| ADSL |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - A technology that allows more data to be sent over existing
copper telephone lines. ADSL supports data rates of from 1.5
to 9 Mbps when receiving data (known as the downstream rate)
and from 16 to 640 Kbps when sending data (known as the upstream
rate). |
| ADSL2/ADSL2+ |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line version 2 - The improved version of ADSL offers speeds
up to 32 Mbps for downstream traffic, and from 32 Kbps to over
1 Mbps for upstream traffic. |
| ATA |
Analog Telephone Adapter - A device
that converts the analog signals from a conventional phone into
a format acceptable for transmission over an internet connection,
and vice versa at the receiving end. |
| Bandwidth |
The amount of information or data that can
be sent over a network connection in a given period of time.
Usually stated in bits per second (bps), kilobits per second
(Kbps), megabits per second (Mbps) or gigabits per second (Gbps). |
| CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
is a form of multiplexing (not a modulation scheme) and a method
of multiple access that does not divide up the channel by time
(as in TDMA), or frequency (as in FDMA), but instead encodes
data with a special code associated with each channel and uses
the constructive interference properties of the special codes
to perform the multiplexing. CDMA also refers to digital cellular
telephony systems that make use of this multiple access scheme,
such as those pioneered by Qualcomm, and W-CDMA by the International
Telecommunication Union or ITU. CDMA has since been used in
many communications systems, including the Global Positioning
System (GPS) and in the OmniTRACS satellite system for transportation
logistics. |
| Codec |
COmpressor/DECompressor or COder-DECoder - Any technology for compressing and decompressing data. Codecs
can be implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of
both. Some popular codecs for computer video include MPEG, Indeo
and Cinepak. In telecommunications, (short for coder/decoder)
a device that encodes or decodes a signal. ... |
| DECT |
Digitally Enhanced Cordless Telephony - A digital wireless technology that is being used for local
cordless coverage in both home and corporate phone systems.
A very flexible standard, it can be applied to cordless PBX,
wireless local loop, and dual mode GSM/DECT systems. |
| DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - A communications protocol that lets network administrators
manage and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP)
addresses in an organization's network. DHCP allows devices
to connect to a network and be automatically assigned an IP
address. |
| DHCP Server |
Contains IP addresses, lease duration, and
associated TCP/IP configuration information. The DHCP server
listens for client requests and processes them. |
| DHCP Client |
Gets its IP address and related TCP/IP configuration
parameters from the DHCP server during the initialization stage.
The client also extends the lease on the IP address by renewing
the lease before it expires. |
| DNS |
Domain Name System - The system that
translates Internet domain names into IP numbers. A "DNS Server"
is a server that performs this kind of translation |
| DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line - See XDSL |
| DTMF |
Dual Tone Multi-Frequency - A system
using combinations of two tones to signify digits. Commonly
known as Touch-Tone and used on all modern telephones. Used
for a variety of purposes including voice mail systems and voice
messaging. Also known as "Touch-Tone" |
| E.164 |
The international public telecommunication
numbering plan. An E.164 number uniquely identifies a public
network termination point and typically consists of three fields,
CC (country code), NDC (national destination code), and SN (subscriber
number), up to 15 digits in total. |
| ENUM |
Electronic Numbering System - Every VoIP company currently
uses a different numbering system in order to connect their
customers for free. This, however makes it difficult for one
VoIP company's customers to talk for free to another VoIP
company's customers. ENUM solves all that by building a translation
database that your VoIP company should look at first. Net2MAX
is one of the first SIP carriers in the world to fully adopt
the ENUM system (part of the e164 standard) |
| Ethernet |
A very common method of networking computers
in a LAN. There is more than one type of Ethernet. 100-BaseT
can handle up to about 100,000,000 bits-per-second. |
| Firewall |
A dedicated gateway machine with special
security precautions on it typically used to protect a network
when it is connected to an outside network, especially the Internet. |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol - A very common
method of moving files between two Internet sites or computers. |
| FXO |
Foreign eXchange Office - Is the interface
on a VoIP device for connecting to an analog PBX extension |
| FXS |
Foreign eXchange Subscriber - Is the
interface on a VoIP device for connecting directly to phones,
faxes, and CO ports on PBXs or key telephone systems. |
| Gateway |
In IP telephony, a network device that converts voice and
fax calls, in real time, between the public switched telephone
network (PSTN) and an IP network. The primary functions of
an IP gateway include voice, video and fax compression &
decompression, packetization, call routing, and control signalling. |
| Gbps |
Gigabits per second (Billions of bits
per second) - A measure of bandwidth (the amount of data that
can flow in a given time) on a data transmission medium. See
also Kbps and Gbps |
| HSDPA |
High Speed Download Packet Access - A mobile telephony protocol. Also called 3.5G (or "3½G").
