Transfer Protocol - the protocol used to transfer Usenet news articles between systems on the Internet. As with any other protocols you only need to know that they exist and that your computer is or isn't running them. A Bundle of data that traverses a network. Each packet can be anything between 40 and 32,000 bytes in size. Ping is a utility that you use to check if you, or another computer, is currently connected to the internet.
Ping works a lot like a submarine's sonar.
It bounces a signal off another computer to see if it working. Point Of Presence - a local Internet access point set up by an access provider to reduce the telephone charges for people dialing in. POPmail can be accessed through Eudora Light, Outlook, or Netscape. Eudora is offered in the IAP internet package. Outlook is offered through the Microsoft Office contract.