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Glossary
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========
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.. glossary::
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.htaccess
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the default name of Apache's directory-level configuration file.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/.htaccess>
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ACL
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Access Contol List
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Blowfish
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a keyed, symmetric block cipher, designed in 1993 by Bruce Schneier.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowfish_(cipher)>
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Browser
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a software application that enables a user to display and interact with text, images, and other information typically located on a web page at a website on the World Wide Web.
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.. seealso:: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser>
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bzip2
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a free software/open source data compression algorithm and program developed by Julian Seward.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bzip2>
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CGI
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Common Gateway Interface is an important World Wide Web technology that
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enables a client web browser to request data from a program executed on
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the Web server.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGI>
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Changelog
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a log or record of changes made to a project.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changelog>
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Client
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a computer system that accesses a (remote) service on another computer by some kind of network.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_(computing)>
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column
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a set of data values of a particular simple type, one for each row of the table.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_(database)>
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Cookie
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a packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then sent back by the browser each time it accesses that server.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie>
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CSV
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Comma- separated values
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values>
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DB
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look at :term:`database`
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database
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an organized collection of data.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database>
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Engine
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look at :term:`storage engines`
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extension
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a PHP module that extends PHP with additional functionality.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/extension>
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FAQ
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Frequently Asked Questions is a list of commonly asked question and there
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answers.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAQ>
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Field
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one part of divided data/columns.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_(computer_science)>
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foreign key
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a column or group of columns in a database row that point to a key column
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or group of columns forming a key of another database row in some
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(usually different) table.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_key>
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FPDF
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the free :term:`PDF` library
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.. seealso:: <http://www.fpdf.org/>
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GD
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Graphics Library by Thomas Boutell and others for dynamically manipulating images.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/GD_Graphics_Library>
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GD2
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look at :term:`gd`
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gzip
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gzip is short for GNU zip, a GNU free software file compression program.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip>
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host
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any machine connected to a computer network, a node that has a hostname.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host>
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hostname
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the unique name by which a network attached device is known on a network.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname>
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HTTP
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HyperText Transfer Protocol is the primary method used to transfer or
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convey information on the World Wide Web.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperText_Transfer_Protocol>
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https
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a :term:`HTTP`-connection with additional security measures.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Https:_URI_scheme>
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IEC
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International Electrotechnical Commission
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IIS
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Internet Information Services is a set of Internet-based services for
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servers using Microsoft Windows.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Information_Services>
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Index
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a feature that allows quick access to the rows in a table.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_(database)>
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IP
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Internet Protocol is a data-oriented protocol used by source and
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destination hosts for communicating data across a packet-switched
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internetwork.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol>
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IP Address
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a unique number that devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Address>
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IPv6
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IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is the latest revision of the
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Internet Protocol (:term:`IP`), designed to deal with the
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long-anticipated problem of its precedessor IPv4 running out of addresses.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6>
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ISAPI
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Internet Server Application Programming Interface is the API of Internet Information Services (IIS).
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISAPI>
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ISP
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Internet service provider is a business or organization that offers users
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access to the Internet and related services.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISP>
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ISO
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International Standards Organisation
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JPEG
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a most commonly used standard method of lossy compression for photographic images.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG>
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JPG
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look at :term:`jpeg`
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Key
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look at :term:`index`
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LATEX
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a document preparation system for the TEX typesetting program.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX>
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Mac
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Apple Macintosh is line of personal computers is designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac>
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Mac OS X
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the operating system which is included with all currently shipping Apple Macintosh computers in the consumer and professional markets.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X>
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MCrypt
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a cryptographic library.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCrypt>
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mcrypt
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the MCrypt PHP extension.
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.. seealso:: <https://php.net/mcrypt>
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MIME
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Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions is
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an Internet Standard for the format of e-mail.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME>
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module
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some sort of extension for the Apache Webserver.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/module>
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mod_proxy_fcgi
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an Apache module implmenting a Fast CGI interface; PHP can be run as a CGI module, FastCGI, or
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directly as an Apache module.
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MySQL
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a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL (Structured Query Language) Database Management System (DBMS).
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL>
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mysqli
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the improved MySQL client PHP extension.
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.. seealso:: <https://php.net/mysqli>
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mysql
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the MySQL client PHP extension.
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.. seealso:: <https://php.net/mysql>
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OpenDocument
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open standard for office documents.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument>
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OS X
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look at :term:`Mac OS X`.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X>
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PDF
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Portable Document Format is a file format developed by Adobe Systems for
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representing two dimensional documents in a device independent and
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resolution independent format.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format>
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PEAR
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the PHP Extension and Application Repository.
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.. seealso:: <https://pear.php.net/>
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PCRE
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Perl Compatible Regular Expressions is the perl-compatible regular
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expression functions for PHP
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.. seealso:: <https://php.net/pcre>
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PHP
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short for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor", is an open-source, reflective
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programming language used mainly for developing server-side applications
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and dynamic web content, and more recently, a broader range of software
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applications.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP>
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port
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a connection through which data is sent and received.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_(computing)>
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RFC
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Request for Comments (RFC) documents are a series of memoranda
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encompassing new research, innovations, and methodologies applicable to
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Internet technologies.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments>
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RFC 1952
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GZIP file format specification version 4.3
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.. seealso:: :rfc:`1952`
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Row (record, tuple)
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represents a single, implicitly structured data item in a table.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_(database)>
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Server
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a computer system that provides services to other computing systems over a network.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_(computing)>
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Storage Engines
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handlers for different table types
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.. seealso:: <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/storage-engines.html>
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socket
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a form of inter-process communication.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket#Computer_sockets>
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SSL
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Secure Sockets Layer is a cryptographic protocol which provides secure
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communication on the Internet.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer>
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Stored procedure
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a subroutine available to applications accessing a relational database system
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.. seealso:: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stored_procedure>
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SQL
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Structured Query Language
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL>
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table
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a set of data elements (cells) that is organized, defined and stored as
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horizontal rows and vertical columns where each item can be uniquely
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identified by a label or key or by it?s position in relation to other
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items.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(database)>
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tar
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a type of archive file format: the Tape ARchive format.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(file_format)>
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TCP
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Transmission Control Protocol is one of the core protocols of the
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Internet protocol suite.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP>
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TCPDF
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Rewrite of :term:`UFPDF` with various improvements.
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.. seealso:: <https://tcpdf.org/>
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trigger
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a procedural code that is automatically executed in response to certain events on a particular table or view in a database
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.. seealso:: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_trigger>
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UFPDF
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Unicode/UTF-8 extension for :term:`FPDF`
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URL
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Uniform Resource Locator is a sequence of characters, conforming to a
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standardized format, that is used for referring to resources, such as
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documents and images on the Internet, by their location.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL>
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Webserver
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A computer (program) that is responsible for accepting HTTP requests from clients and serving them Web pages.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webserver>
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XML
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Extensible Markup Language is a W3C-recommended general- purpose markup
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language for creating special-purpose markup languages, capable of
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describing many different kinds of data.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML>
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ZIP
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a popular data compression and archival format.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_(file_format)>
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zlib
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an open-source, cross- platform data compression library by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.
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.. seealso:: <https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlib>
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