It is a packet-based data service in W-CDMA downlink with data
transmission up to 8-10 Mbit/s (and 20 Mbit/s for MIMO systems)
over a 5MHz bandwidth in WCDMA downlink. |
| HTTP |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol - The
set of rules for exchanging files (text, graphic images, sound,
video, and other multimedia files) on the World Wide Web. Relative
to the TCP/IP suite of protocols (which are the basis for information
exchange on the Internet), HTTP is an application protocol. |
| HTTPS |
HTTP Over SSL - Protocol enabling
the secured transmission of Web pages. |
| IAX |
Inter-Asterisk eXchange protocol
- Used by Asterisk, an open source PBX server from Digium. It
is used to enable VoIP connections between Asterisk servers,
and between servers and clients that also use the IAX protocol. |
| IP |
Internet Protocol - A packet-based
protocol for delivering data across networks. |
| IP Address |
Internet Protocol Address -
A unique string of numbers that identifies a computer or server
on the Internet. The IP address takes the form of four numbers
separated by dots, for example: 123.45.67.890 |
| IP Telephony |
The transmission of voice and fax phone calls
over a packet-based IP data network. Synonymous with VoIP. |
| Kbps |
Kilobits per second (thousands of
bits per second) - A measure of bandwidth (the amount of data
that can flow in a given time) on a data transmission medium.
See also Mbps and Gbps |
| Jitter |
The change in latency with time. A network
problem that can be detrimental to SIP audio and video quality. |
| LAN |
Local Area Network - A computer network
that spans a relatively small area. Most LANs are confined to
a single building or group of buildings. However, one LAN can
be connected to other LANs over any distance via telephone lines
and radio waves. A system of LANs connected in this way is called
a wide area network (WAN). Most LANs connect workstations and
personal computers. ... |
| Latency |
The minimum time required to move data from
one point to another. In a SIP phone environment it can contribute
to echoes and delays that can degrade the performance and quality
of a call. |
| MAC Address |
Media Access Control Address - A unique
code permanently assigned to most forms of networking hardware.
Also known as hardware address or ethernet address. This is
a unique identifier specific to the network card inside a computer
or network device. It allows a DHCP server to authenticate that
the device is allowed to access the network. MAC Addresses are
of the form XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, where the X's are either digits
(1 to 0) or letters (A to F). |
| Mbps |
Millions of bits per second or Megabits per second - A measure of bandwidth or the total
information flow over a given time, over a telecommunications
medium. Depending on the medium and the transmission method,
bandwidth is also sometimes measured in the Kbps (thousands
of bits or kilobits per second) range or the Gbps (billions
of bits or gigabits per second) range. |
| mySmartFone |
Global VoIP Service Provider with the industry's
widest range of add-on services, such as fax, conferencing,
messaging, website & banking integration. Includes a powerful
Affiliate Program. Built on the Net2MAX convergent VoIP platform. |
| NAT |
Network Address Translation - Also
known as network masquerading or IP-masquerading. NAT is a technique
in which the source and/or destination addresses of IP packets
are rewritten as they pass through a router or firewall. It
is most commonly used to enable multiple hosts on a private
network to access the Internet using a single public IP address.
According to specifications, routers should not act in this
way, but it is a convenient and widely-used technique. ... |
| Net2MAX |
A Management Platform that enhances the
user's online experiences substantially by automating, centralising,
customising, extending, integrating and optimising various online
services for the user. Embedded in the system is a comprehensive
VoIP platform with features not found in other, so-called, competitor
platforms. See also MeetWorx |
| PABX |
Private Automatic Branch Exchange - A telephone switch located on a customer's premises that primarily
establishes voice-grade circuits (over tie lines to a telephone
company central office) between individual users and the public-switched
telephone network. The PABX also provides switching within the
customer premises local area, and usually offers numerous enhanced
features, including least-cost routing and call-details recording. |
| Password |
A series of characters that enables someone
to access a file, computer or program. Your Control Panel is
password protected to prevent unauthorized users from changing
your information. The password should be a combination of characters
that would be difficult to guess. |
| PBX |
Private Branch eXchange - See PABX |
| POTS |
Plain Old Telephone System - Refers
to the world's collection of interconnected public telephone
networks designed primarily for voice traffic. |
| Presence |
The "availability and willingness of the
user (presentity) for communication". Presence information is
published by individuals to other systems users, known as 'watchers'
or 'subscribers', to indicate their communication state. Although
not limited to IP communications, it has become synonymous with
IP applications such as VoIP and Instant Messaging. |
| Protocol |
A set of rules that define an exact format
for communication between systems. eg. HTTP protocol defines
the format for communication between web browsers and web servers. |
| PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network - The familiar telephone service based on copper wire that carries
analog voice data. It is also called POTS (Plain Old Telephone
Service). |
| QoS |
Quality of Service - A network's ability
to prioritize VoIP traffic over Web-browsing traffic. |
| RJ11 |
Registered Jack number 11. Four-wire
modular connector and socket used on telephone handsets and
modem phone connections. |
| RJ45 |
Registered Jack 45 - An eight-wire
connector used to connect computers onto a Local Area Network
(LAN), especially Ethernets. RJ-45 connectors look similar to
the RJ-11 connectors used for connecting telephone equipment,
but they are a bit wider. |
| Router |
A special-purpose, dedicated computer that
attaches to two or more networks and routes packets from one
network to the other. In particular, an Internet gateway routes
IP datagrams among the networks it connects. Gateways route
packets to other gateways until they can be delivered to the
final destination directly across one physical network. |
| SIP |
Session Initiation Protocol - Used
for setting up communications sessions on the Internet, such
as telephony, presence, events notification and instant messaging.
