The majority of websites in the early days of the Internet were inactive, which meant that each page had predetermined content that did not change unless the administrator changed it. Dynamic...

When you hear the word "tunneling," you presumably picture people excavating passageways beneath for something like a metro system or, if you're more scientifically inclined, a fiber optic cable...

Everything as a Service, or XaaS, is a broadened version of software as a service that includes a variety of IT services. There are two standards that all XaaS services must meet: It takes a daily...

The Internet protocol package, a group of specifications that enable systems to interact over the Internet, includes TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), one of its foundational protocols. Since it...

A favicon is a tiny symbol that helps a web browser recognize a particular website. Most computers place a website's logo next to the Name on the left side of the address field. The logo may also...

Usenet is a compilation of newsgroup-organized internet conversations. People have the option of starting new posts within current subjects or starting new ones themselves. While some boards are...

An individual in charge of running and keeping a website is known as an administrator. In the early days of the internet, it referred to a person who was in charge of every element of maintaining a...

A computer device that serves webpages is known as a web server. It operates web server software, like Apache or Microsoft IIS, that enables Internet access to stored websites. The majority of...

A webhook is an event notice sent over the HTTP network, which is also used to send website data. The data is usually "uploaded" to a particular Address and is sent as a POST request. The POST...

Telnet is a system for text-based command line interface connections between computers. Both a local network and the Internet can be used to establish a telnet link...

Free software that is funded by ads is known as adware. An malware creator instead makes money by selling internet advertisements that show up while the program is running. If customers prefer to...

Online publishing, also known as "web publishing," is the act of making material available online. Website development and publishing, website maintenance, and online journal writing are all...

High speed Internet connectivity is made possible by the DSL standard known as VDSL (Very high bit rate Digital Subscriber Line). With download rates of up to 52 Mbps (6.5 gigabytes per second) and...

VoIP essentially uses the Internet as a phone line. Instead of using conventional telephone connections to transmit the data, Internet Protocol (IP) is used instead. This makes it possible for...

Before the World Wide Web became widely used, the client-server database search engine known as WAIS was first launched in 1990. It indexed the data in files spread across several computers and...

A translucent 1x1 pixel picture is the typical size of a web beacon, which is a tiny image file used for monitoring. It can be used in HTML emails or webpages to note when the information was...

An online tool called WHOIS is used to research details about a domain name. "WHOIS" is underlined, but it's not an abbreviation. It stands for "Who is accountable for this domain name?" instead...

Websites are built using the coding language XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language). Although it employs a more rigid XML-based structure, it is comparable to HTML. In 2000, XHTML's initial...

Hard disk drives and solid-state drives come with a tracking system called SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) that can identify and notify flaws that could cause a drive to...

The product created by computers is usually in digital format because computers can only identify digital information. On the other hand, some output devices only support analog input...