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| browser | software that lets you access the World Wide Web, see both text and pictures, and hear sounds |
| e-mail | electronic mail; consist of a user name and domain name |
| FAQ | acronym for Frequently Asked Questions |
| HTML | hypertext markup language; the coding language used on web pages |
| Internet | a network of computers connecting millions of people around the world |
| ISP | internet service provider; an organization that provides access to the Internet and the Web |
| mailing lists | groups of people with common interests that exchange information and ideas |
| modem | a device, either inside the computer or externally as a small box, that lets your computer talk to another computer using a phones or cable line |
| search engine | a web site that lets you search the Internet by typing in a subject or keyword |
| URL | the address of a web site or file on the Internet, such as http://www.example.com |
| WWW | world wide web, the part of the Internet that uses graphics and hypertext to exchange information |
| netiquette | rules used on the internet |
| flaming | abusive and insulting email directed at someone |
| spamming | sending unsolicitated (unwanted) email through the Internet to a large group of recipients |
| virus | a software program that replicates itself and is capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the computer |
| link | a hypertext mark in a web document, usually displayed in blue, when clicked connects the user to another web page |
| worm | a type of malware that replicates itself across a computer network by making copies of itself, which it sends to other computers |
| trojan horse | a computer program containing a hidden function that causes damage to other programs while appearing to perform a valid function |
