| A | B |
|---|
| Surfing | A random method of finding info on the Internet |
| Searching | A direct and organized way of locating information on the Internet |
| ASCII file | files that contain only typing characters |
| Search Site | A web site dedicated to locating info |
| Directory | A search site that organizes info into categories |
| Text String | Words used by a search engine to find web pages |
| Operator | A symbol that you can use to refine a search |
| Case Sensative | pays attention to capitalization |
| .zip | a compressed file |
| near | an operator used when you want to find a word located by another word on a web page |
| protocol | A set of procedures |
| FTP | A mehod of uploading or downloading files on the Internet |
| .txt | a document file |
| .midi | a multimedia file |
| .jpg | an image file |
| + | boolean operator for and |
| multi-threaded search site | a site that searches other search sites for information |
| a compressed file | a file that is made smaller in size |
| extracted | a compressed file that is opened |
| self-extracting | a compressed file that can be opened without the use of a special program |
| Netiquette | rules of behavior and good manners on the Internet |
| grouping operator | quotaton marks |
| .gif | indicates a graphics file |
| .mpg | Indicates a video file |
| ZIP files | an example of a compressed files |
| encoded files | files that are changed from binary to ASCII |
