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<dt id="digital_ID">digital ID</dt>
<dt id="digital_ID">digital ID</dt>
<dd>See <a href="#certificate">certificate</a>.</dd>
<dd>See [[#certificate|certificate].</dd>


<dt id="e-mail">e-mail</dt>
<dt id="e-mail">e-mail</dt>
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<dt id="SSL">Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)</dt>
<dt id="SSL">Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)</dt>
<dd>A protocol that allows mutual authentication between a <a href="#client">client</a> and a <a href="#server">server</a> for the purpose of establishing an authenticated and encrypted connection. SSL runs above TCP/IP and below HTTP, LDAP, IMAP, NNTP, and other high-level network protocols. The new Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard called Transport Layer Security (TLS) is based on SSL. See also <a href="#authentication">authentication</a>, <a href="#encryption">encryption</a>.</dd>
<dd>A protocol that allows mutual authentication between a <a href="#client">client</a> and a <a href="#server">server</a> for the purpose of establishing an authenticated and encrypted connection. SSL runs above TCP/IP and below HTTP, LDAP, IMAP, NNTP, and other high-level network protocols. The new Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard called Transport Layer Security (TLS) is based on SSL. See also [[#authentication|authentication]], [[#encryption|encryption]].</dd>


<dt id="server">server</dt>
<dt id="server">server</dt>
<dd>Software (such as software that serves up web pages) that receives requests from and sends information to a <a href="#client">client</a>, which is usually running on a different computer. A computer on which server software runs is also described as a server.</dd>
<dd>Software (such as software that serves up web pages) that receives requests from and sends information to a [[#client|client]], which is usually running on a different computer. A computer on which server software runs is also described as a server.</dd>


<dt id="Status_Bar">Status Bar</dt>
<dt id="Status_Bar">Status Bar</dt>
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<dt id="World_Wide_Web">World Wide Web</dt>
<dt id="World_Wide_Web">World Wide Web</dt>
<dd>Also known as the Web. A portion of the Internet that is made up of web pages stored by web <a href="#server">servers</a> and displayed by <a href="#client">clients</a> called web browsers (such as &brandShortName;).</dd>
<dd>Also known as the Web. A portion of the Internet that is made up of web pages stored by web [[#server|servers]] and displayed by [[#client|clients]] called web browsers (such as &brandShortName;).</dd>


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