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Week 7 New: Internet Matching

An activity to review the elements of the Internet vocabulary for week 7.

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URL (Uniform Resource Locator)The technical name for a global web address or a unique location name for a specific Web page on the World Wide Web.
HomepageThe main page of a Web site and serves as an index or table of contents to other documents stored at the site.
HyperlinkAn HTML document that leads to another place on the same page, to another page on the same web site, or, to another World Wide Web site.
Search EngineA program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found.
IP AddressAn identifier for a computer or device written in "dotted decimal" notation
InternetA global network connecting millions of computers.
World Wide WebA system of Internet servers (network of information) that are linked because an HTML document from one server might contain pointers to documents on many other servers.
IntranetA private network generally belonging to a corporation or organization that allows a select few members access to the pages and is protected from any other users not part of that network. This private network is unlike the Internet where a page may be accessible by anyone connected to the Internet.
RouterComputers that receive information and forward it the correct destination over the most efficient route available at the moment.
BandwidthThe amount of data a cable can carry.


Distance Learning Advisors/Computers Teachers
Heritage Middle School
Valdese, NC

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