(3 9 09) Electronic Communication Investigate, Slideshare Slideshow
1. ARPANET stands for Advanced Research
Projects Agency Network which is the world's
first operational packet switching network,
and the predecessor of the global Internet.
2. Hard bounce is an email message that has
been returned to the sender and is
permanently undeliverable.
Soft bounce is an email message that gets as
far as the recipient's mail server (it recognizes
the address) but is bounced back undelivered
before it gets to the intended recipient.
3. Computer Spam is electronic
junk mail or junk newsgroup
postings. Sometimes carry
viruses.
4. Internet is a global network connecting
millions of computers.
Intranet is a network based on TCP/IP
protocols (an internet) belonging to an
organization, usually a corporation,
accessible only by the organization's
members, employees, or others with
authorization.
5. POP (Post Office Protocol) is
used to retrieve e-mail from a
mail server.
6. Phishing is the act of sending an e-
mail to a user falsely claiming to be
an established legitimate enterprise
in an attempt to scam the user into
surrendering private information
that will be used for identity theft.
7. Encryption is the translation of
data into a secret code.
Decryption is the process of
decoding data that has been
encrypted into a secret format.
8. Netiquette is the manner in which
you act on the internet.
It is important because your
reputation will be affected based
upon how people see your
netiquette.
9. A router is a device that
forwards data packets along
networks.