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A list associated with a file that contains the names and passwords of the users and groups that have permission to administer, modify, and display that file.


A protocol for authenticating network users that transmits user names and passwords in clear text. It is the only authentication method that works through firewalls and proxy servers.


The ability to write batch files that call into a command-line utility.


A program or script that is executed by an HTTP server machine in response to a request by a client, such as a Web browser. The CGI script and the server communicate by using interfaces designed according to the CGI standard.


The Microsoft Management Console (MMC), which is a graphical interface that contains "snap-in" administrative tools, such as the FrontPage MMC snap-in.


The left pane of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), which displays a hierarchical structure that includes FrontPage-extended webs.


Turn a virtual server into a FrontPage-extended web capable of supporting features such as collaborative authoring, hit counters, e-mail form-handling, automatic hyperlink updating, and editing a Web site directly on a server computer.


A virtual server that is extended by the FrontPage Server Extensions, which in turn can support features such as collaborative authoring, hit counters, e-mail form-handling, and editing a Web site directly on a server computer.


In a hierarchical web structure, the web that is immediately above the current web.


The set of authorizations that specify which users can administer, create, modify, and visit a web.


A computer that is part of a network and which you can make changes on by using another computer in the network.


The highest-level web in a hierarchy that consists of webs nested within webs.


A computer program that can be executed by a program that understands the language in which the script is written. Scripts do not need to be compiled to be run.


A simple programming language that's designed to create programs that can perform simple tasks and does not need to be compiled to be run. JavaScript and VBScript are examples of scripting languages that are used to create code to perform tasks in Web pages.


An open standard that uses public-key encryption to prevent the interception of sensitive information, such as web content or passwords, that is transmitted across the Internet.


A folder on a root web or another subweb that is itself a complete web.


A method for tracking who is working on a particular resource, such as a file, blocking others from working on it at the same time. Resource are checked in and checked out.


One of multiple Web sites running on the same Web server, each with a unique domain name and IP address. Also called Web site by Microsoft Internet Information Services 4.0 or later, virtual host by Netscape, and identity by O'Reilly WebSite.


A Web site that is extended with the FrontPage Server Extensions, including any root web or subweb.


The World Wide Web, a graphical Internet hypertext service that uses the HTTP protocol to retrieve Web pages and other resources from Web servers.


The speed with which a web responds to requests from Web browsers.


A group of HTML documents, such as a home page and its associated pages and graphics files, that are stored on and displayed by a Web server on the World Wide Web.