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| Bandwidth | A way of measuring how much data can pass through a network at a given time and workload. |
| Baud rate | The speed at which data is transferred over a modem or network. |
| Browser | A program used to view documents on the Worldwide Web. |
| Domain name | The part after the host name in an email address or system address. |
| Download | receiving a file from another computer (Internet to your computer) |
| Ethernet card | A device which allows computers to be directory wired to other computers on a network without using a modem or telephone lines. |
| File | A term to mean a computer program or other collection of data under one name. |
| File Extension | a suffix added to the name of a computer file to indicate the type of file |
| Flame | A derogatory or deliberately offensive message posted to email or a Usenet newsgroup |
| Flaming | The act of posting a derogatory, offensive, or insulting message to a newsgroup or mailing list or to an individual by email. |
| Firewall | software or a hardware device that protects one or more PCs from hackers on the Internet while still allowing full Internet use. |
| GIF | Images file |
| Homepage | The main page of a website |
| Host name | The first part of the email address after the @, or the first part of a system address. |
| HTML | The language or codes used in documents so they can be displayed on the World Wide Web. |
| HTTP | The method of transferring HTML documents over the Internet and displaying them on your web browser. |
| Hyperlink | On a web page, a bit of text or a graphic which, when selected, will connect you to another site |
| Internet | A network of computers linked worldwide |
| IP Address | The numerical address that corresponds to a particular hostname or machine on the Internet |
| Modem | allows computer signals (0&1) to be sent over telephone lines |
| Netiquette | The standards of etiquette and courtesy accepted by users of the Internet |
| Newsgroup | An online discussion group where participates exchange messages on a specific subject |
| Server | A computer which "serves" data to other computers when they are connected to a network. |
| Upload | sending a file from one computer to another (your computer to the Internet) |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| Web page | A document written in HTML that can be accessed on the Internet |
| World Wide Web | A network of servers linked together by a common protocol. |
