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- Newsgroup
- A newsgroup is an Internet location where users can read
messages, exchange files, and post messages for others to read. Many
newsgroups are devoted to specific topics.
- Many newsgroups have no moderator and may include inappropriate
files or discussions.
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- PICS (Platform for Internet Content Selection)
- The Platform for Internet Content Selection is a cross-industry
working group with a rating system for interactive media, including
the Internet. See: http://www.w3.org/PICS/
- Ping
- Ping is a utility (not included with Cyber Patrol) that allows
you to send a message to a remote site requesting a return
acknowledgment. This tool is meant to determine if the communications
software at each site and the connections between the sites are
working correctly.
- Cyber Patrol does not affect the operation of the Ping utility.
Ping provides no harmful information to either the originator or the recipient.
- Profile
- A profile is the name of a person or a group that
has distinct Cyber Patrol settings.
- Protected
- Protected means that someone is accessing the Internet under
Cyber Patrol protection. The user has not bypassed Cyber Patrol. All
Cyber Patrol restrictions are in effect.
- Proxy server
- When you connect to the Internet, you may be connecting through a
proxy server. A proxy server is often used in combination with a
firewall, to protect your computer from unwanted access by outside computers.
- If you connect through a proxy server, your computer sends a site
address to the proxy server. The proxy server connects to the
Internet site, and retrieves the information you want. The proxy
server then sends the information to your computer. Typically, this
is invisible to you.
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- Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
- RPC is a protocol for sending commands from one computer to
another in a client-server environment. Typically, a corporate
network administrator might set up RPC support so that other
computers in the company can be easily controlled from the network
administrator's computer. Few, if any, home users set up RPC support.
- Although convenient, RPC support can leave a company vulnerable
to hackers.
- Restricted Application
- An application is restricted when it is included on the list of
Restricted Applications in Setup:Applications. Restricted
applications are filtered by Cyber Patrol according to selections in
Setup:Time and Setup:Access.
- RSACi (Recreational Software Advisory
Council for Internet rating)
- The RSACi standard provides a rating for each site based on its
levels of violence, sex, nudity, and language. See www.icra.org.
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- Server
- A Server is a computer that supplies files or services, such as
file transfer, remote logins, printing, etc., to other computers in a network.
- In Cyber Patrol Setup:Keywords, server is the domain name portion
of an Internet address (URL). For example, in the URL www.example.only/directory1,
"www.example.only" is the server name.
- Service port
- Each Internet service that you install is assigned a port,
or service
port, number.
- Service port numbers are assigned by the Internet Standards
Committee, and are always the same for everyone. For example, the
service port number for FTP access is always 21.
- To find your service port numbers, you can look in the files that
were placed on your computer when you installed your Internet
browser, you should find a list of services and port numbers. Because
the files and directories differ with each Internet browser, we
cannot give you exact file names.
- SOCKS server
- When you connect to the Internet, you may be connecting through a
SOCKS server. A SOCKS server is often used in combination with a
firewall, to protect your computer from unwanted access by outside computers.
- If you connect through a SOCKS server, your computer sends a site
address to the SOCKS server. The SOCKS server connects to the
Internet site, and retrieves the information you want. The SOCKS
server then sends the information to your computer. Typically, this
is invisible to you.
- Startup profile
- The startup profile is the user profile displayed in the Cyber Patrol
toolbar when you start Cyber Patrol, and the profile that Cyber Patrol
reverts to when the idle timeout period expires. One profile must always be
designated as the startup profile.
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- Toolbar
- The Headquarters toolbar provides status messages, allows you
to select user profiles, and also provides access to Cyber Patrol Headquarters.
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- Uninstall
- Uninstall means to remove a program from your computer.
- Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
- A Uniform, or Universal, Resource Locator is an Internet address
such as: http://www.abcxyz.com/CYBER/.One of the ways you
can have Cyber Patrol block a site is by specifying a URL, or a
server or directory
within the URL.
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- Web site
- See URL and www.
- Week
- A week, as defined for Cyber Patrol, is one calendar week
beginning on midnight on Sunday morning through midnight on the
following Saturday evening.
- Window
- A window is the specific screen or dialog that you see through
the Cyber Patrol Headquarters program. You provide information to the
program, make choices, and take actions through the program windows.
- World Wide Web (www)
- WWW is also known as "The Web." The World Wide
Web is an Internet service that permits anyone attached to the
Internet to use a Web browser (such as Netscape or Internet Explorer)
to view thousands of pages of text, files, pictures and even sounds
and video clips. From one Web site, you may be able to easily connect
to other Web sites thousands of miles away.
- The protocol used to communicate with a Web server is called
HTTP. The address for a Web site is called a URL.
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