The protocol initiates call setup, routing, authentication and
other feature messages to endpoints within an IP domain. |
| TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
is a technology for shared medium (usually radio) networks.
It allows several users to share the same frequency by dividing
it into different timeslots. The users transmit in rapid succession,
one after the other, each using their own timeslot. This allows
multiple users to share the same transmission medium (e.g. radio
frequency) while using only the part of its bandwidth they require.
TDMA is used in the GSM, PDC and iDEN digital cellular standards,
among others. It is also used extensively in satellite systems,
local area networks, physical security systems, and combat-net
radio systems. |
| Teleconference |
Communication via telephone, audio, video,
or computer between two or more groups in separate locations. |
| TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol - Network
application using UDP and is simpler than the File Transfer
Protocol (FTP) but less capable. Commonly used to remotely update
firmware or configurations in ATAs and SIP phones either singly
or in groups. |
| Triple-Play |
The combination of Voice, Video and Data
into one (convergent) multimedia service. |
| Username |
The "friendly" name by which a user is known
and addressed on a network. A name that is unique and is used
to recognize and identify a person who is attempting to log
on to the Internet or is trying to access areas of a website
that are restricted. Passwords and usernames are often use together
to provide online security and Internet security without having
to use digital certificates or encryption. |
| Video Conference |
A synchronized meeting between two or more
people from separate geographic locations using two-way video
technology. Also known as a video teleconference. |
| VoIP |
Voice over Internet Protocol - A category
of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet
as the transmission medium for telephone calls. Voice data is
sent in packets using rather than by traditional POTS circuits.
One advantage of VoIP is that the telephone calls over the Internet
do not incur a surcharge beyond what the user is paying for
Internet access, much in the same way that the user doesn't
pay for sending individual emails over the Internet. |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network - A computer network
that spans a relatively large geographical area. Typically,
a WAN consists of two or more local-area networks (LANs). Computers
connected to a wide-area network are often connected through
public networks, such as the telephone system. They can also
be connected through leased lines or satellites. The largest
WAN in existence is the Internet. ... |
| W-CDMA |
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access is a type of 3G cellular network. W-CDMA is the technology behind
the 3G UMTS standard and is allied with the 2G GSM standard
with the ITU (International Telecommunication Union). More technically,
W-CDMA is a wideband spread-spectrum 3G mobile telecommunication
air interface that utilizes code division multiple access (or
CDMA the general multiplexing scheme, not to be confused with
CDMA the US standard). |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator - pronounced
"you-are-ell" - An address that specifies the location of a
file on the Internet (eg http://meetworx.net). |
| xDSL |
(x) Digital Subscriber Line - Refers
to the family of digital subscriber line technologies, such
as ADSL, SDSL, VDSL, UDSL, IDSL, RADSL. See ADSL |
| 10-BaseT |
A popular type of Ethernet wiring that connects
a single computer or printer to a Network Hub at up to 10Mbs.
Sometimes called twisted pair. |
| 100-BaseT |
100-Base T is about 10 times that of 10-Base
T. Sometimes called fast Ethernet. |
| 1000-BaseT |
A variant of Ethernet that operates over
multimode fiber optic cable, single mode fiber optic cable,
or unshielded twisted pair, at 1000 Mbps. Also called Gigabit
Ethernet |
| 802.11 |
The IEEE standard for wireless networking.
IEEE 802.xx is a set of specifications for LANs from The Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Common forms
are 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g |
| 802.11a |
Aka Wireless A - A revision of 802.11 that
operates in the unlicensed 5 GHz band and allows transmission
rates of 54Mbps. See also 802.11 |
| 802.11b |
Aka Wireless B - A revision of 802.11 standard
allowing data rates up to 11Mbps in the 2.4GHz ISM band. See
also 802.11 |
| 802.11g |
Aka Wireless G - an extension to 802.11b.
802.11g will broaden 802.11b's data rates to 54 Mbps within
the 2.4 GHz band. See also 802.11. |
| ActiveX |
Software components from Microsoft. They
enable sound, Java applets and animations to be integrated in
a Web page. |
| Alias |
A computer system name that points to another
name, instead of an underlying object. Most Web URLs are either
wholly or partly aliases (to protect the underlying file system
on the Web server they point at). |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute - A voluntary membership organization (run with private funding)
that develops national consensus standards for a wide variety
of devices and procedures. |
| Application (computer) |
Software programs, such as word processors
and spreadsheets that most users use to do work on a computer. |
| ASP |
Active Server Page - A web server extension
by Microsoft that enables Web pages to be dynamically created
using HTML, scripts, and reusable ActiveX server components. |
| Asterisk |
An open source PBX/PABX server from Digium.
