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| Internet | World wide network of computers that communicate with each other |
| Network | a group of computers connected together that can communicate and share information |
| Browser | computer software that makes it easy to explore or browse the Internet |
| URL (Uniform Resourse Locator) | the address of a web page that starts with http:// |
| Favorites/Bookmark | a way to keep track of a web page so you can use it in the future |
| Home page | The main page of a web site |
| Download | data you are transferring from another computer to the computer you are using (example: download clip art from the Microsoft Gallery online to your computer) |
| Upload | data you are transferring from your computer to another computer (upload a picture from your computer to Facebook) |
| HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) | computer language used to create pages for the Internet |
| Search engine | a software program that searches documents on the Internet for specific keywords and gives a list of results where the keywords can be found |
| Keyword | word or a group of words that help narrow down a search on the Internet |
| Hyperlink | text or graphic that you can click on to jump to information farther down on the page or to entirely new page |
| Web Surfing | a word used to describe exploring or browsing the Internet |
| Website | a group of web pages that are related in some way (website may be made up of several web pages) |
| Web page | a page on the Internet |
| E-mail | electronic mail - a way to exchange digital messages |
