An organization that hosts software applications on its own servers within its own facilities. Customers access the application via private lines or the Internet. With the advent of the Web browser as the universal client interface, the ASP market is expected to grow rapidly. See Web-based application and service bureau. An e-mail server that automatically responds to requests for information.
Browsers can be both text-based or graphic.
A remote computer connected to a host or server computer. Also refers to the software that makes this connection possible. Cyberspace is currently used to refer to the digital world constructed by computer networks, in particular the Internet. A basic type of Internet account that allows you to to dial-up a provider's computer with a modem. These types of accounts usually have a UNIX or other command-line interface.