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| Browser | a program that allows a user to display HTML-developed Web pages |
| Censorship | an issue related to who will regulate the contents of a CD title, especially concerning pornography, racism, and violence |
| Cookie | a collection of information stored on the local computer of a World Wide Web user; used chiefly 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; copyright law protects such things as music, CDs, poetry, novels, books, artwork, movies, newspapers, magazines, photographs, etc. |
| 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 illegally enters another’s electronic system, as to gain secret information |
| Home page | the Web page that serves as your main menu or home base on the Web |
| Hyperlink | a retrieval system that enables a user to access particular locations in Web pages or other electronic documents by clicking on a specific spot within a Web page |
| Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) | the coding specification for creating Web pages; contains the text you see on the page, plus special codes that determine how the text gets displayed and how the user interacts with 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 companies and organizations to facilitate communications among employees, customers, vendors, and selected others |
| Modem | a data communications device that connects a computer to a telephone line and lets the user transfer data at high speeds |
