All visitors are logged and counted. Click on this icon to view the visitor-statistics. The grand encyclopedia of computer terminology This encyclopedia is compiled by produkties.uithuizen.net This explains the most common computerterms which you can encounter. This list was compiled from several sources. It does not explain HTML commands in detail because for this purpose another encyclopedia is available.The most recent update of this document can be found at: http://www.uithuizen.net/encyclopedia/terms.php Choose a list of terms you want to see .A-.Z   0-9   A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L    M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z Type a term you want to search for: and You want more information? Well click on these links: Random House Personal Computer Dictionary s      S-video   System61 215 items available in this category S-video Acronym for Separated video; a system that uses separate signals for transfer of color and brightness of the images. See RGB. S/MIME Extension of MIME for securing messages by means of autorization and a digital signature. S/N 1) Signal-to-Noise ratio. The ratio of usable to undesired signal being transmitted. Usually expressed in decibels, this ratio measures the quality of transmission. The higher the S/N ratio, the better the quality of the signal. 2) Acronym for Serial Number SAA Acronym for System Application Architecture; This provides a framework for the development of consistent applications across the future offerings of the major IBM computing environments. The elements of SAA are : CUA, CPI, CCS. SafeguardProtect Known spyware or adware. SafeSearch Known spyware or adware. SALIRA Known spyware or adware. SaveKeys Known spyware or adware. SaveNow Known spyware or adware. SB Sound Blaster. The most important characteristics of this card is its integrated sampling capablity, with one digital audio channel for recording and playing nature sounds, music, or speech. scaling Changing the size of a graphic, window or frame also called resize. scanner An input device used to convert text and/or graphics on a printed page into an electronic file. SCBar Known spyware or adware. SCData Dialer Known spyware or adware. SCKeyLog-B Known spyware or adware. SCN Known spyware or adware. SCOLD Known spyware or adware. script Program in a certain language that handles off certain routine tasks. scroll bar Also slidebar; a vertical of horizontal bar appearing at the side of a frame or window which is not large enough to show all the available information. On both sides of the bar a small indicator is present which shows to which direction the bar (and the information) slides when it is clicked upon. scrolling The process of the appearing of elements on one side of the screen and the simultaneously disappearing of elements on the opposite site of the screen. SCSI Acronym for Small Computers Systems Interface; a 50-pins parallel interface-standard for fast datatransmission (ca. 4MB per second). This standard supports up to 7 devices on one controller card. A host adapter connects the SCSI bus to the computer´s own bus. It is mainly used with modern harddisks, CD-ROM players and tape-drives but also with floppydisks, printers, WORM, scanners. See IDE expl. 2, ESDI. SDBOT Known spyware or adware. SDBOT.B Known spyware or adware. SDBOT.BB Known spyware or adware. SDBOT.D Known spyware or adware. SDBOT.F Known spyware or adware. SDBOT.GEN Known spyware or adware. SDBOT.H Known spyware or adware. SdBot.MB Known spyware or adware. SDBOT.N Known spyware or adware. SDBOT.OJ Known spyware or adware. SDBOT.P Known spyware or adware. SDBOT.R Known spyware or adware. SDBOT.S Known spyware or adware. SDM Acronym for Semantic Data Model. The SDM introduced the concepts of classes and subclasses into data modeling; hence, it was the initial source for many of the concepts that have since been incorporated into conceptual data models, including object-oriented models. SDRAM Acronym for Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory. Seachxl Known spyware or adware. Search-o-Matic2000 Known spyware or adware. SearchAndBrowse Known spyware or adware. SearchAndClick Known spyware or adware. SearchBoss Known spyware or adware. Searchcentrix Known spyware or adware. Searchdot Known spyware or adware. SearchEnhancement Known spyware or adware. SearchEx Known spyware or adware. SearchExe Known spyware or adware. Searchforit Known spyware or adware. SearchFu Known spyware or adware. Searchit Known spyware or adware. SearchNav Known spyware or adware. Searchpage.cc Known spyware or adware. searchpath The list with directories and (hard)disk(s) that will be searched by the operating system in order to find a specific file. SearchScout (Gator) Known spyware or adware. SearchSprint Known spyware or adware. SearchSquire Known spyware or adware. SearchV Known spyware or adware. SearchV.WinShow Known spyware or adware. SearchWWW Known spyware or adware. SecondPower Known spyware or adware. sector A piece of a track on a harddisk. Its size is 512 bytes. Security Certificate A chunk of information (often stored as a text file that is used by the SSL protocol to establish a secure connection. Security Certificates contain information about who it belongs to, who it was issued by, a unique serial number or other unique identification, valid dates, and an encrypted fingerprint that can be used to verify the contents of the certificate. In order for an SSL connection to be created both sides must have a valid Security Certificate. Seek99 Known spyware or adware. SeekSeek Known spyware or adware. SEMES Known spyware or adware. Semi duplex The same as half duplex: The possibility for a device like a modem to either receive or transmit signals, but not both at the same time. See full duplex. semicolon This symbol: *;*. Sentry Known spyware or adware. separator As the name says: a symbol which separates information on the same line. serial A form of datatransmission in which data is transmitted byte-by-byte. This is also known as RS232- or asynchronous communciation. server 1) a computer with shared devices that processes tasks from more than one client computer in a network. 