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Glossary
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Attachment
An attachment is a file sent with an e-mail message. It can be a picture, a word document, or any other file which requires another program to open it.
B
Browser
A browser is an application program that allows users to interact with the World Wide Web (WWW). Examples of well known browsers include Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.
C
Cache
Cache (also known as web cache or HTTP cache) is a temporary storage or memory that allows fast access to data.
Captcha
Captcha is an online test where users are required to fill in inputs from a given image. It is used as a way to distinguish between human from computers and prevent computer-generated spam messages.
CMS
Content Management System (CMS) is a system used to manage the creation, modification, and removal of content from a website without needing the expertise of a web designer.
Concurrent user
Maximum number of users log in to the system or visit the website within a second.
Control Panel
AfterOffice Control Panel is a place for the Virtual Office administrators to modify system settings and controls, such as user account settings, user groups and access control, SMTP settings, Junk settings and more.
D
Daily Outgoing Email Quota
Limits the number of email sent per day.
Domain
Domain name is used to identify the location of particular server that keeps your corporate entity on the Internet.
E
Email Bandwidth
The rate at which the email data can be transferred.
I
IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a standard email protocol that allows email clients to access email messages on a server without the need to download them into local computer or mobile phone.
L
LAMP
LAMP is a web development platform that uses Linux (“L”) as the operating system, Apache (“A”) as the web server, MySQL (“M”) as the database management system and PHP (“P”) as the programming language.
M
MailBooster
MailBooster is a value added service to AfterOffice Email that helps to protect all your business email from bouncing back when your mailbox is full (exceeded email disk space), assuring seamless business communication.
Mail Client
Mail client refers to the program or application that you use to access your emails. Some examples of mail clients are MS Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail.
P
POP
Post Office Protocol (POP) is a simple email protocol that allows mail clients to download emails from the server in a one-time manner.
S
Suspicious Access Prevention
Suspicious Access Prevention (SAP) is a geo-location control feature built on top of your Virtual Office account login authentication process that rejects potential suspicious access.
V
VO Credits
VO Credits is an easy and convenient way to pay for various AfterOffice app features that are not free and it is on pay-per-use basis.
Virtual Office
AfterOffice Virtual Office (AVO) suite is a web-hosted application service that comes with several office and business solutions, such as email, cloud storage, calendar, contact manager, web-based instant messenger and more.
W
Webmail
AfterOffice webmail refers to the email service that is available in the Virtual Office application.
