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> # Glossary

> Attach Merges the detached channel back into the Desktop.

> Attribute name Name for Desktop session attribute.

> Attribute value Value for Desktop session attribute.

> Bookmark A link to a web page. Bookmarks are created by defining the web page’s URL in the Bookmark channel.

> Bookmark Name Channel preference that defines the link text in the Bookmark Channel.

> Boolean A form of logic that uses operators to create a search string and provides a way of narrowing or expanding a search.

> browse To look through the categorical divisions of the resources in a search database.

> channel Module used to display content on the desktop.

> Common Name Channel preference that defines the name displayed in the User Information channel.

> content Desktop preference page that defines which channels are displayed on the Desktop. Content can also refer to the data that is contained within a channel.

> Desktop Graphical user interface that aggregates the end-user services and features that the Portal Server product provides.

> detach Separates a channel from the Desktop and displays the channel in its own browser window.

> edit To change or enter content or values.

> Extensible Markup Language A programming language, essentially a simplified version of SGML, that enables Web developers to create customized tags that will organize and deliver content more efficiently. XML is a metalanguage, containing a set of rules for constructing other markup languages. By enabling the creation of tags, XML expands the amount and kinds of information that can be provided about the data held in documents.

> frames Divide a browser window into separate scrollable areas.

> Greeting Channel preference that defines the greeting message that gets displayed in the User Information channel.

> home Default page that is displayed on the Portal Server Desktop.

> IMAP See Internet Message Access Protocol.

> Internet Message Access Protocol Allows remote access to mailboxes and folders. IMAP clients usually leave some or all messages and folders on the server, unlike POP, in which all messages are downloaded.

> IMAP server Server on which incoming email messages are stored.

> IMAP user User ID required for access to email account.

> IMAP password User password required for access to email account.

> Java Server Pages Technology that allows dynamic web page content to be independent of overall page layout.

> JSP See Java Server Pages.

> Language Information Channel preference that specifies in what language the text on your desktop is displayed. This preference is set in the User Information Channel.

> layout Desktop preferences page that determines the position of Channels on Desktop. Layout options allow you to select column width and change a channel’s location up or down on the Desktop. If the Thin-Wide-Thin column layout is selected, you can also change thin channel’s location across columns.

> logout Ends Portal Server session.

> maximize Restores Desktop icon to viewable interface object.

> Membership Authentication Method of authentication that uses a self-registration module rather than an independent authentication database. Users register themselves and create their own account.

> Membership Password User-defined password for accessing the Portal Server Desktop.

> minimize Reduces interface object to icon on Desktop.

> NetMail Information Mail server and user account settings that are used to provide access to your NetMail account.

> Notes A channel that posts messages and bulletins to an audience defined by the administrator.

> operators Used to combine or separate search criteria. The AND operator combines search strings and returns only items that contain all of the items searched for. The OR operator searches for items that contain any of the items in the search string.

> options Desktop preferences page that allows you to specify provider time-out values and column layout. Available only on certain Desktop configurations.

> provider Software that implements the Desktop functionality.

> reattach Displays a detached channel on the desktop.

> Rich Site Summary Summarizes contents of a web page, and provides a link to the web page.

> RSS See Rich Site Summary.

> search Channel that provides a way for document databases to be searched by keyword or by browsing categories of documents.

> search category Group of documents containing similar subject matter.

> Secure Socket Layer A form of secure, low-level encryption that is used by other protocols like HTTP and FTP. The SSL protocol includes provisions for server authentication, encryption of data in transit, and optional client authentication. The version used in Portal Server uses RSA’s public and private key encryption, as well as a digital certificate.

> section A single page on a frames-based Desktop used to organize channels.

> session A Portal Server session is a sequence of interactions between a user and one or more applications, starting with login and ending with logout or timeout.

> Simple Mail Transfer Protocol The email protocol most commonly used by the Internet and the protocol supported by the Sun Java System Messaging Server. Defined in RFC 821, with associated message format descriptions in RFC 822.

> SMTP See Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

> SSL See Secure Socket Layer.

> SSL Certificate An electronic token that means you or a vendor have given approval to encrypt and decrypt your secure transactions, using PKI. You create a self-signed SSL Certificate when you install Portal Server software. However, you can also obtain an SSL Certificate from a certificate vendor who authorizes secure communications services over the Internet.

> tabs Used to navigate individual Desktop pages. Choosing a tab displays a Desktop page and enables page-specific changes to content and layout preferences. Available only on certain desktop configurations.

> theme Desktop preferences page that defines the colors and font on the Desktop.

> Uniform Resource Locator A code that searches for the location of a specific address on the Internet.

> URL Channel preference that is used to specify web page locations used in many of the channels on the Desktop. See also, Uniform Resource Locator.

> URL Scraper A channel that displays a web page within the channel itself. Specified by the Portal Server administrator.

> Uniform Resource Locator A code that searches for the location of a specific address on the Internet.

> URL See Uniform Resource Locator.

> user ID Name by which a user is known to the system.

> Web See World Wide Web.

> Web page Document on the World Wide Web.

> Web Service Interactive document that allows user input for generating content.

> World Wide Web Network of servers on the Internet with one or more home pages that provide information and can include hypertext links to other documents on that server and often other servers as well.

> XML See Extensible Markup Language.

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