Skype: The Definitive Guide

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P2P (peer-to-peer) networks

     applications

     client applications 2nd

     difficulty using

     earliest

     first-generation

     history

     ICQ

     KaZaA browser

     Napster

     nodes

     second-generation

     supernodes

     third-generation

P2P (peer-to-peer) programs

P2P computing

Pamela

passwords 2nd 3rd 4th

     changing

     secrecy

payments, trouble making

PC PitStop Web site

PDAs (personal digital assistants) 2nd

Performance Options dialog box

persistent chat

Personal Firewall Profile window

Personal Firewall window

personal firewalls

     Mac OS X Firewall

     McAfee Personal Firewall Plux

     Microsoft XP

     Symantec Norton Personal Firewall

     Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security firewall

     Windows Firewall for Windows XP Service Pack 2

     ZoneAlarm Pro

personal greeting 2nd

Personal Profile 2nd

     adding picture

     features for managing

     filling in

     information

     modifying information

     privacy

     public persona

     selecting picture

     updating 2nd

     uploading bitmap or .JPEG file 2nd

     viewing

phone devices

phone numbers

     existing and Skype accounts

     international format

     local

     typing

phones

Plantronics 2nd 3rd

platforms compatible with Skype

Playback Volume control

Pocket PC 2nd

     built-in voice recorder

     conference calls

     downloading Skype

     downloading Skype to PC first

     echo-cancellation preference

     headset

     installing Skype

     minimum system requirements

     preferences 2nd

     preventing standby mode

     recommended system requirements

     security

     Skype accounts

     Skype icon

     standby mode (sleep)

     testing microphone

     uninstalling Skype

pop-up windows 2nd 3rd

port settings 2nd 3rd

predefined groups

Predefined Groups command (Win)

preference menus

preferences

     Advanced menu 2nd 3rd

     Allow Calls From option

     Allow Chats From option

     Audio option

     'Away' online status

     Call Alerts option

     Call Forwarding and Voicemail option

     Calls option

     Chat Alerts menu

     Chat menu

     chats

     Connection option

     Echo Cancellation ON option

     Events option

     features

     General menu 2nd

     Hand/Headset Settings option

     Hotkeys option

     Keep Chat History option 2nd

     language

     Linux 2nd

     Mac OS X

     Manage Blocked Users option 2nd 3rd

     Microsoft Windows

     'Not Available' online status

     Notifications option

     Open Chats in Separate Windows option

     Pocket PC 2nd

     Port for Incoming Connections option

     preferred language

     Prevent Device Standby Mode When Online option

     privacy

     Privacy menu 2nd 3rd

     Remember My Password on This Computer option

     setting 2nd

     Show Emoticons option

     Skype

     Sound Devices option

     Sounds option

     Use Port 80 and 443 As Alternatives for Incoming Connections option

     Video option

     voicemail

Preferences panel

Prentice, Geoffrey

prerecorded messages

privacy

     authorizations 2nd 3rd

     calls

     e-mail addresses 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     features

     IM (instant messages)

     online status

     preferences

     transport-layer security

Privacy menu

processes, killing

products compatible with Skype

Profile icon 2nd 3rd

Profile window

programmable answering machine

programs and GUI (graphical user interface)

Properties command 2nd

Properties panel

Properties window 2nd

proxied network

proxies

proxy servers

proxy settings

ps -aux | grep skype command (Linux)

PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)

public-key cryptographic model

public-key cryptography

public-key/private-key cryptography