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| browser | A program that allows a user to display HTML |
| censorship | An issue related to who will regulate the contents of a CD title, expecially concerning pornography, racism, and violence. |
| cookie | A collection of information stored on the local computer of a World Wide Web user; used cheifly by Web sites to identify previous users. |
| copyright | A law that secures for a limited time to the creators the exclusive right to their works. |
| Favorites (Bookmarks) | A place in a World Wide Web document that you can jump to by name. |
| Freeware | software that is available for free, usually over the Internet. |
| hacker | one who illegallyenters another's electronics |
| Home page | the Web page that serves as your main menu or home |
| hyperlink | A retrieval system that enables a user to access particular locations in Web |
| HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) | The coding specification for creating Web pages; contains the text you see on the page |
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) | A protocol used to request and transmit files over the Internet or other computer networks. |
| Internet | the worldwide network of computers connected to each other via the Internet Protocol (IP). |
| Intranet | An internal network set up by compnies and organizatons to facilitate communications among employees, customers, vendors, and selected others. |
| Modem | A data communicatons device that connects a comuter to a telephone line and lets the user transfer data at high speeds. |
| Online | A process for delivering multimedia, utilizing telecommunicatons and the Internet. |
| Public domain | Materials that have no copyright and can be used without permission. |
| Search engines | A software program that searches indexedWeb sites and reports locatons containing specified information. |
| Shareware | Computer softwre distributed with no up-front cos. |
| Telecommunications | A communication process involving phone lines, cable or wireless transmission |
| Universal Resource Locator (URL) | the address ofa resource on theWorld Wide Web |
| Web page | A document that is written in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and forms the basis for the World Wide Web. |
| World Wide Web (WWW) | A networked hypertext systemthat allows documents to be shared over the Internet. |
