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Glossary of Terms

Glossary is usually defined as an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge. This knowledge base glossary provides a collection of knowledge base documents that define many technical terms. These terms are arranged alphabetically, but you can quickly jump to a specific term by selecting its first letter from the index of the knowledge base glossary below.

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5 Glossary Terms Found.
Backscatter
Backscatter is incorrectly automated bounce messages sent by mail servers, typically as a side effect of incoming spam
Base64
A method of encoding and decoding. It’s used to convert binary data transferred over the internet into the American Standard for Information Interchange (ASCII) text format.
BCC
Blind Carbon Copy: A feature that allows a sender to send a copy of an email to one or more recipients without revealing their email addresses to the other recipients.
Blacklist
A list of email addresses or domains that are considered spam and blocked by a spam filter.
Botnet
A network of compromised computers that are controlled by a malicious actor.