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S/MIME
Secure/MIME, a new version of MIME that supports message encryption.

Script
A list of commands that can run without user interaction.

Search engine
a program that gathers available websites and puts them in a catalog based on key words. When a user types in certain key words, the search engine returns a list of all the sites that it has catalogued. Google is an example of a search engine, where-as Yahoo is a directory.

Second level domain
"In the Domain Name System (DNS), the next lower level of the hierarchy beneath the top level domains. In a domain name, that part of the domain name that appears immediately to the left of the top-level domain. For example, the ""example"" in example.com. Second level domain names are often descriptive and have come to be used increasingly to represent businesses and other commercial interests on the Internet. "

Server
when referring to the Internet, a server is a program that is in a central computer and delivers requests for files to other computers that are logged on.

Servlet
A java program that runs on a web server vs. being downloaded and running within your local web browser.



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