Cached files. Temporary Internet files allow a user to use the Back and Forward buttons, access History, and use offline files and folders. Retrieving information from the Temporary Internet Files folder is much faster than retrieving information from the Internet.
See Internet cache files.
Software used for client computers that access applications remotely on a network.
An error caused by an e-mail or news post that takes longer than the allotted time to download. Timeout errors can be eliminated by increasing how much time Outlook is allotted to download messages from a mail server.
The URL of a Web site is its friendly name; for instance, http://www.microsoft.com.
See Uniform Resource Locator.
A programming language used for Web sites and applications. Macros created in Excel, Word, and other Office programs can be edited with the Visual Basic Editor, included with the applications.
An area of the hard disk used for storing data. See also partition.
A core component of IntelliMirror, which is used to deploy applications across a domain. Windows Installer is used to install applications and to manage user installation options.
A device that provides wireless access to network resources. Users that have wireless networking cards in their computers can use this access point to wirelessly connect to the network.
A data marker used to retrieve data from a document.