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POP and IMAP deal with receiving email from your local server;
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is a protocol for transferring
email between points on the Internet. You send email with SMTP and a
mail handler receives it on your recipient's behalf. The mail is then read
using POP or IMAP.
See also "Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)" and "Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol (SMTP)".
Root name server
On the Internet, the root name server system is the manner in which an
authoritative master list of all top-level domain names (such as .com,
.net, .org and individual country codes) is maintained and made
available.
SCSI
see Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Encryption technology for the Web used to provide secure transactions
(for example, the transmission of credit card numbers for e-commerce).
Server
A system program that awaits requests from client programs in the same
computer or across a network, and services those requests. A server can
be dedicated, in which case this is its sole function, or non-dedicated,
where the system can be used in other ways, such as a workstation.
Server Message Block (SMB)
A protocol that enables client applications in a computer to read and
write files on a computer network and to request services from server
programs in a computer network for systems running Microsoft
Windows.
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