Web Terminology

When you deal with the Internet service you have to deal with special expressions like TPOP,IAP, SMTP .......etc.
Some of these expressions will be discussed here briefly

• IAP & ISP

  IAP ( Internet Access Provider ) & ISP ( Internet Service Provider ) are simply the providers of Internet service. The two expressions usually refer to the same meaning.
  
  

  POP ( Point Of Presence )

  POP is a local Internet dial-up access point set up by an access provider to reduce the telephone charges. There are two types of POP

  • TPOP : Traditional Point Of Presence
  • VPOP : Virtual Point Of Presence

  
  
  

  FTP,HTTP,POP3 & SMTP

  These all refer to protocols. A 'protocol' is essentially an agreed way for two devices to communicate with each other. It defines many issues, including packet format, how it is verified, how routers deal with it, and other issues. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the standard way of transferring Web pages.
  File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is facilities allow you to download files form Web sites.
  POP3 and SMTP (Simple Mail Transferring Protocol) are two Internet protocols for transferring e-mail.
  
  

  SSL (Secure Socket Layer)

  If you want to use on-line order forms, then you need encryption facilities to keep the security of your credit card information. SSL provides these facilities. It stores order forms in an encrypted area on the server and helps protect data from misuse.