Search Engines - Searchable databases that "keywords" are typed into to locate specific web pages, UseNet Newsgroups, FTP sites, & every other imaginable thing. E.g. Yahoo has a search engine.
Server - A computer, or software package, providing specific services to client software (e.g. a Browser) that runs on other computers. The term "Server" can refer to either a particular piece of software, such as a WWW server, or to an actual machine on which the software is running.
server - A provider of resources (e.g., file servers and name servers). See also: client, Domain Name System, Network File System.
Server Daemon - Your PC becomes a server so other computers on the Internet can access it.
Shockwave - A plug-in. A program for showing many graphics online, such as animations.
SIG - Special Interest Group
signature - The three or four line message at the bottom of a piece of email or a Usenet article which identifies the sender. Large signatures (over five lines) are generally frowned upon. See also: Electronic Mail, Usenet.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) - A protocol, defined in STD 10, RFC 821, used to transfer electronic mail between computers. It is a server to server protocol, so other protocols are used to access the messages. See also: Electronic Mail, Post Office Protocol, RFC 822.
SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) - One of two Internet mail server protocols. The SMTP server sends e-mail text files. When sending e-mail, the e-mail client (the e-mail program) contacts the SMTP server. The SMTP server moves the e-mail to a POP server for storage.
SMTP - See: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
snail mail - A pejorative term referring to the normal 'paper' postal service.
Stock Quotes - Programs for receiving stock quotes directly to a computer.
