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| Gateway | A network point that acts as an entrance to another network. |
| Router | a device (or software in a computer), that determines the next network point to which information should go to reach its destination. |
| Protocols | rules that computers use to communicate. |
| WWW | world wide web, all the resources and users on the internet. |
| Internet | a large computer network made up of smaller computer networks. |
| Stand Alone | one computer not connected to another computer. |
| LAN | local area network, a communications network that serves users |
| WAN | wide area network, a communications network that covers a wide geographic area such as city, state or country. |
| Node | a node can be a computer or some other device, such as a printer. |
| Browser | a program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on www |
| Search Engine | powerful servers that keep an index of information on the internet. |
| Syntax | rules governing the structure of a language statement. It specifies how words and symbols are put together to form a phrase or command. |