Rent paid to the owner of a utility pole by other utilities using the pole. Designation given to Internet sites used as main points of entry to the World Wide Web. Type of photodetector used to convert optical signals to electrical signals in a receiver. To send a message to a newsgroup or e-mail mailing list. Also a method of accessing a CGI application.
Later versions are incompatible with earlier versions.
See Plain Old Telephone Service. PERL has played an important role in the creation of many Internet applications. Among the Internet tools and application written in PERL are a number of useful HTML filters. Regulation that places a ceiling on telephone prices rather than attempting to assess costs and rates of return. LECs have lobbied for and increasingly obtained price-cap regulation from state PUCs.