Return to Index WWWebfx Home Page PC Any Personal Computer, but usually refers to an IBM-compatible microcomputer. It has the filename.plan and usually contains some information you want people to know about you, such as your name, preferred e-mail address, and business phone. Plan files may also include information about the user's interests. Some systems administrators do not permit remote fingering of plan files for security or privacy reasons. A site where there exists a collection of telecommunications equipment, usually digital leased lines and multi-protocol routers to physically connect users to the Internet.
Many network providers have their equipment located along with telephone company POPs.
WWWebfx Home Page POP See Post Office Protocol and Point of Presence. When a packet comes in with the Telnet request, it carries a request for port 23. Each application has a unique port number associated with it. See also Transmission Control Protocol. A protocol designed to allow single-user hosts to read mail from a server.