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| Browser | Special software program required to navigate the WWW that allows you access information on the Internet. |
| Download | Transfer data from a remote computer to a location on the user's local computer. |
| FTP | A method used to transfer files and data from one computer to another on the Internet. |
| Home Page | The main or primary page for a web site which will include links to other pages in the web site. |
| HTML | Refers to the embedded directions within regular text to create web pages. |
| Address Book | is a book or a database used for storing entries called contacts. |
| Baud Rate | a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems |
| Bookmark | Internet bookmarks are stored Web page locations (URLs) that can be retrieved |
| Chat | an informal conversation |
| Complex Search | To find records using 2 or more fields |
| Compressed File | Data encoded so it takes up less storage space. |
| Copyright | is a legal concept, enacted by governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship exclusive rights to it |
| Crawlers | A component of a search engine that roams the Web, storing the URLs and indexing the keywords and text of each page encountered. Also referred to as a robot or spider. |
| Directories | A type of file containing the names and controlling information for other files or other directories |
| Domain | The Internet is divided into smaller sets known as domains, including .com (business), .gov (government), .edu (educational) and others. |
| Electronic Mail | is a store-and-forward method of writing, sending, receiving and saving messages over electronic communication systems. ... |
| Emoticons | a symbol or combination of symbols used to convey emotional content in written or message form |
| Fair-Use | a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission |
| Freeware | computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee. |
| Gopher | A menu-based system for exploring the Internet. Users locate resources by selecting resources from menus. |
