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Search Engine
When a user enters text into a search form, a program called a search engine analyzes the text and searches for matching terms in an index file, which was created using a search indexer. The search engine returns the results of its search using a results listing.
SHTTP
secure hypertext transfer protocol
This protocol was developed by Enterprise Integration Technologies to keep your moolah safe on its way from your wallet to a commercial transaction on the Internet.
SMTP
simple mail transfer protocol
When you're exchanging electronic mail on the Internet, SMTP is what keeps the process orderly. It's a protocol that regulates what goes on between the mail servers.
Snail Mail
This term is used by supercilious fans of email to describe the regular paper-based mail service. Since the delay between sending email and receiving it can be as little as a few seconds, regular mail seems a lot slower by comparison.
SQL
Structured Query Language
A type of programming language used to construct database queries and perform updates and other maintenance of relational databases, SQL is not a full-fledged language that can create standalone applications--but it is strong enough to create interactive routines in other database programs. If you're looking into buying relational database software, make sure it has SQL support. Incidentally, SQL was developed as a result of an IBM project called Structured English Query Language, so to this day it is pronounced "sequel," not "squeal."
SSI
Server-Side Include
SSIs allow for dynamic additions, such as a clock with the current time, to be easily attached to Web pages.
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
SSL is a transaction security standard developed by Netscape Communications to enable commercial transactions to take place over the otherwise notoriously nonsecure Internet. It's one of a few competing security standards.