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.
Microsoft Corporation
the world’s leading software company, started in 1975 by Paul Allen and Bill Gates when they developed operating software for the Altair, a home computer used mainly by hobbyists. The software pioneers were approached in 1981 to design an operating system for the IBM Personal Computer, and history was made with the introduction of Microsoft DOS. Today Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of soft-ware products for a multitude of computing devices. In a widely publicized antitrust lawsuit, the US Justice Department has ruled that the corporation is a monopoly and has ordered a breakup of the company. Microsoft has vowed to fight the ruling stating that to divide would hurt the company, the consumers that rely on their products, and the US economy. Many await the final disposition of the case.