It is used to enable VoIP connections between Asterisk servers,
and between servers and clients that also use the IAX protocol. |
| AT&T (ATT) |
Formerly an abbreviation for American Telephone
and Telegraph Corporation - They provide voice, video, data,
and Internet telecommunications services to businesses, consumers,
and government agencies. During its long history, AT&T has at
times been the world's largest telephone company, the world's
largest cable television operator, and sometimes a monopoly. |
| Bandwidth |
A measure of the capacity of a communications
channel. The higher a channel's bandwidth, the more information
it can carry. |
| Bill Gates |
Commonly known as Bill Gates, William Henry
Gates III, KBE (born October 28, 1955), is an American businessman
and a entrepreneur. Along with others, he wrote the original
Altair BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800. With Paul Allen,
he co-founded Microsoft Corporation, and is now its chairman
and "Chief Software Architect." According to Forbes magazine,
Bill Gates is the wealthiest person in the world. |
| Bluetooth |
A global initiative by Ericsson, IBM, Intel,
Nokia and Toshiba to set a standard for cable-free connectivity
between mobile phones, mobile PCs, handheld computers and other
peripherals. It uses short-range radio links in the 2.GHz Instrumentation
Scientific and Medical (ISM) "free band". |
| Bot (roBot) |
An Internet-related term, short for "robot,"
that describes programs which automate tasks such as sorting
e-mail. |
| Bridge |
A device for passing signals between two
LANs or two segments of a LAN. |
| Browser (Web Browser) |
A software application used to locate and
display Web pages. Eg and Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape
Navigator & FireFox. Most are graphical browsers, which
display graphics as well as text. In addition, most modern browsers
can present multimedia information, including sound and video,
though they require plug-ins for some formats. |
| C++ |
An object-oriented programming (OOP) language
that is viewed by many as the best language for creating large-scale
applications. C++ is a superset of the C language. |
| CGI (cgi-bin) |
Common Gateway Interface - A standard
way for data to be passed between web applications eg passing
data from an online HTML form to a script on the server. |
| Channel |
The path along which a communications signal
is transmitted. |
| Client |
A computer program or terminal that requests
information or services from another computer (a server) on
the network. |
| CMS |
Content Management System - System
for the creation, modification, archiving and removal of information
resources from an organised repository (eg database). Includes
tools for publishing, format management, revision control, indexing,
search and retrieval. |
| CMS |
Contact Management System - See CRM |
| Commander System |
A limited function telephone system with
less features than a regular PABX where the handsets control
most of the functionality. Made and supplied by Telstra. |
| CRM |
Customer Relationship Management -
CRM entails all aspects of interaction a company has with its
customer, whether it be sales or service related. CRM an information
industry term for methodologies, software, and usually Internet
capabilities that help an enterprise manage customer relationships
in an organised way. |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit - A programmable
logic device that performs all the instruction, logic, and mathematical
processing in a computer. |
| Data |
Information stored on the computer system,
used by applications to accomplish tasks. |
| Database |
A collection of data that is organized so
that its contents can easily be accessed, managed and updated.
The most prevalent type of database is the relational database,
a tabular database in which data is defined so that it can be
reorganized and accessed in a number of different ways. A distributed
database is one that can be dispersed or replicated among different
points in a network. |
| Datagram |
The unit transmitted between a pair of Internet
modules. The Internet Protocol provides for transmitting blocks
of data, called datagrams, from sources to destinations. |
| Device Driver |
Computer software that contains instructions
that allows the computer to communicate with its peripheral
devices, such as a display, printer, mouse or communications
adapter. |
| Domain |
A subset of Internet addresses. Domains are
hierarchical, lower-level domains often refer to specific Web
sites within a top-level domain. The distinguishing part of
the address appears at the end. |
| Domain Name |
The text name corresponding to the numeric
IP address of a computer on the Internet |
| Domain, Top Level |
Example of top-level domains: .com, .edu, .gov, .org (subdividing
addresses into areas of use). There are also numerous geographic
top-level domains: .au .ar, .ca, .fr, .ro (referring to specific
countries). |
| Domain, 2nd Level |
The next highest level of the hierarchy underneath the Top
Level Domains. The portion of a traditional domain name that
comes before the dot. So, in mysmartfone.com the second level
domain is mysmartfone. |
| Domain, 3rd Level |
The next highest level of the hierarchy below the second
level domains. That part of the domain name that appears two
segments to the left of the top-level (or first level) domain.
