Glossary

• Author: Dennis Kennedy - Tom Mighell
• Pages: 285-289

Appendix 1

Glossary

asynchronous—Not occurring at the same time; the opposite of syn-

chronous.

authentication—A process for confirming a user’s identity.

authorization—A process that protects computer resources by

limiting their use to only those who have been granted specific per-

mission.

blog—A frequently updated website based on a template produced

by easy-to-use content management or “blogging” software and char-

acterized by certain common elements, including the display of con-

tent in the form of individual “posts,” reverse chronological entries,

RSS feeds, archives, and comments.

click-wrap agreement—An online contract accepted without nego-

tiation by clicking an Accept button or taking a similar action. Also

called click-through agreement.

conference calls—A telephone call with more than two separate

participants calling from more than two phones. Sometimes refers

to a traditional one-to-one call where one or both sides have several

people participating via a speakerphone in the same room.

cookies—Small text files sent by a web server to the web browser

of a visitor on each visit to provide authentication, tracking, and/or

personalization.

cracking—A process for breaking passwords or otherwise defeating

computer security systems.

dashboard—A management tool that creates visual displays of data

pulled from a variety of underlying sources and presents them in

unified fashion, commonly as a box that appears on a home page or

portal page.

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*Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org) and What Is (http://whatis.tech

target.com) were used as resources in compiling this glossary.