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Microsoft’s component object model (COM) technology used in web applications. ActiveX is implemented using any one of a variety of languages, including Visual Basic, C, C++, and Java. Microsoft’s Windowsspecific nonJava technique for writing applets. ActiveX applets take considerably longer to download than the equivalent Java applets; however, they more fully exploit the features of Windows.
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Convert enciphered text to plain text by means of a cryptographic system. The ability to convert, by use of the appropriate key, enciphered text into its equivalent plaintext.
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Any technique designed to provide the electronic equivalent of a handwritten signature to demonstrate the origin and integrity of specific data. Digital signatures are an example of electronic signatures. See digital signature.
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A method of logical reasoning which results in necessarily true statements. As an example, if it is known that every man is mortal and that George is a man, then it can be deduced that George is mortal. Deduction is equivalent to the logical rule of modus ponens.
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An OSI system that contains application processes capable of communication through all seven layers of OSI protocols. Equivalent to Internet host.
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