eg. "username" in username.mysmartfone.com |
| Domain, Country (ccTLD) |
Country Coded Top Level Domain - Numerous country
top-level domains include: .com.au (Australia) .co.nz (New
Zealand) co.uk (United Kingdom) |
| DOS |
Disk Operating System - A command
line operating system that Windows runs on top of. Bill Gates
created PC-DOS while working for IBM. |
| DoS |
Denial-of-Service attack -
A type of attack on a network that is designed to bring the
network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic. For
all known DoS attacks, there are software fixes that system
administrators can install to limit the damage caused by the
attacks. |
| Driver |
See Device Driver |
| E1 |
Similar to the North American T-1, E1 is
the European format for digital transmission. E1 Wide-area digital
transmission scheme used predominantly in Europe that carries
data at a rate of 2.048 Mbps. E1 lines can be leased for private
use from common carriers. |
| Email |
Electronic Mail - The exchange of
electronic messages and computer files between computers that
are connected to the Internet or some other computer network. |
| Emulator |
A device, computer program, or system that
accepts the same inputs and produces the same outputs as a given
system. |
| Encryption |
A way of coding the information in a file
or e-mail message so that if it is intercepted by a third party
as it travels over a network it cannot be read. Only the persons
sending and receiving the information have the key and this
makes it unreadable to anyone except the intended persons. |
| Firmware |
Software contained in a read-only memory
(ROM) device. |
| FSK |
Frequency Shift Keying - A form of
frequency modulation of a data signal performed by a modem for
transmission over dedicated wire or phone lines. |
| Gigabit Ethernet |
See 1000-BaseT |
| GNU |
GNU's Not Unix (a recursive acronym)
- A UNIX workalike development effort of the Free Software Foundation
headed by Richard M. Stallman (RMS). The GNU project was designed
to create software and an operating system that would run on
peer-edited and improved code, continuing the tradition of software
evolution that was already common in the computer science field
in the 1970s and early 1980s. |
| Goldmine (Software) |
A powerful CRM/CMS (Customer Relationship
Management / Contact Management System) that integrates most
of the functions required by a human to communicate with customers
and clients and store data related to them in one easily searchable
database. Can be operated in single PC mode or through globally
connected networks. |
| Google |
The most popular search engine, Google is
a tool for finding resources on the World Wide Web. Google scans
web pages to find instances of the keywords you have entered
in the search box |
| Gopher |
An Internet server document browsing and
searching system that lets you search and retrieve texts on
the Internet. Gopher has since been surpassed by the World Wide
Web. A play on the words "go for." |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface - A computer
terminal interface, such as Windows, that is based on graphics
instead of text. |
| Host |
A computer from a network that can receive
information from other computers. |
| Hotmail |
One of the most popular free "webmail" e-mail
services, which are accessible from anywhere on the planet via
a standard web browser. |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers - Pronounced "I-triple-E". An organization
of engineers, scientists and students involved in electrical,
electronics, and related fields. It also functions as a publishing
house and standards making body. |
| IEEE 802.11 |
See 802.11 |
| Internet (the) |
An electronic network of computers that includes
nearly every university, government, and research facility in
the world. Also included are many commercial sites. It started
with four interconnected computers in 1969 and was known as
ARPAnet. |
| IPX/SPX |
Internet Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet
Exchange - IPX is a Novell communications protocol used
by NetWare clients and servers to deliver messages within and
between networks. SPX ensures reliable delivery of complete
messages. |
| ITU |
International Telecommunications Union - An intergovernmental organization through which public and
private organizations develop telecommunications. The ITU was
founded in 1865 and became a United Nations agency in 1947.
It is responsible for adopting international treaties, regulations
and standards governing telecommunications. ... |
| Java |
An object-oriented programming language developed
initially by James Gosling and colleagues at Sun Microsystems.
It was intended to replace C++, although the feature set better
resembles that of Objective C. Java should not be confused with
JavaScript, which shares only the name and a similar C-like
syntax. |
| JavaScript |
JavaScript is a script language - a system
of programming codes, created by Netscape, that can be embedded
into the HTML of a web page to add functionality. JavaScript
should not be confused with the Java programming language. In
general, script languages such as JavaScript are easier and
faster to code than more structured languages such as Java and
C++. Examples of JavaScript use in web site development: |
| Linux |
A free open-source operating system based
on Unix. Linux was originally created by Linus Torvalds with
the assistance of developers from around the globe. Developed
under the GNU General Public License, the source code for Linux
is freely available to everyone. Because of its robustness and
availability, Linux has won popularity in the open source community
and among commercial application developers. |
| MAC (Computer) |
Macintosh Computer - A highly successful
line of personal computers designed by Apple Computers. Called
a "Mac" for short, Macintosh computers, with their operating
system called "System", practically pioneered the GUI (graphical
user interface). |
| MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions - The standard for attaching non-text files to standard Internet
mail messages. |
| Metrics |
Specific indicators that are measured in
order to assess a company's impact on the physical or social
environment. |
| Microsoft |
Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates
and Paul Allen. Microsoft is the world's largest software company
with over 50,000 employees in various countries as of May 2004.
Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide
range of software products for various computing devices. ... |
| Microsoft Windows |
A family of operating systems for personal
computers. Windows dominates the personal computer world, running,
by some estimates, on 90% of all personal computers. The remaining
10% are mostly Macintosh computers. Like the Macintosh operating
environment, Windows provides a graphical user interface (GUI),
virtual memory management, multitasking, and support for many
peripheral devices. Windows currently dominates the home and
business PC markets. |
| MySQL |
MySQL (pronounced "my ess cue el") is an
open source relational database management system (RDBMS) that
uses Structured Query Language (SQL), the most popular language
for adding, accessing, and processing data in a database. Because
it is open source, anyone can download MySQL and tailor it to
their needs in accordance with the general public license. MySQL
is noted mainly for its speed, reliability, and flexibility |
| NDA |
Non-Disclosure Agreement - A statement
formally acknowledging that the confidence of information provided
in private will be respected. |
| NetMeeting |
VoIP and videoconferencing client included
in many versions of Microsoft Windows. It uses the H.323 protocol,
and is interoperable with OpenH323based clients. |
| NetWare |
A popular local-area network (LAN) operating
system developed by Novell Corporation, NetWare is a software
product that runs on a variety of different types of LANs, from
Ethernet to IBM token-ring networks. It provides users and programmers
with a consistent interface that is independent of the actual
hardware used to transmit messages. |
| Network |
A computer network is a data communications
system which interconnects computer systems at various different
sites. A network may be composed of any combination of LANs,
or WANs |
| Node |
Any device connected to network. PCs, servers,
and printers are all nodes on the network. |
| Novell |
Novell, Inc. (Big Red) is an American high-technology
corporation specialising in network operating systems such as
Novell NetWare and Linux, secure identity management products,
and application integration and collaboration solutions. |
| OOP |
Object-Oriented Programming - A method
of computer programming where items of related data together
with routines associated with it are treated as a single 'object'
or item in the program |
| Open Source |
Computer software source code that is released
under an open-source license or to the public domain. Open source
licenses include the GNU General Public License. Popular open-source
software includes: Apache, PHP, Mozilla Firebird and the Linux
kernel. |
| Operating System (OS) |
The software that the rest of the software
depends on to make the computer functional. Most PCs use Windows.
