Often permitted by large, host computers who are willing to share openly some of the files on their system to outside users who otherwise would not be able to log in. Apache Web server software that is free, reliable and commonplace. Applet A small Java program that can be embedded in an HTML page. The current rule is that an applet can only make an Internet connection to the computer from which the applet was sent. ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode, a networking technology for file transfers.
Speeds can range up to six gigabits per second.
That's the equivalent of about 100 million words a second. Authentication Identifies an entity such as an individual, a machine on the network, or an organisation. See Certificates . Authorisation Controls who has access to an entire server or the particular files and directories on it. Restrictions can include hostnames and IP addresses.