- Carbon Copy
- When people use the CC function of their e-mail
program they use it to copy additional recipients to an e-mail. See also blind
carbon copy, e-mail.
- CBT
- See computer based training.
- CC
- See carbon copy.
- Central Processing Unit
- The main chip inside every computer that is used to
run the operating system and the application software.
- CERN
- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva,
Switzerland and birthplace of the World-Wide Web.
- Certificate Authority
- Issuer of digital certificates, used for encrypting
communication and signing documents. See also digital certificates, digital
signatures.
- CGI
- See common gateway interface.
- Chat
- Direct communication over the Internet with multiple
persons. Other than e-mail, responses are made in real-time. See also IRC.
- Checksum
- A special calculation applied to a piece of
information. If the information is transmitted and the calculation achieves the
same result, then the transmission was successful.
- Class
- In object-oriented programming, a category of
objects, or the applet file itself. For example, there might be a class called
shape that contains objects which are circles, rectangles, and triangles.
- Client
- Application that resides on the customers computer
and contacts a server to communicate. Examples: IRC clients, Web Clients. See also
IRC, web.
- Clipboard
- A piece of memory that stores information only
temporarily. See also memory.
- CODEC
- Program or device that COmpresses/DECompresses
digital video.
- Common Gateway Interface
- A standard that describes how a web browser passes
on information to a web server. CGI programs are able to read the information,
process it and pass the results back to the web browser.
- Compiler
- A program that translates a programming language
into machine code. See also programming language, machine code.
- Compression
- Technology to reduce the size of files and save
bandwidth. See also bandwidth, lossy compression, non-lossy
compression.
- Computer Based Training
- Way of learning to use a computer and a software
package, offering information on a certain subject and a test for the pupil.
- Concept Search
- Instead of searching for documents that contain a
given keyword, a concept search will search for documents related conceptually to a
given keyword.
- Connection
- Established path for exchanging information.
- Control Prog/Monitor
- Operating System created by Gary Kildall in the 70's.
- Cookie
- Piece of information that is stored in the browser
and can be retrieved by the server that placed the information there. This piece of
information can be used to identify a user, for example.
- CP/M
- See control prog/monitor.
- CPU
- See central processing unit.
- Cracker
- A person who tries to break the copy protection
of software.
- Credit Card Processors
- Offer services for electronic businesses, such as
processing credit card transactions and verifying credibility of customers.
- Crosspostings
- A message that is sent simultaneously to several
newsgroups. See also message, newsgroups.
- Cyberculture
- A collection of cultures and cultural products
that exist on and are made possible by the Internet, along with the stories told
about these cultures and cultural products.
- Cyberspace
- First used in Neuromancer by William Gibson. It is
used to describe the Internet. See also internet.
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