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- GILC (Global internet liberty campaign)
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From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source
A group that has been laudably vocal in support of individual
rights on the Net (though occasionally tending to throw out the
baby with the bathwater).
- internet
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From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source
A global network of networks through which computers
communicate by sending information in packets. Each network
consists of computers connected by cables or wireless links.
- IP (Internet protocol)
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From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source
The protocol that governs how computers send packets across the
Internet. Designed by Vint Cerf and Bob Khan. (IP may also stand
for intellectual property; see IPR.)
- ISP (Internet service provider)
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From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source
The party providing one with connectivity to the Internet. Some
users have a cable or some sort of wireless link to their ISP. For
others, their computer may dial an ISP by phone and send and
receive Internet packets over the phone line; the ISP then forwards
the packets over the Internet.
- multi-purpose internet mail extensions (MIME)
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From Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (2001-02-21) | Glossary for this source
A set of specifications that offers a way to interchange text in languages with different character sets, and multimedia content among many different computer systems that use Internet mail standards.
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