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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Webmaster

an individual who maintains Web pages. The webmaster.s duties might include creating a site, updating pages, maintaining the hardware to keep a site operational, responding to user inquires, fulfilling orders on a commercial site, and monitoring site traffic using specific software designed to count hits, and impressions. For especially large Websites, a webmaster might employ a team of assistants. A webmaster might also be called a websmith, webmistress, or Web guru.