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sending particular types of information between computer systems.
Examples include POP (Post Office Protocol), for email, and HTTP
(HypterText Transfer Protocol), for web pages.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="public-key-encryption">
+ <glossterm>Public Key Encryption</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ A strong encryption method that uses a set of two "keys," one of
+ which is made public, and one of which is kept private. Data
+ encrypted using the public key can only be decrypted using the
+ private key. The longer the keys, the more difficult it is to
+ break the encryption.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+
<glossentry id="regular-expression">
<glossterm>Regular Expression</glossterm>
<glossdef>