Web Browser

A web browser is a software program used to process and display web pages located on the World Wide Web (WWW) using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Web page content most commonly includes text, graphics, multimedia files such as video and audio, and interactive software (web email, banking etc.). Web pages often have hyperlinks that web browsers can follow to retrieve web pages referred to elsewhere via URLs (Uniform Resource Locator).

TCP/IP

Published on May 2, 2015 by Ted Eiler in Computing Terms

TCP/IP is an acronym which stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. They are two separate protocols used together which underlie all internet based communications between computer systems. The TCP protocol establishes a method for chunks of data to be broken up into packets and sent to a destination for reassembly and confirmation of successful delivery.

Malware

Published on May 1, 2015 by Ted Eiler in Computing Terms

Malware is a general term for the whole gamut of undesirable software programs including viruses, worms, rootkits, trojan horses, spyware, and adware. Malware software is intentionally designed to make unauthorized and often harmful or disruptive changes to a user’s computer. Malware infections can slow down your computer, make it unresponsive, unusable, cause it to crash,