Important Terms related to Intermediaries in India
Meaning of Intermediaries in India
“Intermediary” with respect to any particular electronic records, means any person who on behalf of another person, receives, stores or transmits that record or provides any services with respect to that record and includes telecom service providers, network service providers, internet services providers, web-hosting service providers, search engines, online payment sites, online-auction sites, online-market places and cybercafés
Meaning of Interactive websites in India
This includes social media sites like Facebook and Twitter that act as platforms to store and retrieve content, blogging platforms like Blogspot and WordPress, auction sites like eBay, and payment gateways like PayPal. The pictorial representation gives an overview of the intermediaries involved in a common internet transaction.
Meaning of Web hosts in India
These are service providers like Godaddy.com that provide space on server computers to place files for various web sites so that these sites can be accessed by users.
Meaning of DNS providers in India
These service providers translate the domain names (eg. www.sflc.in) to addresses (eg. 64.202.189.170) that can be understood by computers.
Meaning of Search engines in India
These are web sites like Google and Bing that help users to search for specific information on the web and provide links to web-sites having content relevant to the search terms given bye the user.
Meaning of Internet Service Providers (ISP) in India
Internet Service Providers (ISP) in India like Airtel and MTNL help users to get connected to the internet by means of wired or wireless connections.
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