Glossary of Terms
Listed in alphabetical order are some general terms that you may come across during general computer use. You may not know what these terms mean and this page is here so you can understand the workings of the protocols and features these terms address. In some cases however, there may be some more advanced items listed in sections of some documents in the support section, the information on these items is strictly for learning purposes and Computors does not suggest adjusting any setting that may affect the functionality of your machine. We can not be held accountable for any possible damage you may cause if you decide to change settings affecting any of the protocols or other listed information found anywhere within this document.
A Name = Unknown
◘ An A name (sometimes called an “A record”) is virtually identical in functionality to an MX record. However the one major difference being that A Names resolve web addresses to IP using DNS servers rather than resolving the address to the IP address of an internet mail box.
HTML= Hyper Text Mark-up Language
◘ HTML is less of a language used to format documents called web pages. The HTML in each page governs where images, text, video, audio and any other media present is displayed on the page are laid out for the user.
MX Records = Mail Exchanger record
◘ An MX record or Mail exchanger record is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS) specifying how Internet e-mail should be routed. MX records point to the servers that should receive an e-mail, and their priority relative to each other.
RPC = Remote Protocol Connection
◘ Remote procedure call (RPC) is a technology that allows a computer program to cause a subroutine or procedure to execute in another address space (commonly on another computer on a shared network) without the programmer explicitly coding the details for this remote interaction. That is, the programmer would write essentially the same code whether the subroutine is local to the executing program, or remote. When the software in question is written using object-oriented principles, RPC may be referred to as remote invocation or remote method invocation. RPC doesn't transfer well over an internet connection and is primarily for internal communications.
RPC Over HTTP = Remote Protocol Connection Over Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
◘ In many ways it is essentially the RPC protocol. The main function of RPC Over HTTP is to make HTTP acts as packaging simply concealing the RPC until it reaches its destination on the remote machine. It is commonly used to enable email functionality in Microsoft programs such as the Microsoft Outlook family.
SSL = Secure Socket Layer
◘ Secure Sockets Layer, is a cryptographic protocol. SSL is used to create secure channels for many things using the internet these include browsing web pages, e-mail, Internet faxing, instant messaging and other methods of data transfer.
SSO = Single Sign On
◘ Single sign-on is a method of allowing access to users by allowing them to only have to authenticate once, this gives them access to the resources of multiple software systems without the hassle of having many authentications in order to perform the same tasks.