Files found on FTP sites that explain what is in a given FTP directory or which provide other useful information (such as how to use FTP).
Progressive Networks' RealAudio client-server software system enables Internet and on-line users equipped with conventional multimedia personal computers and voice-grade telephone lines to browse, select, and play back audio or audio-based multimedia content on demand, in real time. This is a real breakthrough compared to typical download times encountered with delivery of audio over conventional on-line methods, in which audio is downloaded at a rate that is five times longer than the actual program; the listener must wait 25 minutes before listening to just five minutes of audio.
A vague term used to describe when something will actually happen.
A program allowing live conversation between individuals by typing on a computer terminal. The most common tools are Talk and IRC (International Relay Chat).
A hyperlink or link placed on one Web site to return the favor of another site putting a link on their page. SEE ALSO: Net Lingo's Awards and Reciprocal Links Page
It is possible to login to a remote computer by using an application program based on TELNET - a terminal emulation protocol made for this purpose. The user can therefore enter commands on a keyboard attached to their local computer and access files etc. on a remote computer that may be located anywhere in the world.
Request For Comments - The name of the result and the process for creating a standard on the Internet. New standards are proposed and published on line, as a "Request For Comments". The Internet Engineering Task Force is a consensus-building body that facilitates discussion, and eventually a new standard is established, but the reference number/name for the standard retains the acronym "RFC", e.g. the official standard for e-mail is RFC 822.
Red, Green, Blue - The three colors that create all other colors on a computer screen.
A simple way to encode bad jokes, movie reviews that give away the ending, pornography, etc. Essentially, each letter in a message is replace by the letter 13 spaces away from it in the alphabet. There are online decoders to read these; nn has one built in.
Rolling On The Floor Laughing - A shorthand appended to a comment written in an online forum or e-mail.
Hardware (or software) that can connects a local network to the Internet. Routers spend all their time looking at the destination addresses of the packets passing through them and deciding which route to send them on.
Read The F***ing Manual - A shorthand appended to a comment written in an online forum or e-mail.
Read The Manual - A shorthand appended to a comment written in an online forum or e-mail.