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| Web browser | Computer program designed to locate and display information on the web. |
| hypertext | A multimedia text display system in which words or phrases are highlighted to signal that clicking on them will reveal additional information. |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator. A document's address on the web. |
| Internet | A communication network that is itself a connection of many other networks. |
| html | Hypertext Markup Language. A set of commands that specifies the position, size, and color of text, plus the location of graphic information and the incorporation of sound and video. Also identifies words or images that serve as hyperlinks. |
| http | Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A document's address on the web. |
| Search Engine. | A program invoked from within the browser that scans the network by using a keyword or phrase. |
| LAN | Local Area Network. A network that interconnects communication devices and computers within an office or series of offices. |
| WAN | Wlide Area Network. A network that connects sites dispersed across states, countries, or continents. |
| Modem | A device that connects a computer to a communications medium and translates the data or information into a form that can be translated over the channel. Used in WANs. |
| Meta Engine | Searches other engines. Makes searching easier and more direct. |
| 4 Properties of a computer | Input, output, process, and store. |
| 4 Main tags needed to make a web page | html, head, title, body |
| tag | Recognized by angle brackets (<>), sets off sections of text that appear on a web page. Used in pairs. |
