| Search engine:
A program that searches indexes of addresses using keywords.
The depth of the search is up to you and or the extent
of its index.
Server:
Any computer that's connected to a network that stores
information and makes it available to outside users.
SET:
Secure Electronic Transaction- the current security
standard for online payments. set encrypts and uses
digital certificates to verify customers, merchants
and banks are authorised to use and accept credit cards.
Shareware:
Copyright protected software that is publicly distributed
on the condition that if a user trials a program and
decides to keep using it they will send a payment to
the author.
Shockware Flash:
A Macromedia program which allows animation files to
be played on the internet.
Shopping basket:
A software system designed for online shopping sites
that records individual items for purchase in the form
of an order.
Smartcards:
These are credit card sized devices that contain a computerchip.
They can be used for a variety of payment options- credit,
debit and stored-value electronic cash- as well as storage
of financial and personal information.
Spam:
An unsolicited piece of advertising sent en masse via
email or posted to a newsgroup.
SSL:
Secure Sockets Layer- a technology developed by Netscape
which allows Internet browsers to automatically encrypt
private data, such as credit card numbers, before sending
it over the Internet.
Streaming:
A method of delivering sound and video files "live"
as they arrive at your computer.
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