Lex Cyberia

Cyber Glossary

Cyberlaw dictionary is an alphabetical reference guide to technical and legal terms related to the Internet. The site you are now browsing contains over 500 definitions of words drawn from Standard Internet English including technical terms and their meanings. Our aim is to explain basic technical jargon of cyberspace to those who are not familiar with its jargon. We've given preference to terms that are widely used, like modem or bandwidth, and to those that describe new concepts specific to the Internet experience such as phishing or sexting.

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Application Service Provider (ASP

Third-party businesses that provide software-based services and solutions from a central data center to users across a wide network area. For example, ASPs may run web sites that are used by other companies to accept credit card payments. This is a good way for companies to outsource their information technology needs.