Internet communication

Internet communication

All the ways used by people to communicate with each other over the Internet, including e-mail, instant messaging (IM), feedback on blogs, contact forms on Web sites, industry forums, chat rooms and social networking sites.

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region fill

Internet; Internet communication

In a paint program, the act of filling in an area with a specific color or pattern.

grounding

Internet; Internet communication

The act of touching a metal surface to discharge static electricity.

pool fragmentation

Internet; Internet communication

As an operating system writes to and deletes data from the paged pool in RAM, gaps appear between blocks of data that are still current. New data larger than the existing gaps is often written ...

interstitial

Internet; Internet communication

A separate browser window that "pops up" when a user enters a certain Web site. Interstitials are usually advertisements, and they often include animated content or other graphics.

popularity ranking

Internet; Internet communication

A technique used by some search engines, with the most popular Web site listed first. The number of sites that link to the ranked site determines popularity.

jabber

Internet; Internet communication

A component of a network, typically a NIC (network interface card), that is operating incorrectly. A jabber will send a continuous stream of incorrect or meaningless data to the rest of the network, ...

port expander

Internet; Internet communication

A device that expands the number of peripheral units a user can connect to a single port, usually on a portable computer. An expander makes it possible to connect additionaldevices, but only one of ...