Refine SearchApplication Control Categories
Descriptions of the categories are designed to assist the reader with category comprehension only; They are not meant to depict any form of symbolic representation of the individuals who create the applications.
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| Botnet | Malicious applications that are used for distributing malware, DDoS attacks and other malicious purposes |  |
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| Business | Business related applications such as office suites | |
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| Cloud.IT | Cloud based applications | |
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| Collaboration | Applications used for desktop sharing, remote meetings and other connected collaboration | |
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| Applications for sending/receiving and processing email | |
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| File.Sharing | Applications used for sharing files | |
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| Game | Game applications | |
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| General.Interest | General interest tools, applications | |
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| IM | Instant Messaging applications | |
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| Industrial | Industrial applications | |
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| Mobile | Mobile application communications | |
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| Network.Service | Applications used for network related services and communications | |
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| P2P | Peer-to-Peer applications used for sharing files | |
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| Proxy | Proxy and VPN applications | |
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| Remote.Access | Remote access applications for file transfer or remote control | |
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| Social.Media | Online social media applications | |
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| Special | Special applications | |
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| Storage.Backup | Online storage applications for storage of files and photos | |
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| Update | Communications to update servers for various applications | |
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| Video/Audio | Video sharing, streaming and broadcasting applications | |
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| VoIP | Voice over IP applications | |
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| Web.Others | Web browser and other web crawling tools | |
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| Web.Client | HTTP based client applications | |
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| Unknown | All traffic that was not detected by any of the other application categories | |
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