S - Glossary of Internet Terms and Acronyms

You will hear the expression, 'SaaS', more and more. As the 21st Century marches on, there are going to be fundamental changes to how people use their computers, and SaaS/cloud computing is destined to be part of that. About.com explains more here...

You've heard of "spoofed" emails and websites, but what exactly are they?

You've been told to visit a 'streaming' website to get your music or your Microsoft Office 2010. But what exactly is 'streaming', and how is it different from downloading? About.com explains streaming here...

It is a very controversial topic: people sending sexually-suggestive photos of themselves to others via cell phone messaging. An estimated 39% of teenagers in the USA practice 'sexting', where the users take suggestive photos of themselves, and beam them to other people's cell phones. About.com explains more about 'sexting' here.

You see these odd technical expressions around the Net. Techie guys say "we use full SSL for our shopping carts" or "our network administrators use full SSH management techniques". But what exactly do these terms mean?

You see the expression 'NTIM' in online conversations. But what exactly does NTIM mean? About.com explains...

You see the expression 'OATUS' in online conversations. But what exactly does OATUS mean? About.com explains...