TCP/IP

TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. TCP/IP is the basic protocol for communication on the Internet. Other protocols, such as FTP and HTTP, work with TCP/IP.

telnet

Telnet is a communication protocol that allows your computer to make a terminal connection to another computer on the Internet. This gives you command-line access to the other computer.

thread

Thread is a term used to describe related messages in a newsgroup. Threads are formed when people reply to a message. Find out more about newsgroups.

traffic

Traffic is the amount of information being sent over the Internet. Generally, traffic increases when there are more people connected to the Internet. The Internet Traffic Report site measures and reports on the flow of Internet traffic around the world.

trojan horse

A trojan horse is a special type of virus, designed to look innocent while actually playing havoc with a computer's files. Unlike a true virus, a Trojan Horse can't reproduce itself, nor can it infect programs.

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