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domain name poaching

the registration of a popular, clever, or a even a trade name with the intent to sell it in the future. For example, one might register the domain www.pepsi.com in anticipation of selling that domain name to Pepsi. Some feel the days of actually being able to register a good .com domain have gone by the wayside with the ever-increasing popularity of the World Wide Web.

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DoS

see denial of service attack

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DOS

(Disk Operating System) refers to any operating system, but has been mainly identified with Microsoft or MS-DOS. MS-DOS was first developed by Microsoft Corporation as the operating system for IBM personal computers.

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dot

the period character ( . ).

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dot com

the American designation for a commercial or personal Website, such as http://www.buy.com.

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dot matrix printer

a printer that creates forms and characters by means of pins striking an inked ribbon.

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double click

to press a mouse button (usually the left) two times in quick succession to start a program or initiate a command.

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down

unavailable for use. A term with a broad-based meaning, referring to a computer, a network, an ISP, a Website, or almost anything related to computers and their many uses.

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download

to copy or transfer data from one computer to another. Technically speaking, every time you view a Web page you are first downloading material from that Website’s server. Among the many advantages of being online are the wide variety of free software available for users to download.

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downstream

in information technology downstream refers to the transfer speed (usually that of an internet connection) by which data can be sent from the server to the client. The process by which downstream is utilized is known as downloading.