Escrow : A third party service that will essentially hold on to the buyer's payment when selling a domain name, thereby protecting both the buyer and seller.

Email : Electronic mail, electronic files that are transferred to computer or internet quickly from an outbox on one computer, to the inbox of another.

Expired Domain : A domain that has not been reregistered by the owner in the grace period allotted eventually becomes expired by the owner, and is placed into the pool of available names again.

Encrypted Password : A password that has been "scrambled" so that someone who is not intended to use that specific program or system will be denied.

Encryption : A very high security way to protect information that is sent over the Internet by scrambling the data so that only the person who is designated can read the information. Prevents any non-authorized party from reading or changing data.