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Cache
Is a place to store something more or less temporarily. Web pages you've visited are stored in your browser's cache
directory on your hard disk . Likewise, ISPs cache web pages which speeds up access times for users, as the page is being
read from the cache memory and not downloaded from the actual web site.
See Also:Browser
Central Office
A facility owned by the incumbent operator where subscriber lines are connected to the local switching equipment, such as a local exchange.
See Also:Broadband
CERN
(Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire) A Lab located in Geneva, Switzerland, where the concept for the World Wide Web was first developed.
Certificate Authority
An issuer of Security Certificates used in SSL connections.
See Also:SSL
CGI
(Common Gateway Interface) an interface-creation scripting program that allows you to make WWW pages on the fly based on information from fill-in forms, checkboxes, text input etc.
Client
In a Client-Server relationship, the client is a computer running programs or applications from the server, or accessing files from it.
Colocation
Most often used to refer to having a server that belongs to one person or group physically located on an Internet-connected network.
See Also:Server, Network
Compress
The act of discarding redundant or semi-redundant information from a file, thereby making it smaller.
Compuserve
US Internet Service Provider; one of the oldest and biggest. Now owned by America Online (AOL)
Cookie
A Cookie is a piece of software which records information about you. It holds this information until such time that the server requests it. For example, if you are browsing around a virtual shop, each time you place an item in your basket the information is stored by the cookie until you decide to buy and the server requests the purchase information.
CyberCafe
A cafe or bar allowing customers to explore the World Wide Web whilst having a drink or snack, usually charged per half-hour of usage.
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