terms and definition — Week 10

Terms selection - 8

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
Originally a standard for defining the types of files attached to standard Internet mail messages. The MIME standard has come to be used in many situations where one cmputer programs needs to communicate with another program about what kind of file is being sent.

For example, HTML files have a MIME-type of text/html, JPEG files are image/jpeg, etc.

Ref: http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html


POP (Post Office Protocol)
In computing, the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP3 and IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol) are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. Virtually all modern e-mail clients and servers support both.

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol

Proxy server
In computer networks, a proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application program) that acts as a go-between for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers. (for security or to speed up access to a resource)

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server

ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)
ISDN is a telephone system network. The key feature of the ISDN is that it integrates speech and data on the same lines, adding features that were not available in the classic telephone system.

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISDN

MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)
In online gaming, a MUD, is a multi-user real-time virtual world described entirely in text. It combines elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, interactive fiction, and online chat. Players can read descriptions of rooms, objects, other players, non-player characters, and actions performed in the virtual world. Players interact with each other and the world by typing commands that resemble a natural language.

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD

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