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Access
To make use of a computer resource (WAN, LAN, Internet, etc.).

Access-Provider
Service provider; an organization or company that provides access to a network.

Account
An account with an Internet Service Provider, usually for a monthly fee, that provides Internet access

Active-X
A model for writing programs so that other programs and the operating system can call them. ActiveX technology is used with Microsoft Internet Explorer to make interactive web pages that look and behave like computer programs, rather than static pages.

AdClicks
A user’s click on an ad banner. Some ads are paid by the number of user clicks they receive.

AdViews
The loading of an ad banner which is presumably seen by the user. The number of ad views corresponds to the number of ad impressions in other media.

Active Server Pages (ASP)
Dynacically created by the Web server and contains both HTML and scripting code. With ASP, programs can be run on a web server in a similar way to CGI scripts, but ASP uses uses the ActiveX scripting engine to support either VBScript or JScript. When a user requests data from an Active Server Page, the ActiveX server engine reads through the file, sends the HTML back to the browser and executes the script.

Applet
A little application. An applet can be a utility or other simple program. On the World Wide Web, there are many applets written in Java.

Application Programming Interface (API)
An interface between the operating system and application programs, which includes the way the application programs communicate with the operating system, and the services the operating system makes available to the programs. For example, an API may make it possible for programs that run under it to open windows and display message boxes.

Application-Service-Providing (ASP)
A breakthrough service delivering high-end network and computing solutions without the high-end prices. Small and medium sized companies can now access a Windows desktop and network resources that appear to be executing locally, but are in fact executing remotely.

Attachment
A file linked to an email message. Many mail programs use MIME encoding to attach files.

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