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| Access Provider | Business that provides individuals and organizations access to the Internet free or for a fee |
| Add-on | Program that extends the capability of a browser; often used to enhance multimedia. See also plug-in |
| Address Book | List of names and e-mail addresses, created and stored by a user. Also called contacts folder |
| Animation | Appearance of motion created by displaying a series of still images in sequence |
| Audio | Music, speech, or any other sound |
| Blog | Informal Web site consisting of time-stamped articles, or posts, in a diary or journal format, usually listed in reverse chronological order. Short for Web log |
| Blogosphere | Worldwide collection of blogs |
| Bookmark | Saved Web address that you access by clicking its name in a list. See also favorite |
| Broadband | High-speed Internet connection provided through cable, DSL, fiber, radio signals, or satellite. |
| Browser | Application software that allows users to access and view Web pages. See also Web browser. |
| Cable Internet Service | High-speed Internet access provided through the cable television network via a cable modem |
| Cellular Radio Network | High-speed Internet connection for devices with built-in compatible technology or computers with wireless modems |
| Chat | Real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer. |
| Electronic Storefront | Online area in which users have written discussions about a particular subject. |
| Online Service Provideer (OSP) | Company that provides Internet access as well as many members-only features. |
| Plug-in | Program that extends the capability of a browser; often used to enhance multimedia. See also add-on |
| Portal | Web site that offers a variety of Internet services from a single, convenient location. |
| RSS 2.0 | Really Simple Syndication. Specification that content aggregators use to distribute content to subscribers |
| VOIP | Technology that allows users to speak to other users over the Internet using their desktop computer, mobile computer, or mobile device. See also Internet telephony or Voice over IP. |
| Web 2.0 | Term used to refer to Web sites that provide a means for users to share personal information, allow users to modify Web site content, and have application software built into the site for visitors to use. |
| Web Address | Unique address for a Web page. See also URL and Uniform Resource Locator. |
| Web App | Web site that allows users to access and interact with software through a Web browser on any computer or device that is connected to the Internet. See also Web application |
| Web Application | Web site that allows users to access and interact with software through a Web browser on any computer or device that is connected to the Internet. See also Web app |
| Web Browser | Application software that allows users to access and view Web pages. See also browser |
| Web Page | Electronic document on the Web, which can contain text, graphics, animation, audio, and video and often has built-in connections to other documents |
| Web Publishing | Development and maintenance of Web pages. |
| Web Server | Computer that delivers requested Web pages to a computer |
| Web Site | Collection of related Web pages and associated items stored on a Web server. |
| Wi-Fi | Short for wireless fidelity. Type of broadband Internet connection that uses radio signals to provide high-speed Internet connections to compatible or properly equipped wireless computers and devices. |
| Wiki | Collaborative Web site that allows users to create, add to, modify, or delete the Web site content via their Web browser. |
| Wireless Internet Service Provider | Company that provides wireless Internet access to desktop and notebook computers and mobile devices, such as smart phones and portable media players, with built-in wireless capability (such as Wi-Fi) or to computers using wireless modems or wireless access devices. |
| World Wide Web | Worldwide collection of electronic documents. See also Web or WWW. |
| Streaming | Process of transferring data in a continuous and even flow. |
| Subject Directory | Search tool that classifies Web pages in an organized set of categories and subcategories. |
| Shopping Cart | Element of an electronic storefront that allows a customer to collect purchases. |
| Real Time | Describes users and the people with whom they are conversing being online at the same time. |
| Portal | Web site that offers a variety of Internet services from a single, convenient location. |
| Search Text | Word or phrase entered in a search engine's text box that describes the item you want to find. See also search query |
| Mailing List | Group of e-mail names and addresses given a single name. Also called an e-mail list or a distribution list |
| Message Board | Popular Web-based type of discussion group that does not require a newsreader. |
| Chat Room | Location on an Internet server that permits users to chat with each |
| Click | To move the mouse pointer to a button or link on the computer screen, and then to press and release the left mouse button |
| Content aggregator | Business that gathers and organizes Web content and then distributes, or feeds, the content to subscribers for free or a fee |
| Dial-up access | ernet access that takes place when the modem in your computer connects to the Internet via a standard telephone line that transmits data and information using an analog (continuous wave pattern) signal |
| Domain name | Text version of an IP address |
