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VBScript
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition. Interpreted scripting language (subset
of MS Visual Basic language) for creating scripts that can be embedded in HTML
pages or for creating ActiveX Controls. Meant as an alternative to JavaScript.
Veronica
(Very Easy Rodent Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerized Archives) -- Developed
at the University of Nevada, Veronica is a constantly updated database of the
names of almost every menu item on thousands of gopher servers. The Veronica
database can be searched from most major gopher menus.
Viewer
An stand-alone application used to display files of different formats. For
example a QuickTime move viewer or a JPG file viewer.
Virtual Hosting
A shared hosting solution, the most basic of hosting types. Numerous Web sites
are shared on one server.
Virus
A computer virus is similar to a physical one, it infects the host (your
computer or network) and then does its best to spread to other hosts. Whilst
some viruses are harmless (their creators just want to see how well they work),
many are malicious and cause damage to systems by modifying or deleting data.
The two main sources of viruses are email attachments and files downloaded from
websites. Despite popular belief simply reading your email is not sufficient to
infect your system, you must execute the attached file for it to plant the
virus. Your best defense against viruses is to delete email attachments from
people you don't know, and to avoid downloading any files where the author or
source cannot be authenticated.
Visual Interdev
Visual Interdev is a Microsoft product designed to allow rapid creation of ASP
pages and websites. VPN
(Virtual Private Network). A virtual private network is a method of accessing
the private network in a secure way over public communication lines and
networks.
VRML
Pronounced ver-mal, and short for Virtual Reality Modeling Language, VRML is a
specification for displaying 3-dimensional objects on the World Wide Web. You
can think of it as the 3-D equivalent of HTML. Files written in VRML have a .wrl
extension (short for world). To view these files, you need a VRML browser or a
VRML plug-in to a web browser.
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