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Archie
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Internet search tool of softwares of FTP sites
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ATARINET
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Worldwide BBS network for Atari
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BASE64
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Binary to ASCII coding and decoding system
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BBS
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"Bulletin Board System": Server connectable by telephone via a terminal
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bps
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"Bits per seconds": Measure unit of datas transmission speed
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BTOA
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Binary to ASCII coding and decoding system
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CAB
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"Crystal Atari Browser": WEB bowser
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Client
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Software to be connected at a server
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CSLIP
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"Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol": SLIP protocol with data compression
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Daemon
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server software of a protocol
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Email
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"Electronic Mail": Electronic mail address. It is also the messages sended by Internet
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FAQ
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"Frequently Asked Questions": document about the frequently asked question and the answers
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FIDONET
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Worldwide BBS network
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Finger
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Internet search tool of names and Email addresses
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FTN
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Shortname of FIDONET
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FTP
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"File Transfert Protocol": File transfert protocol by Internet
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FYI
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"For Your Information": Official Internet documentation on Internet
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Gopher
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Protocole de navigation sur Internet à travers des menus hiérarchiques
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HTML
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"Hyper Text Markup Language": Description language of the WEB pages
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HTTP
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"Hyper Text Transfert Protocol": WEB pages protocol transfert by Internet
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Internet
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Worldwide computer network
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IRC
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"Internet Relay Chat": Real-time chat system on Internet
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MIME
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Binary to ASCII coding and decoding system
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MINITEL
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French terminal system connected by the telephone
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MiNT
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"MiNT Is Now Tos": Multitasking system for Atari
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MUD
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"Multi-User Dungeons": Multi-player text mode adventure game on Internet
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NEST
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Worldwide BBS network for Atari
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Newsgroup
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Discussion formus on Internet where are exchanged messages
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NNTP
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"Network News Transfert Protocol": Newsgroups transfert protocol by Internet
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POP3
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"Post Office Protocol version 3": Email messages download protocol by Internet
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PPP
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"Point to Point Protocol": Serial line or modem transmission protocol
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RFC
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Official technical documentations of Internet
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Server
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Software to distribute datas
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SHIP
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Binary to ASCII coding and decoding system
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SLIP
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"Serial Line Internet Protocol": Serial line or modem transmission protocol
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SMTP
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"Simple Mail Transfert Protocol": Email messages upload protocol by Internet
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STD
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Official protocol documentations of Internet
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STiK
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"ST Internet Kit": TCP/IP stack, software to access on Internet
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STiNG
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"ST Internet New Generation": TCP/IP stack, software to access on Internet
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TCP/IP
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"Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol": Basic protocol of internet
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Telnet
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Distant connection protocol from a computer to another one
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URL
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"Uniform Ressource Locator": WEB address system standard
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UUCP
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"Unix to Unix CoPy": File transfert protocol by modem
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UUdecode
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"Unix to Unix decode": Binary to ASCII decoding system of files coded by UUencode
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UUencode
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"Unix to Unix encode": Binary to ASCII coding system
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W3
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See WWW
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WEB
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See WWW
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WWW
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"World Wide Web": Whole pages with texts, images, sounds... on lot of sites and connected between them by hypertext links and readable with a browser (CAB, WENSUITE...)
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