Glossary
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- Activate
- Activate means that you identify yourself to Cyber Central as a
legitimate user of Cyber Patrol.
- Application
- An application is a computer software program. Often an
application has a main program that runs other programs. The main
Cyber Patrol program and its secondary programs are all part of the
same application.
- Examples of applications are: Word for Windows (a word
processor), Quicken (a financial manager), and HomePage (a Web site designer).
- Authorization Code
- The authorization code is a 16-character code generated by Cyber Central
to activate certain features of Cyber Patrol. For example, authorization codes
are checked when you install Cyber Patrol or purchase a CyberLIST subscription.
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- Block
- Block means to refuse or disallow access to a service,
application, or program. Blocking may appear as a dialog box or a
message within your Web browser.
- Browser
- A browser is an application that you use to view Internet Web
pages, FTP sites, and other online items. Some examples of browsers
include Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- Bypass
- Bypass means to avoid, or go around, Cyber Patrol filtering restrictions.
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- Cache
- A cache is a temporary storage area on your local computer for
items you have recently read online. Items are often cached in your
computer's memory, your computer's hard disk, or both.
- Chat
- Chat is real-time computer communication between two or more
users. Once a chat has been initiated, either user can enter text by
typing on the keyboard and the entered text is displayed on the other
user's monitor. Most networks and online services offer a chat feature.
- Cyber Central
- Cyber Central is the central communications for Cyber Patrol.
- Cyber Patrol interacts with a number of computers and Cyber
Patrol Internet sites, which, collectively, are called Cyber Central.
For example, you can visit Cyber Central sites to get product
updates, send suggested Internet sites for inclusion in the
CyberLISTs, or otherwise communicate with us.
- CyberLIST updates are downloaded from Cyber Central.
- CyberLIST
- A CyberNOT, CyberYES, or HotNOT
List which is encrypted by category for its inappropriate or
appropriate sites and newsgroups.
- CyberNOT List
- The CyberNOT List is an encrypted list by category of
inappropriate sites and newsgroups.
- CyberYES List
- The CyberYES List is an encrypted list by category of appropriate
Internet sites and newsgroups that are believed to be of interest to children.
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- Deputy
- A Cyber Patrol Deputy is someone who knows the Deputy password. A
Deputy can bypass Cyber Patrol and access the Internet without
restrictions. A deputy can also shutdown all Internet access or
restrict Internet access according to Headquarters settings.
- Default Filter Settings
- Using Headquarters, you set default filter settings. When you
define filtering for specific groups, you can apply a mix of default
and custom settings to each group. Users who are not assigned to a
specific group are filtered with default settings. Default settings
should meet the requirements of the majority of users.
- Directory
- A directory is a group of related files and possibly other
directories. Directories are often referred to as folders
in graphical user interfaces.
- In Cyber Patrol Setup:Keywords, directory is the path following
the server portion of an Internet address (URL). For example, in the
URL www.example.only/directory1/directory2,
"directory1/directory2" is the directory.
- Disable
- Disable, as used in Internet Disable, means to completely
block all access to the Internet.
- Domain name
- The domain name is part of an Internet address (URL). It is the
registered address for the site, usually containing several parts,
such as www for World Wide Web; .abcxyz for the site
name, and .com for commercial enterprise.
- For example, in the address http://www.abcxyz.com/CYBER/,
the domain name is www.abcxyz.com.
- DNS (Domain Name Services) server
- DNS is a program that converts the address you enter into your
Web browser into the actual dotted numeric address for the site.
Typically, the program is installed on a server that many people can
access. That server is often known as the DNS server.
- For example, DNS might convert the domain name www.abcxyz.com
into 123.123.123.16.
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- Exception
- An exception is a term that you want to allow in an Internet
address, but which might be blocked because of its similarity to a
blocked keyword. You specify exceptions in Setup:Keywords.
-F-
- FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list
- A FAQ list is a list of questions frequently asked by customers
about a product, problems with a product, or how to use a product.
- Factory Settings
- The Factory Settings button is used to return settings to the
settings as shipped for the selected feature and time period.
- Finger
- Finger is an Internet command that can give you information and
ways to break into a remote computer or network system. For example,
you can use Finger to find the name of the person who owns a network
account, their network login directory, if the owner is logged in.
Hackers find Finger very useful.
- Firewall
- In a corporate environment,a firewall is any system that
prevents direct access between your computer and computers outside
your company. Firewalls are designed to prevent hackers from
accessing your network.
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
- An FTP Internet site is one that has many files that you can
download to your own computer. An FTP site may contain possibly
offensive material.
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- Games
- Games are software programs that are designed to be played for
fun. In some cases, a game can be so involving that you can spend
hours in a single session playing that game.
- Gopher
- Gopher is a program that you use on the Internet to find specific
sites, or that you use to search for sites that meet selected
criteria. Gopher is free, and has been available on the Internet for
many years.
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- Headquarters
- Headquarters is the Cyber Patrol program that you use to set
controls and administer Cyber Patrol on your computer. Access is
restricted to those who know the Headquarters password.
- HotNOT List
- A HotNOT List contains the latest CyberNOT sites discovered since
the last CyberNOT update.
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- Idle timeout period
- If a profile is logged into Cyber Patrol for a specified length of time
without accessing the Internet, Cyber Patrol changes the logged-in profile to be
Startup. The length of idle time allowed can be specified in Advanced:Profiles.
- Intercept message
- When someone attempts to access an Internet site or application
that is blocked by Cyber Patrol, they see a message telling them that
access has been denied. The message may be in the form of a message
in your Web browser, or a message from Cyber Patrol.
- Internet Disable
- Cyber Patrol disables Internet access due to time management or tampering.
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
- Internet Relay Chat is an Internet service that people use to
talk with each other electronically.
- IRC is popular among teenagers and is sometimes regarded as the
most dangerous. There is no means of identifying the name, sex, or
age of the people participating in IRC. Unethical IRC users can get
valuable information from children, including addresses, credit card
numbers, and personal information.
- Internet service provider (ISP)
- An Internet service provider is a company that provides Internet
access, email accounts, and web sites for their subscribers.
- Internet services
- Internet services refer to services provided by computers
attached to the Internet such as:
WWW (World Wide Web), for Web access and viewing
FTP, for file transfer
IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
Gopher, Veronica, Archie, and WAIS, for information searching
Telenet, for terminal access
Newsgroups
- IP address
- IP (Internet Protocol) is an Internet address that has a string
of numbers such as: 199.103.160.100.
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- Keyword
- A Keyword is one of the text strings in the list used to block
any sites, chat groups, or newsgroups.
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