Computer Jargon Explained [3]

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Emoticon
A symbol used to indicate emotion or physical reaction in a virtual space. For example, the most popular emoticon is the smiley :-)

Firewall
A programme preventing security threats from hackers, spammers and viruses on your PC

FTP
File Transfer Protocol: provides a user-level oriented protocol for file transfer, defined as a protocol for file transfer between HOSTs on the INTERNET, with the primary function of an FTP defined as transfering files efficiently and reliably among hosts and allowing the convenient use of remote file storage capabilities. The objectives of FTP are 1) to promote sharing of files (computer programs and/or data), 2) to encourage indirect or implicit (via programs) use of remote computers, 3) to shield a user from variations in file storage systems among hosts, and 4) to transfer data reliably and efficiently. FTP, though usable directly by a user at a terminal, is designed mainly for use by programs.

Gb (or Gigabyte)
Measures the size or volume of data or information available on your hard disk and is worth approximately 1000 megabytes (There are 8 bits to a byte and a letter,
a number or a space uses up 1 byte of storage. 1000 bytes = 1Kb [actually 1024 but this becomes too technical for our purposes])
So you could store 1000 letters in 1Kb. 1 megabyte is 1000 times 1Kb; and 1 gigabyte is 1000 times 1 Mb
or 1Gb. A terabyte (derived from the prefix tera- and commonly abbreviated Tb) is a measurement term for data storage capacity. The value of a terabyte is based upon a decimal radix (base 10) and is defined as one trillion (short scale) bytes, or 1000 gigabytes.

Hits
Roughly speaking, hits are a measurement of visits to a website. They cannot be relied on to tell you how many unique visitors you had, however. Rather, they provide a reflection of activity on your Website<

Homepage
The first page you see when you visit a website or portal

HTTP
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP has been in use by the World Wide Web global information initiative since 1990. The standard is currently HTTP/1.1 (August 2008).

ISP (Internet Service provider)
A company or organisation that offers internet services.

JavaScript
is a scripting language most often used for client-side (user) web development. It was the originating dialect of the ECMA Script standard. It is a dynamic, weakly typed, prototype-based language with first-class functions. JavaScript was influenced by many languages and was designed to look like Java, but be easier for non-programmers to work with.[1][2] The language is best known for its use in websites (as client-side JavaScript) but is also used to enable scripting access to objects embedded in other applications ( for example Microsoft Gadgets in the Windows Sidebar).

Keylogging
A software or hardware program designed to track keystrokes on a computer to gather passwords, credit card numbers and other essential types of information

Mb (or megabyte)
A division of a gigabyte

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