Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 04-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 371

HTTPS A secure version of HTTP, implemented using the Secure Sockets Layer,
SSL.
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) A formatting language used for
documents on the World Wide Web. HTML files are plain text files with formatting
codes that tell browsers such as Netscape how to display text, position graphics
and form items, and display links to other pages.
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) The method for exchanging information
between HTTP servers and clients.
imagemap A process that makes areas of an image active, letting users navigate
and obtain information by clicking the different regions of the image with a mouse.
Imagemap can also refer to a CGI program called "imagemap," which is used to
handle imagemap functionality in other HTTPD implementations.
inittab (UNIX) A UNIX file listing programs that need to be restarted if they stop
for any reason It ensures that a program runs continuously. Because of its location,
it is also called /etc/inittab. This file isn't available on all UNIX systems.
intelligent agent An object within a server that performs various requests (such
as HTTP, NNTP, SMTP, and FTP requests) on behalf of the user. In a sense, the
intelligent agent acts as a client to the server, making requests that the server
fulfills.
Internet Service Provider (ISP) An organization that provides Internet
connectivity.
IP address Internet Protocol address. A set of numbers, separated by dots, that
specifies the actual location of a machine on the Internet (for example,
198.93.93.10).
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network.
ISINDEX An HTML tag that turns on searching in the client. Documents can use
a network navigator's capabilities to accept a search string and send it to the server
to access a searchable index without using forms. In order to use <ISINDEX>, you
must create a query handler.
ISMAP ISMAP is an extension to the IMG SRC tag used in an HTML document
to tell the server that the named image is an imagemap.
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