Web Hosting Glossary,Terms Letter: S

Terms Letter: S


S/MIME
Secure Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extension (S/MIME) is a specification for encrypting and authenticating MIME data. It is a way of making email messages more secure.

Scripting Language
A programming language designed specifically for Web site programming. Examples are PHP, Perl, Java Script, VBScript, ETC

Search engine
A "search engine" is a Web site that employs bots to search the Web. Search engines take the information gathered by its bots and use it to create a searchable index of the Net. The Major search engines are Google, Yahoo, MSN,…