Terms

What Does BOT Mean? Know What Is A Bot

What does bot mean? An internet bot, also known a web robot or simply a bot, is software application that runs automated tasks (scripts) over the internet. Typically, bots perform tasks that are both simple and structurally repetitive, at a much higher rate than would be possible for a human alone. The largest use of …

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Bootstrap Meaning – WHAT DOES BOOTSTRAP MEAN?

Bootstrap Meaning – WHAT DOES BOOTSTRAP MEAN?   These days with so much new terminology appearing, do the old words we all knew and loved actually mean the same now? Bootstrap, or bootstrapping, is a verb that comes from the saying, “to pull oneself up by his bootstraps.” the noun for Bootstrap is ”a loop …

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Bounce – in the IT world

In most cases, ‘bounce’ means the return of an email, but there are other times when this term is used. In your email… Most emails we send are processed by the server and arrive in the mail box of the recipient.  Occasionally a message is ‘bounced back’.  This is because you may have entered the …

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Confused with those acronyms in web addresses?

Let’s look at these terms. URL URL – Universal Resource Locator – this is the technical term for any web address Here is one example for us to investigate…… https://www.education.gov.au/funding-schools https: https:// – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol – these letters and symbols instruct the computer to look for the following address.  In most cases these …

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Attaching Files

A computer file that is sent with an email is called an attachment.  Files, single of multiple, can be attached to any email and sent. Sending an email with an attachment is generally a simple task.  Locate the ‘attach’ icon in your email and use it to find the additional information you want to send.  …

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