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| acceptable use policy (AUP) | Restricts the manner in which a network may be used, and helps provide guidelines for teachers using technology in the classroom. |
| application | A software program that lets you complete a task, such as writing a paper, creating a poster, designing an image, or viewing a Web page. |
| bandwidth | Amount of information that one can send through a connection, measured in bits-per-second (Bps). |
| bit | Binary DigIT. A single digit number in base-2 (either a one or a zero). This is the smallest unit of computerized data. |
| browser | The software application that allows you to view Internet pages. |
| byte | A set of 8 bits that means something to the computer. |
| CPU | Hardware that most people consider the "brain" of the computer. |
| desktop | The background behind all your windows, menus, and dialog boxes: your virtual desk. |
| domain name | The unique address name for an Internet site. The part on the left is the most specific, and the part on the right is the most general. |
| download | To save a file onto your computer from another source, like the Internet |
| DNS (domain name system) | This is a service that stores, translates, and retrieves the numerical address equivalents of familiar host names that you use everyday. |
| Ethernet | A common method of networking computers in a Local Area Network (LAN). |
| firewall | Hardware and/or software that separates a Local Area Network (LAN) into two or more parts for security purposes. |
| FTP | This is the protocol used when you transfer a file from one computer to another across the Internet. |
| GIF | A...method of storing graphics...best for illustrations, cartoons, logos, or similar non-photographic graphics. |
| hard drive | A device for storing information in a fixed location within your computer. |
| HTML | This is the coding language used to create sites on the World Wide Web. |
| hypertext | Any text in a file that contains words...or graphics that, when clicked, cause another document to be...displayed. |
| IP Address | The number assigned to a host machine which is retrieved by a DNS when a request for an Internet site is made. |
| JPG or JPEG | A method of storing graphics...best choice for photographic images. |
| kilobyte (KB) | The name means a thousand bytes but, due to the binary nature of computers, it's technically 1024 bytes. |
| LAN | A computer network limited to the immediate area, usually the same building. |
| listserv | A very common program used to run a mailing list. |
| mailing list | Allows you to send e-mail to one address, [and it] is then sent to all other subscribers. |
| network | A group of connected computers that allows people to share information and equipment. |
| operating system (OS) | Programming that makes your computer run its most basic functions. Examples: Windows 95, 98, or NT, and Mac OS. |
| RAM | Readable and writeable memory that acts as a storage area while the computer is on, and is erased every time the computer is turned off. This memory stores data and helps execute programs while in use. |
| ROM | Readable memory that cannot be corrupted by accidental erasure. _______retains its data when the computer is turned off. |
| search engine | Giant databases on the Internet which store data on Web sites and their corresponding URLs. |
| server | A computer or software package that provides a specific service to client software running on other computers. |
| T-1 | One of the fastest...connections used for the Internet. |
| TCP/IP | The programming protocols invented by individuals in the U.S. Department of Defense to carry messages around the Internet. |
| URL | This is the address of any given site on the Internet. |
| WAN | A ______ connects computers across a large geographic area, such as a city, state, or country. The World Wide Web is a ____. |
| WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get. Monitor output that closely resembles the printed output. |
| zipped files | Files that are compressed and must be "unzipped" to be read. |
| e-mail | a way of sending paperless “letters” from one computer user to another |
| Internet (WWW) | “[a] far-reaching information network that bonds computers virtually everywhere |
