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| ARPA | Agency of the US DOD that built ARPANET, the original networking project that was at the beginning of the Internet |
| ARPANET | Started by ARPA, in 1969, was the beginning of the Internet. Linked together scientific and academic researchers in U.S. |
| Browser | Software application used to access and view web pages |
| Domain Name | Text version of an IP address, also called a web address |
| DNS | Domain Name System, system that registers domain names |
| E-Mail Address | Combination of a user name and a domain name, identifying a user so he or she can receive Internet e-mail |
| Emoticons | Combination of symbols and letters used in e-mail to express emotion, such as :) representing a smile |
| FTP (File Transfer Protocol) | Internet standard that allows a user to exchange data |
| Gopher | A text viewer that can be used to follow hyperlinks between different documents |
| Graphics | Digital representations of nontext information such as drawings, charts, and photographs; designs and images that convey messages |
| GIF | File that is graphical image saved using compression techniques to reduce the file size for faster downloading from the web |
| Home Page | Starting page for a web-site, similar to a book cover or table of contents for the site |
| Hypertext Markup Language | Language used to create and format web pages, using set of special codes, called tags |
| HTTP | Starts most web page URL's, it is the communication standard used to transfer pages to the web |
| Internet | The world's largest network; a world wide collection of networks that link together millions of computers |
| ISP (Internet Service Provider) | Organization that has a permanent connection to the Internet and provides temporary connection to individuals and companies for a fee |
| JPEG | File that is graphical image saved using compression techniques to reduce the file size for faster downloading from the web; used for photographs, artwork, and other images |
| Links | Contained in most web pages, built in connections to another related web page |
| Marquee | Text that is animated to scroll across the screen |
| Netiquette | Short for Internet etiquette, the code of acceptable behavior |
| Online Service | Organization that has permitted connection to the Internet and provides temporary connections to individuals and companies for a fee |
| Search Engine | Software program that finds web sites, web pages, and Internet files. |
| Server | A computer that manages the resources on a network |
| Tags | Codes used by hypertext markup language that specify how text and other elements display in a web browser and where links lead |
| Telnet | program or command that allows a user to connect to a remote computer on the Internet by entering a user name and password |
| URL (Uniform Resource Locator) | Unique address for a web page |
| Web | One of the many services available on the Internet |
| Web Page | Electronic document, contains graphics, text, images, sound, and video as well as links |
| Web Sites | Collection of related web pages that can be accessed electronically |
| Web Master | Individual responsible for developing web pages and maintaining a web site |
| WWW | Worldwide collection of electronic documents |
