Web Glossary

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Redirect
By using particular HTML-code in a Web page, one can redirect the visitor seamlessly to another Web page.

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Redundancy
1. A term for protecting against loss of data and system failures. The data can be "mirrored" or "striped" onto other hard disks and can be recovered if the hard disk in use breaks down.
2. If you want to be sure that you'll always have power supply, you can set up two power supplies so that one takes over if the other one fails.

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Remote login
Using the Telnet protocol to operate a remote computer over the Internet as if you were on site.

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Response time
Time between the sending of a request to a specific Internet server and the execution of that request.

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RFC - Request For Comments
Procedure to establish new standards or to propose new standards on the Internet. Each standard, each protocol has a related RFC (followed by a reference number). For example, RFC 822 is the Internet standard for email. RFCs guide the development of the Internet.

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Root
1. Top-level directory from which all other (sub)directories branch out.
2. On a UNIX system, the system administrator's account (also known as the superuser account). For security reasons, only the system administrator is allowed to log in as root.

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Router
A communications device designed to transmit signals via the most efficient route possible. The router acts as an interface between two networks and sends data packets back and forth between networks.

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