Security of services Definitions
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Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA)
The Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) is a set of standards defining the way in which information is shared among diverse components of large, heterogeneous grid systems.
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Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P)
Sponsored by the World Wide Web Consortium, P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences Project) is a framework for products and practices that will let World Wide Web users control the amount of personal information they share with Web sites.
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spam for life (S4L)
S4L is an online chat acronyms for "spam for life," the possible result of subscribing to an online service or becoming anyone's customer or client.
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spamdexing
Spamdexing, coined from spam and index, is the practice of including information in a Web page that causes search engines to index it in some way that produces results that satisfy the spamdexer but usually dissatisify the search engine providers and users.
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SQUID
SQUID is also an abbreviation for Source Quench Introduced Delay, a networking term, and superconducting quantum interference device.
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trap
In a Web site, a trap is a page that does not allow the reader to back up a previous page (the Back button on the toolbar is inoperable).
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Web bug (Web beacon)
A Web bug, also known as a Web beacon, is a file object (usually a graphic image such as a transparent GIF) that is placed on a Web page or in an e-mail message to monitor user behavior.
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WS-Security (Web Services Security)
WS-Security (Web Services Security) is a proposed IT industry standard that addresses security when data is exchanged as part of a Web service.