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| Address Bar | Area at the top of a Web browser that displays the URL of the current site or the site a user is about to access |
| Back button | Button in a browser that enables a user to navigate to a previously viewed Web page. |
| Blog | Type of Web site that enables a user to share his or her thoughts personal ideas, and so on. Also known as a weblog |
| Buttons | Clickable icons that perform functions of activate tools available in the program |
| Chat rooms | Places on the Internet that provide real-time communication with multiple people at the same time |
| Domain type | Suffix or extension used by e-mail and Web addresses to identify the type of organization the domain belongs to, such as .com, .mil, and so on. Also known as the top-level domain |
| E-commerce site | Web site that allows users to purchase items from an online store |
| Engine | Core programming code of an application. |
| Extensions | Group of characters attached to the end of a file name that tells the OS what type of file it is and what program to use to open the file |
| Facebook | The largest social networking site on the Internet. |
| File Transfer Protocol (FTP) | Set of rules and parameters used to transfer files between computers |
| Footprint | Amount of hard drive space a program uses |
| Form | Easy way to enter information in a database. Also a way to provide information and interact with a Web page. |
| Forum | Web site used by people withinformation and interact with a Web page. similar interests to post and respond to messages accessible to everyone in the group. Also known as a message board or newsgroup |
| Forward button | Button in a browser that navigates forward in a list of pagesviewed after the back button has been used. |
| Graphical link | Picture, illustration or other image that acts as a hyperlink on a Web Page |
| Groups | Internet community that exchanges information through mail that automatically goes to every member of the list. Also known as mailing lists. |
| Home page | Default Web page that opens when a browser is launched. |
| HTML tag | Simple code used to format content for a Web page. |
| Hyperlink | Link that can be clicked on to open a Web site or Web page on the internet. |
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) | Protocol used by secure Web sites; encrypts information entered by the user |
| Mailing lists | Group of addresses combined to allow a user to send an e-mail to everyone on the list at the same time. Also known as a distribution list. |
| Message board | Web site used by people with similar interests to post and respond to messages accessible to everyone in the group. Also known as a forum or newsgroup. |
| Microblog | Blog consisting of short entries sent out to followers; Twitter is an example of a microblogging service. |
| Moderator | Person or people who control membership to groups or mailing lists. |
| Newsgroup | Web site used by people with similar interests to post and respond to messages accessible to everyone in the group. Also known as a forum or message board. |
| Really Simple Syndication (RSS) | Service that enables Web sites to publish updates about news, blogs and other Web content. |
| RSS reader | Application that enables a user to receive and read RSS content. |
| Social networking | Process of connecting and interacting online with friends, colleagues and people with similar interests. |
| Status Bar | Area at the bottom of an application window that shows things like the current page number, total page count and other like the current page number, total page count and other associated with a hyperlink. |
| Tabbed browsing | Feature of most browsers that enables a user to access multipleWeb pages within the same application window. |
| Text Box | PowerPoint element that allows the user to enter text in a slide. Also any field in a form on a Web page or other document where the user can enter text. |
| Text link | Word or phrase that opens a Web page when clicked. |
| Twitter | Popular social networking microblog service |
| Uniform resource locator (URL) | Name given to each Web page to help a user locate it on the on internet |
| USENET | Collection of thousands of unregulated newsgroups that contain posts on every topic imaginable. |
| Web browsers | Software used to open and navigate Internet pages. |
| Web pages | Electronic document or other content usually saved with HTML formatting and published to a Web server |
| Web servers | Computers that run Web site software to store and provide access to Web pages and content. |
| World Wide Web (the Web) | Network of linked pages containing information and applications; uses the Internet for online communication. |
