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special characters

Definition:

In the world of technology, special characters are known as the characters on a computer keyboard (although not restricted to just the characters on a keyboard) other than a-z (lowercase), A-Z (uppercase) and 0-9. Examples of special characters are !, #, &, " and +.

If a web site asks you to create a password and tells you that special characters are not allowed then orangejuice would be a valid password but *range-ju!ce would not.

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SSL

Short for Secure Sockets Layer, SSL is used to provide a secure connection between a user's computer and a web server. SSL ensures that confidential data such as credit card numbers are not compromised when transmitting over the Internet.

If a web page is secured using SSL there will typically be a padlock (or other similar) symbol displayed in the web browser.