Spam-Trap Address: An email address that is set up specifically to catch people who are harvesting addresses or using directory attacks to send unsolicited email. Used by Brightmail, ISPs and many in the anti-spam community.

 

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Spam-Trap Address: An email address that is set up specifically to catch people who are harvesting addresses or using directory attacks to send unsolicited email. Used by Brightmail, ISPs and many in the anti- . . . View Full Definition

IP Address: A unique number assigned to each device connected to the Internet. An IP address can be dynamic, meaning it changes each time an email message or campaign goes out, or it can be static, mean . . . View Full Definition

Familiar Address: Not to be confused with the animal known as a witch's familiar (see immediately below), the familiar address is the use of informal pronouns in Middle English and Early Modern English. Prono . . . View Full Definition

Logical Block Addressing (LBA): In a system using an enhanced BIOS and Operating System that supports the use of LBA, it would then be possible for the computer to use a larger hard drive. LBA allows for use of a unique se . . . View Full Definition

Media Access Control (MAC) Address: In networking, MAC Address refers to the globally unique hardware address of an Ethernet network interface card.

Memory Address: This refers to the actual location of physical memory. These unique identifiers are assigned at the systems boot process and are used to keep track of CPU and device information for later re . . . View Full Definition

Email Change of Address (ECOA): A process that provides updated email addresses for data files based on consumer-provided, permission-based data.

Email Address Finder: Service that allows you to search for other people's email addresses by entering their name, address, etc.

Address Bus: One or a series of electrical conductors that are used to carry the binary address from the microprocessor to the rest of the system.

Address: The location of a particular piece of data or other information found on a computer.