Putting up a skill list

FrankB · Post by **FrankB** » 11 Feb 2007, 08:31

Hello all,

For job reasons i will soon need to "screen" a bunch of people before giving them training in IT.
Now,

how would you explain the following terms to laymen and very fresh beginners :

- difference between MS-DOS emulator and Windows
- difference between Outlook and Mail server (Exchange in this case )
- Server / Client ( this one is *very* important )
- a proxy
- a virtual server
- Intra-net / extra-net
- backoffice / frontoffice
- loggin on to a domain ( Windows logon ) and logging on to a server ( Web, HTTP_AUTH, etc..)

Any input is apreciated ; the more suggestions i have, the better i can put these difficult technical stuff in words from diiferent angles and viewpoints

For the ones that need extra details to formulate better responses, you can PM & social engineer me

Thank you at forehand.

Post by **Gogeta70** » 11 Feb 2007, 16:19

To explain a proxy, i'd say something like "Using a proxy is like putting a mask on your 'internet face', they will see someone elses face, and not your own." Maybe i'm just weird though... lol

For a server/client, i think that's simple. Simply say that "A server is a computer that gets requests from people over the internet and sends the proper information. For instance, google.com is a server. You ask for 'google' and the computer that google is on sends you the page. A client is the exact opposite, it asks for information from a server."