Glossary
Useful terms and words related to the Internet and related services:
Simply click on the letter that the term you are looking for begins with, and then click on the word when it appears.
Proxy Server
Sits between a client, such as a Web browser, and a real server. They're most often used to improve performance by delivering stored pages like browser cache and to filter out undesirable material.
- Packet
- Page
- PageRank
- Patch
- PGP
- Phishing
- PHP
- Pixel
- Platform
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Plug-In
- Podcasting
- POP
- POP3 Account
- Portal
- Propagation
- Protocol
- Proxy Server
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