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<dt id="Hypertext_Markup_Language">Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)</dt> | <dt id="Hypertext_Markup_Language">Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)</dt> | ||
<dd>The document format used for web pages. The HTML standard defines tags, or codes, used to define the text layout, fonts, style, images, and other elements that make up a web page.</dd> | <dd>The document format used for web pages. The HTML standard defines tags, or codes, used to define the text layout, fonts, style, images, and other elements that make up a web page.</dd> | ||
<dt id="IMAP_glossary">Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)</dt> | |||
<dd>A standard mail server protocol that allows you to store all your messages and any changes to them on the server rather than on your computer's hard disk. Using IMAP rather than [[#POP_glossary|POP]] saves disk space and allows you to access your entire mailbox, including sent mail, drafts, and custom folders, from any location. Using an IMAP server over a modem is generally faster than using a POP mail server, since you initially download message headers only. Not all ISPs support IMAP.</dd> | |||
<dt id="Internet">Internet</dt> | <dt id="Internet">Internet</dt> | ||
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<dt id="JavaScript">JavaScript</dt> | <dt id="JavaScript">JavaScript</dt> | ||
<dd>A scripting language commonly used to construct web pages. Programmers use JavaScript to make web pages more interactive; JavaScript is often used to dynamically validate forms and select buttons. JavaScript can be used with Java, but it is technically a separate language. Java is not required for JavaScript to work correctly.</dd> | <dd>A scripting language commonly used to construct web pages. Programmers use JavaScript to make web pages more interactive; JavaScript is often used to dynamically validate forms and select buttons. JavaScript can be used with Java, but it is technically a separate language. Java is not required for JavaScript to work correctly.</dd> | ||
<dt id="LDAP_glossary">Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)</dt> | |||
<dd>A standard protocol for accessing directory services, such as corporate address books, across multiple platforms.</dd> | |||
<dt id="master_password">master password</dt> | <dt id="master_password">master password</dt> | ||
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<dt id="plug-in">plug-in</dt> | <dt id="plug-in">plug-in</dt> | ||
<dd>A type of <a href="#helper_application">helper application</a> that adds new capabilities to &brandShortName;, such as the ability to play audio or video clips. Unlike other kinds of helper applications, a plug-in application installs itself into the Plugins directory within the main &brandShortName; installation directory and typically can be opened within &brandShortName; itself (internally). For example, an audio plug-in lets you listen to audio files on a web page or in an e-mail message. Macromedia Flash Player and Java are both examples of plug-in applications.</dd> | <dd>A type of <a href="#helper_application">helper application</a> that adds new capabilities to &brandShortName;, such as the ability to play audio or video clips. Unlike other kinds of helper applications, a plug-in application installs itself into the Plugins directory within the main &brandShortName; installation directory and typically can be opened within &brandShortName; itself (internally). For example, an audio plug-in lets you listen to audio files on a web page or in an e-mail message. Macromedia Flash Player and Java are both examples of plug-in applications.</dd> | ||
<dt id="POP_glossary">Post Office Protocol (POP)</dt> | |||
<dd>A standard mail server protocol that requires you to download new messages to your local computer — although you can choose to leave copies on the server. With POP you can store all your messages (including sent mail, drafts, and custom folders) on one computer only. By contrast [[#IMAP_glossary|IMAP]] allows you to permanently store all your messages and any changes to them on the server, where you can access them from any computer. Most ISPs currently support POP.</dd> | |||
<dt id="private_key">private key</dt> | <dt id="private_key">private key</dt> | ||
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<dt id="secure_site">secure site</dt> | <dt id="secure_site">secure site</dt> | ||
<dd>A site that uses <a href="#encryption">encryption</a> in connections with &brandShortName; to prevent other malicious Internet users from viewing transmitted data. When you visit secure sites, &brandShortName; displays a lock icon in the <a href="#Status_Bar">Status Bar</a> and the <a href="#location_bar">Location Bar</a>. &brandShortName; also displays the site's domain name in the Status Bar (to prevent malicious sites from stealing your data) and turns the background of the Location Bar to yellow.</dd> | <dd>A site that uses <a href="#encryption">encryption</a> in connections with &brandShortName; to prevent other malicious Internet users from viewing transmitted data. When you visit secure sites, &brandShortName; displays a lock icon in the <a href="#Status_Bar">Status Bar</a> and the <a href="#location_bar">Location Bar</a>. &brandShortName; also displays the site's domain name in the Status Bar (to prevent malicious sites from stealing your data) and turns the background of the Location Bar to yellow.</dd> | ||
<dd>Some sites may consist of both secure and insecure data; the insecure data usually is non-private, although it isn't guaranteed to be so. For such sites &brandShortName; will display a lock icon with a slash through it in the Status Bar and Location Bar and will <em>not</em> display the site's domain name in the Status Bar so that you know that the current web page isn't completely secure.</dd> | <dd>Some sites may consist of both secure and insecure data; the insecure data usually is non-private, although it isn't guaranteed to be so. For such sites &brandShortName; will display a lock icon with a slash through it in the Status Bar and Location Bar and will <em>not</em> display the site's domain name in the Status Bar so that you know that the current web page isn't completely secure.</dd> | ||