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sym-links (UNIX) Abbreviation for symbolic links, which is a type of redirection
used by the UNIX operating system. Sym-links let you create a pointer from one
part of your file system to an existing file or directory on another part of the file
system.
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The main network
protocol for the Internet and for enterprise (company) networks.
telnet A protocol where two machines on the network are connected to each
other and support terminal emulation for remote login.
timeout A specified time after which the server should give up trying to finish a
service routine that appears hung.
TLS Secure Sockets Layer. A software library establishing a secure connection
between two parties (client and server) used to implement HTTPS, the secure
version of HTTP.
top (UNIX) A program on some UNIX systems that shows the current state of
system resource usage.
top-level domain authority The highest category of hostname classification,
usually signifying either the type of organization the domain is (for example, .com
is a company, .edu is an educational institution) or the country of its origin (for
example, .us is the United States, .jp is Japan, .au is Australia, .fi is Finland).
uid (UNIX) A unique number associated with each user on a UNIX system.
URI Uniform Resource Identifier. A file identifier that provides an additional
layer of security by using an abbreviated URL. The first part of the URL is
substituted with a URL mapping that hides the file's full physical pathname from
the user. See also URL mapping.
URL Uniform Resource Locator. The addressing system used by the server and
the client to request documents. A URL is often called a location. The format of a
URL is protocol://machine:port/document.
A sample URL is .
http://www.example.com/index.html
URL database repair A process that repairs and updates a URL database that has
been damaged by a software failure, a system crash, a disk breakdown, or a full file
system.
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