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| ARPANET | the original name for the Internet |
| Browser | software program that you use to retrieve documents from the World Wide Web |
| Buddy list | chat option allowing a user to specify a list of friends and even tell when their friends are online |
| Domain name | portion of a website name that identifies the type of site |
| Electronic mail | message from one person’s computer to another's that is stored until read by the receiving person |
| Hypertext markup language (HTML) | text-based program is used to create documents for the WWW |
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) | the standard called that defines how messages are formatted and transmitted |
| Internet Relay Chat (IRC) | text based chat forum that uses the computer to create real |
| Keywords | describe the information you are trying to locate while searching for data on the web. |
| Mailing list | type of list allowing one message to be sent to everyone in a particular group receives that message |
| Newsgroup | discussion forum or a type of bulletin board |
| Protocols | standard format for transferring data between two devices |
| TCP/IP | the set of protocols computers use to communicate with each other on the Internet |
| TCP/IP | the agreed upon international standard for transmitting data. |
| Mailing list | when a message is sent to the group, everyone on the list |
| Hypertext markup language (HTML) | tags used to format text for display by a web browser |
| Electronic mail | can be used to send attachments such as audio files, documents, and pictures |
| Hypertext markup language (HTML) | a series of tags that are integrated into a text document |
| Newsgroup | electronic "board" dedicated to discussion on a particular topic |
