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| Back button | The button on the Web toolbar that you can press to go back one screen |
| Bookmark | A feature that allows the user to access a Web site without typing in a URL address |
| Cyberspace | The online world |
| E-mail | Electronic mail that is sent through computers |
| Home page | The first page of a Web site. It usually has links to other pages within the Web site. |
| Hypertext (also hyperlink or link) | An area of a Web page that will take you to a different Web page. This text is often a different color, underlined, or both. |
| Internet | A network of physical computers that are joined together and can share information |
| Internet service provider (ISP) | A company that connects a computer to the Internet |
| Keyword | A word typed into a search box to help locate specific information on the Internet |
| Online | When a computer is connected to the Internet |
| Password | A secret word (made up of letters and/or numbers) used to gain access to files and programs on a computer |
| Search engine | A system for searching the information available on the Web |
| Surf | To search the Internet |
| Toolbar | A line of icons that allow you to access tools quickly |
| URL address | The letters, numbers, and symbols that are used to locate a specific Web page |
| Username | A name used to gain access to a computer system, program or Web site |
| Web browser | A program that allows the user access to the Web |
| Web page | A single page on the Web |
| Web site | A group of Web pages linked together |
| World Wide Web (www, the web) | A virtual network of websites connected by hyperlinks (or "links"). The websites are stored on servers on the Internet |
| VoIP | Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also known as internet telephone, allows a user to have telephone service through an internet connection. (Skype) |
| Web feed | Also known as a news feed, is a way to receive updates from your favorite web sites and blogs. Instead of visiting many different sites to check for updates, you can read their feeds on a feed reader. Two common feed formats are RSS and Atom. |
| Streaming | If you watch a movie online or listen to iTunes radio, it's called streaming media, which means it plays while downloading so you don't have to wait for it to download first. |
| Buffering | When the media starts downloading a little bit before it starts playing so that it can play more smoothly. |
| Wiki | Is a type of website that allows content to be edited or created by anyone. This allows content to stay up to date and (ideally) allows for errors to be found and corrected. |
| Online chat | Is a system that allows users to communicate in real time. Unlike e-mail, all messages show up immediately in the same window, which makes conversations quicker and easier. |
| Instant messaging | Is a type of chat where you communicate with a specific person instead of an entire chat room. |
| Social networking | Refers to online services that allow people to interact with each other and stay connected with friends, family, and people around the world. |
| Social bookmarking | Allows users all over the internet to save and share interesting sites. Some social bookmarking sites are mainly used to share photos that people have found around the web. |
| Podcast | A subscription to a series of audio or video files that will automatically be downloaded to your computer. The files can then be played on the computer or an mp3 player. It is basically a web feed for media. |
