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deep link

A deep link is a webpage link from one website to another website that bypasses the second website’s homepage and goes straight to an internal page on the second website. According to Adjust’s Mobile Marketing Glossary, the purpose of a deep...

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), is a federal statute that addresses a number of copyright issues created by the use of new technology and the Internet including digital rights management (methods for stopping infringement), and...

expunge

To expunge means to destroy, obliterate, or strike out records or information in files, computers, and other depositories. A well-known example of this is the expungement of criminal records. The majority of states allow people to have their...

HTML

HTML, the abbreviation of Hypertext Markup Language, is an internet markup language that governs the structure of online pages. It is one of the most fundamental components of any website. It was designed by the British scientist Sir Tim...

HTTP

HTTP, the abbreviation of HyperText Transfer Protocol, is the communications protocol for transferring data over web servers on the Internet or on a local network (intranet). It's part of the Internet protocol suite, and it defines the...

hyperlink

A hyperlink, sometimes called a link, is any component of a webpage that connects two different webpages or two different locations of the same website. Hyperlinks are sometimes a different color than the rest of the text (e.g. they are blue...

IP address

An IP address is a unique identification number that is attributed to a device that is connected to a computer network, using the internet. IP stands for “Internet Protocol” which refers to the rules governing the format of data sent through...

link

A link, also called a hyperlink, is any component of a webpage that connects two different webpages or two different locations of the same website. Links are sometimes a different color than the rest of the text, or underlined to indicate...

pen register

A pen register is a device or process that traces outgoing signals from a specific phone or computer to their destination; it is often used by law enforcement as the advanced counterpart of an outgoing call log. A pen register produces a list...

trap and trace device

A device or process that records the sources of incoming signals to a specific phone or computer. Often used by law enforcement as the advanced counterpart of Caller ID. A trap and trace device identifies the phone numbers or Internet addresses of...

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