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  2. C (programming language) - Wikipedia

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    C ( pronounced / ˈsiː / – like the letter c) [6] is a general-purpose computer programming language. It was created in the 1970s by Dennis Ritchie and remains very widely used and influential. By design, C's features cleanly reflect the capabilities of the targeted CPUs. It has found lasting use in operating systems, device drivers, and ...

  3. Web application - Wikipedia

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    Web application. A web application (or web app) is application software that is accessed using a web browser. Web applications are delivered on the World Wide Web to users with an active network connection. [1] Single-page and progressive are two approaches for a website to seem more like a native app.

  4. Knowledge-based authentication - Wikipedia

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    Knowledge-based authentication. Knowledge-based authentication, commonly referred to as KBA, is a method of authentication which seeks to prove the identity of someone accessing a service such as a financial institution or website. As the name suggests, KBA requires the knowledge of private information from the individual to prove that the ...

  5. Authentication - Wikipedia

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    Authentication. ATM user authenticating himself. Authentication (from Greek: αὐθεντικός authentikos, "real, genuine", from αὐθέντης authentes, "author") is the act of proving an assertion, such as the identity of a computer system user. In contrast with identification, the act of indicating a person or thing's identity ...

  6. Gamification - Wikipedia

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    Examples of gamification in business context include the U.S. Army, which uses military simulator America's Army as a recruitment tool, and M&M's "Eye Spy" pretzel game, launched in 2013 to amplify the company's pretzel marketing campaign by creating a fun way to "boost user engagement." Another example can be seen in the American education system.

  7. Authentication server - Wikipedia

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    An authentication server provides a network service that applications use to authenticate the credentials, [1] usually account names and passwords, of their users. When a client submits a valid set of credentials, it receives a cryptographic ticket that it can subsequently use to access various services. Authentication is used as the basis for ...

  8. Trivial File Transfer Protocol - Wikipedia

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    RFC 1350. Trivial File Transfer Protocol ( TFTP) is a simple lockstep File Transfer Protocol which allows a client to get a file from or put a file onto a remote host. One of its primary uses is in the early stages of nodes booting from a local area network. TFTP has been used for this application because it is very simple to implement.

  9. Ajax (programming) - Wikipedia

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    Influenced by. JavaScript and XML. Ajax (also AJAX / ˈeɪdʒæks /; short for " A synchronous J avaScript a nd X ML " or " A synchronous Ja vaScript transfer ( x -fer)" [1] [2]) is a set of web development techniques that uses various web technologies on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications. With Ajax, web applications can ...