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| netiquette | The prescribed social behaviors and manners on the Internet |
| acronym | An abbreviation for a phrase often used in chat rooms |
| emoticon | :-), a smiley |
| infrastructure | Main connecting links between computers on the Internet |
| IP address | 216.101.52.3, associated with the internet server and user name |
| domain name | Text associated with an IP address |
| .com | Indicates the website is a commercial website |
| modem | Stands for modulator/demodulator |
| bps | The speed by which a modem is measured |
| ISP | AOL, internet service provider |
| web browser | Microsoft Interenet Explorer |
| email | The most common Internet service |
| URL | Unique address to help you locate a specific document on a website |
| search engine | AskJeeves.com, a type of search or research method on the www |
| TCP/IP | The Internet protocol |
| boolean search | searches more than one serach engine at once by using more than one word |
| backbone | a central cohesive source of support of networks |
| ARPANET | ARPANET (Early Department of Defense) was the predecessor to the Internet. |
| Internet | a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide |
| ISP | Internet Service that provides service to other computers |
| drill down | a search method that allows users to click on links within a web site and links them to other pages or sites |
| hidden codes | A set of code words and a text are given |
| HTML | hypertext markup language, used to structure text and multimedia documents and to set up hypertext links between documents, used extensively on the World Wide Web |
| SPAM | junk mail |
| site map | a textual or visual index of a Web site's contents |
| domain | a group of computers and devices on a network that are administered under the same protocol |
| meta-search engine | transmits your search simultaneously to several individual search engines and their databases of web pages |
| Boolean Operator | any operation in which allows the user to search using multiple wods |
| directory | a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people |
| keyworkds | important words found in a document, can be used to search specifics |
| Intranet | a network of computers within a business |
| Network | a system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected |
