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Adware

software that may have been installed on your computer by a remote site. Many free utilities that you download from the Internet will install hidden software that sends details of the websites you visit and other information from your computer (which can include your email address) to advertisers so they can target you with popup ads and spam. (From: http://www.hull.ac.uk/ict4lt/en/en_glossary.htm)

Greylisting

Greylisting is a new weapon to use against spam in this great war being waged upon it. With this new shielding method, by which you may block out huge amounts of spam, you are sure to please your email clients! In name as well as working, greylisting is related to whitelisting and blacklisting. What happen is that each time a given mailbox receives an email from an unknown contact (ip), that mail is rejected with a "try again later"-message (This happens at the SMTP layer and is transparent to the end user). This, in the short run, means that all mail gets delayed atleast until the sender tries again - but this is where spam looses out! Most spam is not sent out using RFC compliant MTAs; the spamming software will not try again later.

(from http://greylisting.org/)

Linspire

Very easy to use linux distribution based on Debian, from the creator of MP3.com

Linux

An Open Source implementation of UNIX initiated by Linus Torvalds, which runs on many different hardware platforms including Intel, Sparc®, PowerPC, and Alpha Processors. Hundreds of application programs have been written for Linux, some of these by the GNU project.

Mysql

The MySQL database server is the world's most popular open source database. Over five million installations use MySQL to power high-volume Web sites and other critical business systems — including industry-leaders like The Associated Press, Google, NASA, Sabre Holdings and Suzuki.

MySQL is an attractive alternative to higher-cost, more complex database technology. Its award-winning speed, scalability and reliability make it the right choice for corporate IT departments, Web developers and packaged software vendors.

(from http://www.mysql.com/)

Pentium

A 32-bit microprocessor introduced by Intel in 1993. It contained 3.3 million transistors, nearly triple the number contained in its predecessor, the 80486 chip. The Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III and, most recently, the Pentium IV microprocessor, have superseded the original Pentium processor. (Adapted from http://webopedia.internet.com) For more information about the Pentium processor, go to the Intel site. (Pentium III: http://www.intel.com/home/pentiumIII/index.htm; Pentium IV: http://www.intel.com/home/pentium4/index.htm)

postfix

What is Postfix? It is Wietse Venema's mailer that started life as an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible enough to not upset existing users. Thus, the outside has a sendmail-ish flavor, but the inside is completely different. (from http://www.postfix.com/)

rbl

Realtime Blackhole List. A list of open mail relays and rogue sites, maintained by Paul Vixie. Subscribers to the RBL reject all mail and/or connection attempts from RBL'd IP addresses, effectively cutting off irresponsible/incompetent domains from the rest of the Internet. Subscription is completely voluntary, details are at http://maps.vix.com/rbl/. (from http://www.msg.net/kadow/answers/r.html)

Spam

An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list, or USENET or other networked communications facility as if it was a broadcast medium (which it is not) by sending the same message to a large number of people who didn't ask for it. The term probably comes from a famous Monty Python skit which featured the word spam repeated over and over. The term may also have come from someone's low opinion of the food product with the same name, which is generally perceived as a generic content-free waste of resources. (Spam is a registered trademark of Hormel Corporation, for its processed meat product.) E.g. John Smith spammed 50 USENET groups by posting the same message to each. (from http://www.iwi.com.sg/services/webhosting/terms.asp)

Spyware

A technology that assists in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge. On the Internet, "spyware is programming that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather information about the user and relay it to advertisers or other interested parties." As such, spyware is cause for public concern about privacy on the Internet. (From reach.ucf.edu/~coursdev/cdrom/html/help/glossary.html)

sql

Structured Query Language. A specialized programming language for sending queries to databases. Most industrial-strength and many smaller database applications can be addressed using SQL. Each specific application will have its own version of SQL implementing features unique to that application, but all SQL-capable databases support a common subset of SQL. (from http://simplythebest.net/hosting/glossary.html)

Wine

Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix.

Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100%% non-Microsoft code, however Wine can optionally use native Windows DLLs if they are available. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix as well as a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows programs to run on x86-based Unixes, including Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris.

From winehq.com