MACs (Macintosh) use OS ("oh-ess"). Linux is the common
OS used on internet web servers. Unix is often found in science
& banking. |
| OS(x) |
MACs (Macintosh computers) use OS ("oh-ess")
as the name of their operating system. One of the recent versions
is called OS10. |
| Robot |
See Bot (roBot) |
| ROM |
Read Only Memory - Used to hold programs
and data that must survive when the computer is turned off. |
| PC |
Personal Computer - Generally refers
to Intel based processors |
| Processor |
The part of the computer that controls the
execution of program instructions. See CPU. |
| Packet |
The fundamental unit of information carriage
in all computer networks. |
| PAN |
Personal Area Network - A computer
network used for communication among computer devices (including
telephones and personal digital assistants) close to one person.
The devices may or may not belong to the person in question.
Bluetooth wireless is a PAN. |
| Perl |
Practical Extraction and Reporting Language - A programming language often used for creating CGI programs. |
| PGP (Key) |
Pretty Good Privacy - A public-private
key cryptography system which allows for users to more easily
integrate the use of encryption in their daily tasks, such as
electronic mail protection and authentication, and protecting
files stored on a computer. PGP is available for free to individual
home users. |
| PHP |
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (recursive acronym) - A programming language that allows web
developers to create dynamic content that interacts with databases.
PHP is basically used for developing web based software applications. |
| Plug-In |
A software program that enhances a larger
program. Common examples are plug-ins for web browsers that
would allow a Webcam to be viewed over a network. A specific
browser plug-in is usually required to view streaming media
like Windows Media. The idea behind plug-ins is that a small
piece of software is loaded into memory by the larger program
adding a new feature allowing users to only install the few
plug-ins that they need out of a much larger pool of possibilities. |
| Program |
Computer software that prescribes the actions
("computations") that are to be carried out by a computer. |
| Programming Language |
An artificial language that enables people
to instruct machines. Computer commands that form procedures
by which software programmers design and implement computer
software programs. |
| Script |
This is a programming term that refers to
a set of instructions (a program) that is executed by another
program rather than the computer's processor. |
| Search Engine |
Software that enables users to search for
particular information, (text, audio, video, image etc) on the
Internet, specific websites, WANs, LANs, PANs or computers using
keywords. |
| Server |
- A computer that delivers information and
software to other computers linked by a network.
- A process that runs on a host that relays information to a
client upon the client sending it a request. Servers come in
many forms: application servers, web servers, database servers,
and so forth. All IP-based servers can be load balanced. See
also Web Server. |
| Spider |
A computer program that travels (spiders)
the Internet to locate such resources as Web documents, FTP
archives, and Gopher documents. Every search engine uses a spider
to build its database. |
| Spam |
Electronic "junk mail". To indiscriminately
send unsolicited, unwanted, irrelevant, or inappropriate messages,
especially commercial advertising in mass quantities. See also
UCE
- Non-Internet: Trade name for "SPiced hAM" in a can! |
| SQL |
Structured Query Language (SQL), pronounced
"sequel" - A computer language that provides an interface to
relational database systems. It was developed by IBM in the
1970s for use in System R. SQL is a de facto standard, as well
as an ISO and ANSI standard. |
| SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer - A commonly-used
protocol for managing the security of a message transmission
over the Internet. |
| T1 |
A dedicated phone connection supporting data
rates of 1.544Mbits per second. A T-1 line actually consists
of 24 individual channels, each of which supports 64Kbps. Each
64Kbps channel can be configured to carry voice or data traffic. |
| TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol - Pronounced
as separate letters. TCP is one of the main protocols in TCP/IP
networks. Whereas the IP protocol deals only with packets, TCP
enables two hosts to establish a connection and exchange streams
of data. TCP guarantees delivery of data and also guarantees
that packets will be delivered in the same order in which they
were sent. |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol & Internet
Protocol - TCP is one of the main protocols in TCP/IP networks.
