

Transaction - Taking orders (usually via a secure procedure) and processing credit card transactions.

Transparent GIF - A type of GIF image where one color, usually the background of the image, has been selected to appear as transparent.

Trojan Horse - A computer program which carries within itself a means to allow the program's creator access to the system using it.

TRUSTe - Organization which provides branded symbols of trust on the Internet.

Trusted Feeds - This express indexing service offered by Altavista enables database driven and other types of Web sites to target multiple, pertinent keyword phrases.

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