GLOSSARY

Provider - Professional Websites is a sole proprietorship of Texas

Client - The person or entity that is applying for Professional Websites  services

Service - The service provided by Professional Websites to one of our valued clients

Content - Information such as, but not limited to, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials

Bandwidth - the total amount of data downloaded from sites on Professional Websites and any of our affiliates, servers that comprise a single billing group. For billing purposes this is considered monthly.

Un-metered Bandwidth - implies that the data transfer is not charged on a metered basis so long as it remains within reasonable expectations.

Automatic Call Back - A link that, when clicked, sends an e-mail or phone message to a web business call center.

B2B - Business to Business

B2C - Business to Consumer

Banner ads - Clickable advertisements found on frequently visited websites.

Click to Dial - A link that, when clicked, initiates a phone call to a web company's telephone operator.

Co-browsing - When an operator helps a customer browse the company website over the phone.

Cookie - Information sent between a server and a client to help maintain state and track user activities in memory or disk.

Copyrighted Material - Protected works, literary, musical, artistic, photographic, audiovisual and software normally for 50 years in most countries.

Copyrights in the United States -
Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution gives authors exclusive rights to their own works for a limited time. Congress enacted the 1976 Copyright Act, which protects "original works of authorship", including "literary works". The term "literary works" has been held to include computer software. Section 103 of the Copyright Act protects "compilations", which are defined as works "formed by the collection and assembling of pre-existing materials or of data that are selected, coordinated, or arranged in such a way that the resulting work as a whole constitutes an original work of authorship". The copyright usually lasts for the life of the author plus 50 years.

The basic elements of a work are expression and originality. For copyright purposes, the work is considered original if it was independently created and not copied from others. Further, originality does not require novelty, that is, a work will not be denied copyright protection merely because it is similar to a work previously produced by someone else. Copyright protection does not extend to an idea or fact.

Credit Card - Information is entered on a secure webpage with a direct channel to a secure authorization server.

Designing - Creating web pages and setting up a website.

Digitized Check - is encrypted, verified by the storefront website at the check's financial institution which verifies bank funds.

Domain Name - The (URL - Universal Resource Translator). The name of your website like...www.websitename.com

DSL - (Digital Subscriber Line) A high speed (1.5 Mbps) data internet connection that uses standard copper phone lines.

E-Cash - electronic money or tokens, buy digital money from a bank and store in a digital wallet on a PC.

E-Commerce - Creating web pages with credit card security, product catalogs, shopping carts and storefronts. The business of E-Commerce is generating demand and ordering, knowing your customer and using the information you have, knowing whether you want to outsource or use in-house experts, to evolve, to be flexible, to create a business framework and anticipate hurdles, to have fulfillment, to process payments, to provide service and support, to provide security and be involved in the community.

E-Mail - A computer file associated with a domain name computer folder or directory like...emailname@websitename.com

Electronic Publishing - The use of computers, networks and the Internet to distribute information.

Hosting - Providing the service of storing and broadcasting web pages and e-mail over the internet.

Industrial Property - Industrial designs, inventions, trademarks, service marks, international protection. Many countries are signatories to various international treaties designed to provide reciprocal protection.

Intellectual Property - Industrial Property and Copyrighted Material, written materials, musical compositions and trademarks that are protected by law.

Inter-Company Commerce - Business conducted between two different companies.

ISDN - (Integrated Systems Digital Network) A high speed (125 Kbps) data connection using standard copper phone lines.

Legal Issues - Intellectual Property and Electronic Publishing

Non-Repudiation - Provides for a person to not be able to refuse or acknowledge a debt or contract.

SSL - (Secure Sockets Layer) An encryption protocol used to protect data transmitted from client browser to server.

T1 - A high speed (1.5 Mbps) connection to the internet using dial-up leased lines.

T3 - A high speed digital carrier capable of 44.74 Mbps, normally used by major ISP's and organizations.

Targeted E-Mail - Bulk e-mail sent to target consumers as electronic junk mail.

Top Level Domains - Top Level Domains categorize your registered domain name into types. These are the most commonly purchased by the public. It only matters to you which you choose for your website depending on price as each one can be different.

.biz - Business

.com - Commerce

.net - Network

.org - Organization

.us - United States

.ws - Website

.edu - Education

.info - Information

Webpage - A computer file that can be displayed and functions in an internet browser.

Website - One or more web pages stored on a computer, setup to be broadcast over the internet.