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.
Secure Electronic Transaction Protocol (SET)
A standard protocol from MasterCard and Visa for securing online credit card payments via the internet. It is a three-way transaction involving the user, merchant and bank using SET protocols. Credit card data and a digital certificates (for authentication) are stored in a plug-in to the user's Web browser. A SET enabled server passes encrypted payment information from the merchant to the bank. Approval is electronically sent to the merchant.
