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| HTTP | A set of stands that let users of the World Wide Web to exchange information found on web pages. |
| Hypertext | A simple method of organizing and accessing text and other data through the use of hyperlinks. |
| Inbox | Used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program. |
| Information Superhighway | describes a future of computers accessing and communicating over a world wide network. |
| Internet | Contains billions of web pages created by people and companies from around the world to locate information and entertainment to make life more convenient.. |
| Internet Protocol | An address of a compter or other network device on a network using IP or TCP/IP. |
| ISP | A company that provides Internet access to users. |
| Links | Refers to a reference tha points to another web page. |
| Login | The process users must complete to gain control to a computer, network, bulletin board or service that requires authorization. |
| Modem | A hardware device that enables a computer to transmit and receive information over telephone lines. |
| Multimedia | Any type of visual representation that has a combination of audio, video, animation, and graphics. |
| Netiquette | Used to describe the unwritten rules of Internet courtesy. |
| Network | A collection of computers,and various other devices connected to one another allowing for data to be shared and used. |
| Newsgroup | A location where individuals can discuss a particular topic by posting messages on a news server. |
| Offline | Used to describe when a connection is broken or disconnected. |
| Online | When a connection has been made with another device or service. |
| Online Services | A commercial service that provides access to services such as the Internet, email, news, etc. |
| Operators | Booleans are also considered operatiors, such as AND, OR and NOT. |
| Outbox | Term used to describe the location or folder where email is stored before being sent. |
| POP | The Most commonly used protocol used to receive email on many email clients. |
| Public Domain | Software that can be freely distributed and used, either because the company has released it to be public domain or because the company is no longer in business. |
| Search Engines | A software program or script available through the Internet that searches various types of documents for key words;and if found, returns the documents containing those keywords. |
| Search Sites | Site found when you search the web. |
| Shareware | A type of software program, game, or utility, in part or whole, that allows a user to try it for free before buying it. |
| Signature | Data used for identification purposes. |
| SLIP | An Internet protocol that allows users to gain Internet access using a computer modem. |
| SMTP | A communications protocol that sends email messages from one server to another. |
| Spiders | A software program or script written to automatically query a web page or other Internet data and parse through all the information and collect what it has been written to collect. |
| Start Page | Homepage |
| Surfing | Used to describe the act of a user browsing the Internet by going from one page to another page using a hyperlinks. |
| TCP/IP | A language governing communications among all computers on the Internet. |
| Text String | A string of words used to search the web. |
| Uploading | The process of transferring a file to another computer through a modem or network. |
| URL | A unique website address; Uniform Resource Locator. |
| Web Site | Central location of various web pages that are all related and can be accessed by visiting the home page using a browser. |
