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Computer Lingo 101By: Evan M. GreenThis is a list of common terms for daily use on your computer. (Updated 10/29/2019)Application – An?application, or?application?program, is a software program that runs on your?computer.Browser – A?web browser?(commonly referred to as a?browser) is a?software application?for accessing information on the?World Wide Web. When a?user?opens a particular?website, the web browser retrieves the necessary content from a?web server?then displays the resulting?web page?on the user's device.Search Engine - For a user, a search engine is just a website, such as?Google Search,?Bing, or?DuckDuckGo, that stores searchable data about other websites. However, to connect to a website's server and display its web pages, a user must have a web browser installed. Security Certificate – A security certificate is a small data file used as an Internet security technique through which the identity, authenticity and reliability of a website or?Web application?is established.A security certificate is used to provide the security level of a website to general visitors, Internet service providers (ISPs) and?Web servers.A security certificate is also known as a digital certificate and as a?Secure?Socket Layer (SSL) certificateURL – the address of a World Wide Web page. ................
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