| A | B |
| freeware | any software on the Net that you never have to pay for |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | a measure of stock performance of 30 large U.S. companies |
| ticker symbol | a two-to-five letter abbreviation that represents a company in stock listings |
| network computing | developed by Oracle to store everything on a network of servers and download it to users' computers as needed |
| Information Infrastructure Task Force | Committee organized by the President to implement his vision of how the NII should work |
| National Information Infrastructure | An integrated communications system planned by the President to allow all Americans to take advantage of the country's communications resources |
| NTIA | executive branch agency responsible for domestic and international telecommunications and information policy issues |