2) The term can also refer to a particular piece of software. Session Initiation Protocol See SIP Seva-A Known spyware or adware. SexDownloader Known spyware or adware. SexoBFAX Dialer Known spyware or adware. SexoDial Known spyware or adware. Sexxxpassport Known spyware or adware. SexyBikini Known spyware or adware. SFT Acronym for System file Table. A System file Table is a DOS-internal data structure used to maintain the state of an open file for the DOS 2+ handle functions, just as an FCB maintains the state for DOS 1.x functions. SGML Acronym for Standard Generalized Markup Language. This is a standard for describing markup languages. See also HTML, XML. SHANIA Known spyware or adware. shareware Copyrighted software which may be tried for free during a certain period (usually 30 days), after this period you need to register/buy it. Compare to freeware. shell An application from which it is possible to select and execute other programs (even without the Operating System). ShopAtHomeSelect Known spyware or adware. ShopForGood Known spyware or adware. Shopnav Known spyware or adware. ShopNavSearch/Srng Known spyware or adware. ShowBar Known spyware or adware. ShowBehind Known spyware or adware. SHTTP Acronym for Secure HyperText Transport Protocol. Secures documents that comprise the transaction. Proponents include Enterprise Integration Technologies and CommerceNet. Not widely implemented but potentially more secure than SSL. SID Acronym for Sound Interface Device. Sidesearch Known spyware or adware. SideStep Known spyware or adware. signature A standard text a the bottom of E-mails, showing standard information like a greeting, snail mail address or telephone number etc. of the sender. SILVERFTP Known spyware or adware. SIMM Acronym for Serial In-line Memory Module; the memory chips that together form the RAM. These chips are available in different types: 1MB (old), 4 MB, 8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB. SINALA Known spyware or adware. Single-mode fiber A type of fiber optic cable that is used to transmit a signal over a single light pulse. Single-mode fiber is used over long distances, however the cable and equipment used for single-mode fiber is often much more expensive when compared to multi-mode fiber. SINKIN Known spyware or adware. SIP SIP is a text-based protocol, similar to HTTP and SMTP, for initiating interactive communication sessions between users. Such sessions include voice, video, chat, interactive games, and virtual reality. SIRCAM Known spyware or adware. site A place on Internet used to display information. Usually a site contains multiple pages. Example: this page is located on www.uithuizen.net. SiteHistory Known spyware or adware. SiteHistory hijacker Known spyware or adware. SKUS Known spyware or adware. Slagent Known spyware or adware. slash This symbol: */*. SLIDESHOW Known spyware or adware. SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol. A standard for using a regular telephone line (an async serial line) and a modem to connect a computer as a real Internet site: sending Internet protocol (IP). SLIP is gradually being replaced by PPP. SLUTER-A Known spyware or adware. SMALL.AJ Known spyware or adware. SMAP Acronym for SendMail Application Proxy. SmartBrowser Known spyware or adware. SmartPops Known spyware or adware. Smibag Known spyware or adware. SMM Acronym for System Management Mode. The power management system of most PC´s. SMS Acronym for Short Message Service. The technique of sending messages of maximal 160 characters between GSM phones. See also MMS. SmsDialer Known spyware or adware. SMTP Acronym for Simple Mail Transfer protocol. The application protocol in a TCP/IP suite that is used to transfer mail between an interconnected set of (native) electronic mail systems. sneakware See adware. SNMP Acronym for Simple Network Management protocol. The application protocol in a TCP/IP suite used to send and retrieve management-related information across a TCP/IP network. Examples of these devices include routers, hubs, and switches. SOBER Known spyware or adware. SOBIG Known spyware or adware. SOBIG.C Known spyware or adware. SOBIG.D Known spyware or adware. SOBIG.E Known spyware or adware. SOBIG.F Known spyware or adware. socket A library with network functions for all network applications in order to make it accessible for software designers. SODABOT Known spyware or adware. softbot See agent. software Generally spoken: the applications and/or commands that let the computer do its work. Software can be divided into two general classes: system software and application software. System software consists of low-level programs that interact with the computer at a very basic level. This includes operating systems, compilers, and utilities for managing computer resources. In contrast, application software (also called end-user programs) includes database programs, word processors, and spreadsheets. Figuratively speaking, application software sits on top of system software because it is unable to run without the operating system and system utilities. SOHO Acronym for Small Office/Home Office. SOUTHGHOST Known spyware or adware. SP Acronym for Stack Pointer. A register that holds the address of the top element of a stack in memory, typically by automatically incrementing or decrementing the content of a stack register. SP Hijacker Known spyware or adware. spamming 1)Posting an unwanted, irrelevant message on scores of USENET newsgroups. 