d the network is probably the only international network that is shrinking. bps -- (Bits-Per-Second) A measurement of how fast data is moved from one place to another. A 56K modem can move about 57,000 bits per second. See also: Bandwidth, Bit Browser A Client program (software) that is used to look at various kinds of Internet resources. See also: Client, Server, URL, WWW BTW -- (By The Way) A shorthand appended to a comment written in an online forum. See also: IMHO Byte A set of Bits that represent a single character. Usually there are 8 Bits in a Byte, sometimes more, depending on how the measurement is being made. See also: Bit Back to IndexCATP -- (Caffeine Access Transport Protocol) Common method of moving caffeine across Wide Area Networks such as the Internet CATP was first used at the Binary Cafe in Cybertown and quickly spread world-wide. There are reported problems with short-circuits and rust and decaffinated beverages were not supprted until version 1.5.3 See also: Internet (Upper case I), IRC, WAN Certificate Authority An issuer of Security Certificates used in SSL connections. See also: SSL CGI -- (Common Gateway Interface) A set of rules that describe how a Web Server communicates with another piece of software on the same machine, and how the other piece of software (the ?CGI program?) talks to the web server. Any piece of software can be a CGI program if it handles input and output according to the CGI standard. See also: Server, WWW cgi-bin The most common name of a directory on a web server in which CGIprograms are stored. See also: CGI Client A software program that is used to contact and obtain data from a Server software program on another computer, often across a great distance. EachClient program is designed to work with one or more specific kinds of Server programs, and each Server requires a specific kind of Client. A Web Browser is a specific kind of Client. See also: Browser, Client, Server co-location Most...
