Spam Filtering
Definition: This is a security measure that the campus has implemented to help reduce the amount of spam that enters campus email system inboxes. Spam filtering is often available through ISPs and individual email programs. See security.ucdavis.edu/spam.cfm. Need another definition?
Spam
Definition: Unsolicited bulk email, irritating if not fraudulent, sent to large numbers of people. Need another definition?
Source Code
Definition: Computer programs or operating systems are originally written by a person in a programming language. This is the software's source code. To use it, the computer has to translate the program from the source code into the machine language that ...
Software Patches
Definition: Software patches are updates that fix a flaw in computer programs. Need another definition?
Software
Definition: Sets of instructions or data that tell a computer what to do. Software is often divided into two categories: system software, which includes the operating system (e.g., Windows Vista, MacOSX) and all utilities that enable the computer to function; and ...
SMTP
Definition: Simple mail transfer protocol. A protocol for transferring email messages from one server to another. Need another definition?
SLA
Definition: Service level agreement. A contract between a software provider and an organization. Need another definition?
Site License
Definition: A license that gives a customer permission to use a software package on more than one system. Site licenses provide a bulk rate to companies and schools that want to use software on many computers. UC Davis has negotiated special ...
SIMM
Definition: Single inline memory module. A circuit board on which RAM memory chips are mounted. Need another definition?
SGML
Definition: Standard generalized markup language. A set of standards for document markup tags. SGML rules formed the basis for HTML, and it is used to manage large documents that are revised frequently, but is not used widely on personal computers. Need another ...
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