2) Sending an unwanted, usually commercial E-mail message to usually large numbers of recipients. Both actions are an act against netiquette. SpeedDelivery Known spyware or adware. SPEX Known spyware or adware. SPF Acronym for Shortest Path First. The algorithm used in gateways/routers/intermediate systems to find the shortest path between itself and all the other gateways in an internetwork. SPIGOT.C Known spyware or adware. SPOOL Acronym for Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On-Line;The process of performing output to a slow peripheral such as a printer while other tasks continue running on the CPU. This term dates back to mainframe days before the invention of timesharing. SPX Acronym for Sequenced Packet eXchange. IPX seems to control the establishment of virtual circuits. See also IPX. SPY.EHKS.21 Known spyware or adware. SpyAssault Known spyware or adware. SpyBlast Known spyware or adware. SPYBOT Known spyware or adware. Spybot-12G Known spyware or adware. SPYBOT.B Known spyware or adware. SPYBOT.DR Known spyware or adware. SPYBOT.GEN Known spyware or adware. SPYBOT.H Known spyware or adware. SpyCop Known spyware or adware. spyware See adware. Spyware.ActivityReport Known spyware or adware. Spyware.BrowserAccel Known spyware or adware. SpywareNuker Known spyware or adware. SQL Acronym for Structured Query Language. A specialized programming language for sending queries to databases. SRAM Acronym for Static Random Access Memory. RAM which typically consists of one flip-flop per bit of memory. Unlike DRAMs, static RAM retains its contents as long as power is applied. Because there is no need to refresh the contents of memory addresses which are read, SRAM is faster than DRAM, but it is more expensive and typically is available in much smaller sizes than DRAM because each bit occupies more space on the chip. Nevertheless all current memory is DRAM. See also DRAM and EDOSRAM. SSI Acronym for Small-Scale Integration. Characteristic of integrated circuits having only a few transistors on each chip. SSL Acronym for Secure Sockets Layer. Secures the transaction channel. Proponents include Netscape Communications. Used currently by commercial businesses on the Internet. SSL provides 3 important things: Privacy, Authentication, and Message Integrity. The sucessor of SSL is TLS. SSP Acronym for Security Support Provider Ssppyy Known spyware or adware. SST.B Known spyware or adware. stand-alone Not depend on a network or other computer. StarInstall Known spyware or adware. startbit A bit that precedes a datastream and that indicates that databits will follow. See stopbit. StartMake Known spyware or adware. StartNow/HyperBar Known spyware or adware. Startpage.6.BD Known spyware or adware. startup Restarting the computer. There are two methods for this: cold = with the Reset-button of the computer (or switch it on again); warm = by pressing [Ctrl+Alt+Delete]. See also boot. StatBar Known spyware or adware. station A hardware-device that gives access to information stored on disk. Examples: A: B: C: D: up to Z: stats Short for statistics: for example about the number of downloads or visits of a page. STFU Shorthand for Shut The F*** Up, STFU is commonly used to tell the users to be quiet and quit talking and is used in games and forums. stopbit The bit following a datastream which indicates that no further data can be expected. See startbit. StopSign Known spyware or adware. STRANO Known spyware or adware. string A series of characters, usually indicated by a certain name. StripPlayer Known spyware or adware. Stubby.A Known spyware or adware. SubSearch Known spyware or adware. SubSearch parasite variant Known spyware or adware. SUBWOOFER Known spyware or adware. Sumtax Known spyware or adware. Supaseek Known spyware or adware. SuperBar Known spyware or adware. Superlogy Known spyware or adware. SURDUX Known spyware or adware. Surfairy Known spyware or adware. Surferbar Known spyware or adware. surfing Wandering around Internet by clicking links. Surfmonkey Known spyware or adware. SurfNET Network of Dutch universities on Internet. SurfSpy Known spyware or adware. SuzukiTech.AffiliateCheater Known spyware or adware. SVAPlayer Known spyware or adware. SVGA Acronym for Super Video Graphics Adapter; A video adapter capable of higher resolution (pixels and/or colors) than the 320x200x256 and 640x480x16 which IBM´s VGA adapter is capable of producing. Usually it has 800x600 pixels. See also VESA. SwimSuitNetwork Known spyware or adware. switch See option, parameter. SWPort Known spyware or adware. SXTB-A Known spyware or adware. SYMTEN Known spyware or adware. SYNRG Known spyware or adware. SYSBUG Known spyware or adware. SysCfg.A Known spyware or adware. Syscpy Known spyware or adware. SysIo.A Known spyware or adware. SYSOP Acronym for SYStem OPerator. Anyone responsible for the physical operations of a computer system or network resource. A System Administrator decides how often backups and maintenance should be performed and the System Operator performs those tasks. system date The date stored in CMOS system file a file with system information. System Soap Pro Known spyware or adware. System Spy Known spyware or adware. system time The time stored in CMOS. System Tray Known spyware or adware. System1060 Known spyware or adware. System61 Known spyware or adware. This encyclopedia is for informational purposes only. All (registered) trademarks mentioned are property of their respective owners. No infringement of third party rights intended. The author cannot garantuee that the information presented is complete or that it contains no errors.