Malicious URLs are found in emails, in searches, on Social Media sites, and in texts. In this post, let's explore ways to avoid being fooled by these hacker tricks. What Is A URL? Before we look at malicious URLs, we need to know the definition of the acronym URL. A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is …
Category: Terminology
The 5 Ws – Still Relevant
The 5 Ws - are still relevant today. We have customers who create newsletters, flyers, posters, and more. (Note: in this post, I'll use those terms interchangeably.) Often, they log into our Remote Technical Support for help when they run into an issue. Sometimes they can't place pictures where they want them; sometimes they need …
Ten Internet Terms You May Or May Not Know
Let's look at ten Internet terms you may or may not know. I mean, it's difficult to naviagate a place when you don't speak the language, right? Let's look at some words first then we'll look at some acronyms. Words Hashtag - A hashtag is any word that has a pound sign (#) in front …
5 Questions And Their Answers From August 2021
I want to share 5 questions and their answers from August 2021 which have been brought up by our customers. As you probably know, after 15 years, I stopped writing the Question of the Week email. (See my blog post "2020 Finale.") Still, we are asked questions that others might be wondering about. With that …
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Is Yahoo A Browser?
This is our second post this month about terminology. (The first was "Speak The Language.") Today, we're going to just focus on one term - browser. Whenever we deal with people on the phone or in Remote Technical Support, THE most confusing term for them seems to be the word "browser." Let's see if we …
Speak The Language
Like many fields - think medical, legal, real estate - the computing world has lots of terminology which can be foreign to our normal thinking and even have double meanings. When we don't understand the terms being used, it causes loss of time, frustration and, sometimes, complete confusion. We see this all the time in …