| A | B |
|---|
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| HTTP | hypertext transfer protocol |
| HTML | hypertext markup language |
| WWW | world wide web, part of the internet |
| Internet | network of computers |
| .edu | educational site |
| .com | commercial site |
| .org | organizational site |
| homepage | first page or main page on a web site |
| search engine | computer program to let you search for words on web |
| Domain name | unique name that identifies a site |
| hypertext links | highlighted words that link to other web pages |
| .pdf | portable document format, uses Adobe Acrobat |
| ~ | tilda - indicates is a personal web site |
| web site | set of web pages belonging to one organization |
| web browser | software program to connect to the internet |
| subject directory | used to search for broad subjects / database of websites chosen by people |
| metasearch engine | search engine that searches results of many search engines |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| .mil | military web site |
| .com | commercial web site |
| server | computer that hosts information, web pages, and is connected to the internet |
| stop words | very common words that are ignored by search engines |
| cookie | little message left on your computer when you connect to an internet site |
| cache | a way of storing copies of the web pages you visit to more quickly retrieve them |