Whereas the IP protocol deals only with packets, TCP enables
two hosts to establish a connection and exchange streams of
data. TCP guarantees delivery of data and also guarantees that
packets will be delivered in the same order in which they were
sent. |
| Telnet |
A user command using TCP/IP protocols to
remotely access a computer. |
| Telstra |
Telstra Corporation - An Australian telecommunications
company, holding a super-dominant position in landline telephone
services, large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer
(including dialup access and "broadband" cable modem, satellite
and ADSL services under the BigPond and Hypermax brands) and
business data services, and cable television. Despite some setbacks,
Telstra still remains one of the most profitable telecommunications
companies in the world. |
| Terminal |
A device that allows you to send commands
to a computer somewhere else. At a minimum, this usually means
a keyboard and a display screen an some simple circuitry. Usually
you will use terminal software in a personal computer- the software
pretends to be (emulates) a physical terminal and allows you
to type commands to a computer somewhere else. |
| Top Level Domain (TLD) |
See Domain, Top Level |
| Touch Tone |
The tones generated by touching the keys
on a telephone. See DTMF |
| UCE |
Unsolicited Commercial Email - See
Spam |
| UDP |
User Datagram Protocol - A connectionless
protocol that, like TCP, runs on top of IP networks. Unlike
TCP/IP, UDP/IP provides very few error recovery services. |
| Uplink |
Transmission of Television or other signals
from earth to the satellite>
In computer networking: Data transmission in the direction from
the subscriber to the network, or rather back to the provider
or Internet provider. Sometimes also used for the connection
point on a network switch to connect a sub-node to a node. |
| Virus (Computer) |
A self-replicating program that spreads by
inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents.
They behave in a way similar to a biological virus, which spreads
by inserting itself into living cells. Extending the analogy,
the insertion of the virus into a program is termed infection,
and the infected file (or executable code that is not part of
a file) is called a host. |
| WAIS |
Wide Area Information Server - An
index and retrieval system; when you enter a keyword, a search
is performed on indexed documents, which can then be retrieved. |
| Web (the) |
See Internet (the) |
| Web Crawler |
A web crawler is an automated program that
accesses a web site and traverses through the site by following
the links present on the pages. |
| Web Server |
A computer, including software package(s),
that provides a specific kind of service to client software
running on other computers. More specifically, a server is a
computer that manages and shares web based applications accessible
anytime from any computer connected to the Internet. |
| Website |
A site (location) on the World Wide Web.
Each website contains a homepage, which is the first document
users see when they enter the site. The site might also contain
additional documents and files. The entire collection of web
pages and other information (such as images, sound, and video
files, etc.) that are made available through what appears to
users as a single web server. Each site is owned and managed
by an individual, company, or organization. |
| WEP |
Wired Equivalent Privacy - A security
protocol, specified in the IEEE 802.11 standard, that attempts
to provide a wireless LAN (WLAN) with a minimal level of security
and privacy comparable to a typical wired LAN |
| Wi-Fi |
Wireless Fidelity - The popular term
for a high-frequency wireless local area network (WLAN). |
| Wiki |
A web application that allows users to add
content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to
edit the content. Wiki also refers to the collaborative software
used to create such a website (see Wiki software). |
| Wiki Software |
A type of collaborative software that runs
a Wiki system. It is usually implemented as a server-side script
that runs on one or more web servers, with the content generally
stored in a relational database management system, although
some implementations use the server's file system instead. |
| WiMAX |
Wireless access technology providing greater
coverage than Wi-Fi technology. The WiMAX Forum is a non-profit
corporation formed to help promote and certify the compatibility
and interoperability of BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) equipment |
| WLAN |
Wireless Local Area Network - See
IEEE 802.11 |
| Worm (virus) |
Computer worm is a self-replicating computer
program, similar to a computer virus. |
| WORM (computer) |
Write Once, Read Many - Sometimes
used when discussing computer storage media that can be written
to once, but read from multiple times. (Eg CD-R and DVD-R) |
| WWW |
World Wide Web - A system of Internet
servers that support specially formatted documents. The documents
are formatted in a language called HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
that supports links to other documents, as well as graphics,
audio, and video files. This means you can jump from one document
to another simply by clicking on hot spots. Not all Internet
servers are part of the World Wide Web. |
| XP (Windows XP) |
One of the most recent (and more stable)
versions of the Microsoft Windows series of operating systems
for PCs. |
| Affiliate Marketing |
Affiliate Marketing is a popular method of promoting
web businesses in which an affiliate is rewarded for every
visitor, subscriber and/or customer provided through his efforts.
It is a modern variation of the practice of paying finder's-fees
for the introduction of new clients to a business. Compensation
may be made based on a certain value for each visit (Pay per
click), registrant (Pay per lead), or a commission for each
customer or sale (Pay per Sale), or any combination. The most
attractive aspect of affiliate marketing, from the merchant's
viewpoint, is that with this pay for performance model, no
payment is due to an affiliate until results are realized.
See also Wikipedia |
| Binary Plan |
The Binary Plan is an organizational
plan used by Multi-level marketing (MLM) organizations wherein
new organization members are introduced into a Binary Tree structure,
or a left and a right subtree. |
| BV |
Business Volume or Bonus Volume.
