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| ARPANET | A system of computers that were the beginning of the Internet. |
| TCP/IP | Basic communication language of the Internet. |
| INFRASTRUCTURE | The hardware and software used to connect computers. |
| ROUTER | A device or software that detemines the next network point to which a packet of information should be forwarded. |
| BACKBONE | A large tranmission line that carries data from smaller lines that are interconnected to it. |
| FTP | A standard Internet protocol that allows files to be exchanged between two computers. |
| HOST | A computer that has full two-way access to other computers on the Internet. |
| TRANSFER | The movement of one or more files from one location to another. |
| TELNET | Software that allows a user at one computer to have access to the files on another computer. |
| TERMINAL EMULATION | The ability to make one computer look just like another computer. |
| PROTOCOL | A standardized description of messages that computers use to communicate with each other. |
| DOMAIN | An area of the Internet owned by a company or person. |
| URL | A unique string of characters that represents the location of a particular resource on the Internet. |
| PPP | A serial interface that connects one computer to another. |
| WAP | A set of communication protocols that allow wireless device to access the Internet. |
| HYPERTEXT LINK | A pointer from a one place in a document to another document. |
| ATTRIBUTE | A parameter of an HTML element that modifies its effect. |
| BODY | The main text or content in an HTML document. |
| HEADER | Identifies the pertinent information in an HTML document. |
| TAG | A sequence of characters that starts an element in an HTML document. |
| BOOLEAN | The use of connectors such as "and" and "or" to aid in Internet searches. |
| SEARCH ENGINE | A software program that compares a search request to its index and returns the results. |
| SPIDER | A program that searches websites and gathers information into large databases. |
| WEB BUG | A transparent or invisible file object placed on a webpage to monitor use behavior. |
| TRUNCATION | Only a predetermined number of characters are used in a field. |
