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Static IP Address – What Is a Static IP Address?

An IP address refers to a unique number allocated to devices connected over a network. It is used by network devices to communicate with each other. There are four types of IP addresses: private, public, dynamic, and static. A static IP address is a permanent non-changeable IP address.  What is a static IP Address, you ask? Let’s investigate. What Is a Static IP Address? A static IP address can…
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SSL Encryption - What is SSL Encryption?

What is SSL Encryption? Prior to the advent of TLS (Transport Layer Security) in 1999, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) was the most extensively adopted cryptographic protocol for providing security over internet communications. Although the SSL protocol has been deprecated and…
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Source Currency - What Is Source Currency?

What Is a Source Currency? A source currency or the base or primary currency is the currency denomination exchanged to obtain the currency of some other country or region. For instance, if you have some money saved up in U.S. dollars, $100, and you want to convert it into…
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SMTP - What is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)?

What does SMTP mean? Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a collection of communication protocols that allows applications to send email messages over the internet. SMTP is a program that uses email addresses to deliver messages to other computer users. What is SMTP and how does it work? Email protocols, like POP and IMAP, are sets of rules that allow different email clients and accounts to exchange…
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Single Location – What Is a Single Location?

What is single location? A location API is a fused location provider.  The fused location provider is a Google Play Services location API that dynamically integrates various signals to offer the location data that your app requires.  It controls underlying location…
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Rest API – What Is a Rest API?

What Is a Rest API? A REST API (commonly known as a RESTful API) is a sort of application interface (API or web API) that follows the restrictions of the REST organizational approach and facilitates interaction with RESTful web services.  Short for representational state…
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What is a region code?

An IP contains unique information about the owner’s location, down to their region in the country. Find out what a region code is, and how you can make use of it for your business. What is a region code? A region code is an international standard denomination for country subdivisions, established by the ISO-3166-2 code. The countries are established by the ISO-3166-1 code, and together, they…
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Real Time IP—What is Real-time IP?

What is Real-time IP? Both TCP and UDP are built on top of Internet Protocol (IP). The Real-time IP delivers streaming of audio and video over the internet by enabling Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP). Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) designed Real-time IP (RTP) for…
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Real-Time Exchange API – What Is Real-Time Exchange?

What Is Real-Time Exchange? Products and services are increasingly being accessed and purchased via the Internet. Living in a global village, if we have an online store, many of our customers would most likely be from different countries and want to use a foreign…
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Quotes – What Are Quotes?

What Are Currency Quotes? In foreign exchange terms, a pair of currencies are quoted against each other.  The base is the first listed currency in a currency pair, whereas the quote is the second listed currency, the benchmark.  Currency pairs are intended to be compared to determine how much of the quote currency we need to purchase one unit of the base currency.  Therefore, a three-letter…
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