| A | B |
|---|
| NSP` | Network Service Provider |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| NAP | Network Access Points |
| TCP/IP | Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| SLIP | Serial Line Internet Protocol |
| PPP | Point to Point Protocol |
| IP address | Set of four number separated by periods identifying a specific Internet host computer.. |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| org | organization domain |
| com | commercial business domain |
| edu | College and universites domain |
| net | Internet administrative organization domain |
| gov | US government agencies domain |
| mil | US Military organization domain |
| int | Organizations established by internation treaties domain |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
| Netiquette | "rules" of conduct when using email |
| Synchronous | Online simultaneously |
| Asychronous | Not online at the same time. |
| Internet | Collection of local, regional, national and international computer networks linked together to exchange data. |
| Internet Service Provider | A company that maintains a host computer and charges a monthly fee to users. |
| Connection speed | Maximum rate your computer modem can communicate with ISP. |
| Dial up Connection | Connection using a phone line to establish Internet connectivity. |
| TCP/IP | Communication rules used by every computer that connects to the Internet. |
| FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name or domain name |
| URL | An Internet address |
| Web Server | This computer used web server software to transmit web pages over the Internet. |
| Web Browsers | Software used to view web pages, transfer files and interact with other web users. |
| Bookmarks | Favorites |
| Browser home page | First page displayed when browser starts |
| 404 error | "page cannot be found" |
| Pull technology | Browser requests web pages and puts on computer screen. |
| Push technology | Information not directly requested that shows on computer whenever it is connected to the Internet. |
| Downloading | File transfer from remote computer to your computer. |
| Uploading | File transfer from your computer to a remote computer. |
| Self-extracting file | Single file with all software modules that have been compressed to reduce file size and download time. |
