Electronic Commerce (Charles River Media Networking/Security)

A special-purpose computer for internetwork connectivity. Often refers to a router (see router). Often refers to a system mediating between protocols, as with e-mail gateways that accept e-mail from the Internet and translate it to the appropriate e-mail protocol on the internal LAN.

The unit of measure equaling one billion bits.

The unit of measure equaling one billion bytes.

A character-based Internet information publishing application, developed at the University of Minnesota.