Determines the commissionable amount of a sale that is used
to compute the incomes generated by a Rewards Program |
| Commission |
Income earned in any type of Affiliate or
rewards program. |
| Compensation Plan |
See "Rewards Program" |
| Crossline |
Members of an affiliate or network organization
who have no genealogical link to the other member. |
| Direct Bonus |
Income paid as commission for a sale where
there is no multi-layered component. |
| Direct Marketing |
Sales and promotion technique in which the
promotional materials are delivered individually to potential
customers via direct mail, telemarketing, door-to-door selling
or other direct means. |
| Distributor |
An agent or business that buys products or
services from a manufacturer or supplier in order to resell,
at a higher cost, to wholesalers, retailers, or individuals. |
| Downline |
Members of an affiliate or network organization
who are genealogically linked by means of being lower in the
physical structure than the (upline) member that they are downline
of. eg. Your children, grandchildren and their children are
"downline" of you in your family tree. |
| Enroller |
The member who is shown as being the source
of the new (referred) member in an organization's member database. |
| Enroller Bonus |
An Enroller is often rewarded with an Enroller
Bonus or (finder's fee) for the initial product sale to a new
member. Sometimes called a Direct Bonus. |
| Forced Matrix |
An organizational Matrix which is Forced
so it can only have a maximum Width of A and Depth of B (A x
B) |
| Frontline |
The members that are registered directly
below you in the affiliate organization. See also "Legs"
and "Width" |
| IBO |
Independent Business Owner |
| Independent Distributor |
See Distributor |
| Legs |
Discrete child branches of an affiliate matrix. |
| Marketing Plan |
The method by which an organization markets
their products and services. Sometimes there are restrictions
in methods imposed by the parent company, such as no retail
sale or not in conjucntion with any other product. |
| Matching Bonus |
An income component earned through a commission
plan |
| Matrix |
In affiliate programs it means the physical
structure (array) generated when a number of members each register
a number of other members generating a matrix of members. See
also Depth & Width |
| Depth (Matrix Depth) |
A rectangular array of elements (or entries)
set out by rows and columns. In affiliate programs it means
the physical structure generated when a number of members each
register a number of other members generating a matrix of members.
See also width |
| MLM |
Multi-Level Marketing - A Network Marketing
paymnet model where distributors are (based on a pay plan) paid
a percentage of sales value on a defined number of of levels
of their matrix downline. (eg. 5% of sales from Level 1, 8%
of sales on level 2 etc) Synonymous with Network Marketing.
See also Network Marketing |
| Network Marketing (NWM) |
A business model which utilizes a combination
of direct marketing and franchising. Selling products by using
independent distributors and allowing these distributors to
build and manage their own sales force by recruiting, motivating,
supplying, and training others to sell products. Network comes
from the distributor's interconnected (network) of distributors.
Synonymous with MLM even though many Network Marketing companies
(typically those that pay using a Binary payment model) claim
they are not MLM companies. |
| Pay Plan |
Commission or Income Plan. The formula by
which an organization computes the income that a member of an
affiliate program is paid. |
| Placement |
See "Sponsor" |
| Ponzi Scheme |
See also "Pyramid Selling". The original pyramid scheme was invented by a man called Ponzi in california where he used peoples money given him as an investment to buy land. He promised 100% return on the money and he paid the 100% based upon the money he got from new people paying to get into the "scheme" It eventually fell over because he ran out of people entering the scheme while he needed to pay people their 100% return. A Ponzi Scheme is now associated with ANY pyramid scheme where the money from new enrollees pays for the income of those who came into the scheme earlier. |
| Pyramid Selling (Pyramid Scheme) |
A pyramid scheme is a fraudulent "marketing program" based on recruiting an increasing number of "investors" or distributors. Typically, new recruits pay a sum of money to join the "program" and become a distributor of a product or service, and are told that they'll make money based on the number of new recruits they in turn bring in. The basic idea is that the higher up on the pyramid you are, the more money you'll make. In reality, what happens is that only the originators of the pyramid scheme make money and the rest lose theirs when the pyramid scheme collapses. Eventually ALL pyramid schemes collapse, as the recruiters on the lower levels fail to bring in enough new participants to support those above them. Related deceitful schemes have been described in various international jurisdictions as "chain letters," "snow balls," "chain selling," "money games," "referral selling," and "investment lotteries". Pyramid schemes are illegal in ALL countries of the world! Network marketing (NWM), on the other hand, is NOT illegal. In a NWM program the product or service provided to the end user is of "real market value" and the program customers do not have to promote the program to others to return on their financial outlay. |
| Qualification |
Reaching the required amount of sales or enrollees before you get paid you commission. Qualifications can be graduated. eg $100 sales qualifies you for the Ruby commission table, $200 sales qualifies you for the Emerald commission table etc |
| Referral Marketing |
See "Network Marketing" |
| Referrer (Referee) |
See "Enroller" |
| Rewards Program |
The formula by which commissions are calculated and paid to each distributor or affiliate. |
| Sponsor |
The member to which another member is "attached"
as a child in the organization or matrix. The member who is
immediately Upline of you |
| Status |
1) Your standing with the company. Whether or not you are elegible to earn a commission. 2) The official level that you have achieved in the company's commission structure. See also "Qualification" |
| Team / Sales Team |
The organisation of distributors or affiliate recruited by you or the people you recruit. The potential organization upon which your commissions can be calculated. |
| Upline |
Members of an affiliate or network organization
who are genealogically linked by means of being higher in the
physical member structure than the (downline) member that they
are upline of. eg. Your parents, grandparents and all your ancestors
are "upline" of you in your family tree. |
| Width (Matrix Width) |
The total number of members of an affiliate
organization (matrix) who are directly registered "frontline"
to an affiliate. See also "Legs" |
