Nokia 9000i Owner's Manual

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7-2Internet glossaryCookiesCookies are little nuggets of information, givenby the server to the user, to store session infor-mation between the times the user visits thesame web site. When a user accepts cookies,the server is able to store and use informationabout the user’s actions on the visited web site.Although the cookies are used by the server,they are stored in the communicator.Domain name and Host nameThe terms “domain name” and “host name”are sometimes, slightly inaccurately, usedsynonymously. In a fully qualified domainname (e.g., www.forum.nokia.com), the firstpart of the name is the name of the host andthe following parts are names of domains thehost belongs to. Each host name correspondsto a certain IP address (see below). Hostnames are used because they are easier to re-member than IP addresses.Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)A language used to define WWW documents’appearance and content.Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)A document transfer protocol used in theWWW system.Images (Inline, External)An inline image lies within a retrieved webpage; external images, which are often muchlarger, must be viewed separately.Internet Access Point (IAP)Where your communicator connects to Inter-net by way of a data call. An Internet serviceprovider can be, for example, a commercial In-ternet service provider or your own company.Internet Mail Access Protocol, version 4(IMAP4)A protocol used for accessing the remotemailbox.Internet Protocol (IP) addressAll computers and other devices connected toInternet using the Internet Protocol havetheir own individual addresses. The addressconsists of four groups of numbers separatedby periods: for example, “131.227.21.167.”Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions(MIME)A standard Internet format which permits in-cluding multiple mail objects in a single mes-sage. The mail objects can be, for example,formatted multifont text messages and non-textual elements, such as images and audiofragments.Plug-inAn application that can be downloaded fromthe WWW, used to display a document thatthe WWW application itself cannot show.Point to Point Protocol (PPP)A common networking software protocolmaking it possible for any computer with amodem and a phone line to connect directlyto the Internet.Post Office Protocol, version 3 (POP3)Another common mail protocol that can beused for accessing a remote mailbox.ProtocolA formal set of rules that govern how data istransferred between two devices.ProxyIn some networks, the connection betweenthe WWW application and the resource youwant to connect to is blocked by a firewall.The firewall protects the internal networkfrom unauthorized external access. A proxy isan intermediary program which enables ac-cess through the firewall. A proxy can alsoserve as a network “cache,” which speeds upthe downloading process.