| Downloading | Process of a computer receiving information, such as a Web page, from a server on the Internet |
| DSL | Acronym for digital subscriber line; type of digital technology that provides high-speed Internet connections using regular copper telephone lines. |
| E-Commerce | Short for electronic commerce, a business transaction that occurs over an electronic network such as the Internet. |
| E-mail address | Combination of a user name and a domain name that identifies a user so that he or she can receive Internet e-mail. |
| E-mail program | Software used to create, send, receive, forward, store, print, and delete e-mail messages. |
| Emoticons | Symbols used on the Internet to express emotion. |
| Favorite | Saved Web address that you access by clicking its name in a list. See also bookmark. |
| Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) | Technology that uses fiber-optic cables to provide high-speed Internet access to home and business users. |
| Fixed wireless | High-speed Internet connection that uses an antenna on a house or business to communicate with a tower location via radio signals |
| FTP | Short for File Transfer Protocol, an Internet standard that permits file uploading and downloading with other computers on the Internet |
| Graphic | Digital representation of nontext information such as a drawing, chart, or photo. See also graphical image |
| Home page | First page that a Web site displays. |
| Hot spots | Wireless network that provides Wi-Fi Internet connections to mobile computers and devices. |
| Hyperlink | Built-in connection to another related Web page or part of a Web page. See also link. |
| Instant messaging (IM) | Real-time Internet communications service that notifies a user when one or more people are online and then allows the user to exchange messages or files or join a private chat room with those people. |
| Internet | Worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. See also Net. |
| Internet backbone | Major carriers of network traffic on the Internet. |
| IP address | A number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the Internet. |
| ISP (Internet service provider) | Regional or national Internet access provider. |
| Link | Built-in connection to another related Web page or part of a Web page. Short for hyperlink. |
| Mailing List | Group of e-mail names and addresses given a single name. Also called an e-mail list or a distribution list. |
| Media sharing Web site | Specific type of online social network that enables members to share media such as photos, music, and videos. |
| Message Boards | Popular Web-based type of discussion group that does not require a newsreader. |
| Microblog | Blog that allows users to publish short messages, usually between 1. Introduction to Computers00 and 200 characters, for others to read. |
| MP3 | Format that reduces an audio file to about one-tenth of its original size, while preserving much of the original quality of the sound. |
| MP4 | Popular video compression standard. |
| Multimedia | Any application that combines text with graphics, animation, audio, video, and/or virtual reality. |
| Net | Worldwide collection of networks that links millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. See also Internet. |
| Nettiquette | Short for Internet etiquette, the code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the Internet. |
| Newsgroup | Online area in which users have written discussions about a particular subject |
| Online Auction | E-commerce method that allows consumers to bid on an item being sold by someone else. |
| Online social network | Web site that encourages members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users. See also social networking Web site. |
| Player | Software used by a person to listen to an audio file on a computer. |
| Podcat | Recorded audio, usually an MP3 file, stored on a Web site that can be downloaded to a computer or a portable media player such as an iPod. |
| Real Time | Describes users and the people with whom they are conversing being online at the same time. |
| Satellite Internet service | Provides high-speed Internet connections via satellite to a satellite dish that communicates with a satellite modem. |
| Search engine | Program that finds Web sites, Web pages, images, videos, news, maps, and other information related to a specific topic. |
| Search Text | Word or phrase entered in a search engine's text box that describes the item you want to find. See also search query. |
| Shopping cart | Element of an electronic storefront that allows a customer to collect purchases. |
| Social networking Web site | Web site that encourages members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users. See also online social network. |
| Streaming | Process of transferring data in a continuous and even flow. |
| Subject Directory | Search tool that classifies Web pages in an organized set of categories and subcategories. |
| Subscribe | Process of a user adding his or her e-mail name and address to a mailing list |
| Surfing the Web | Activity of using links to explore the Web. |
| Tabbed Browsing | Option where the top of the browser displays a tab (similar to a file folder tab) for each Web page you open. |
| Thumbnail | Small version of a larger graphic. |
| Top-Level Domain (TLD) | Identifies the type of organization associated with the domain. |
| Unsubscribe | Process of a user removing his or her e-mail name and address from a mailing list. |
| Uploading | Process of transferring documents, graphics, and other objects from a computer to a server on the Internet. |
| URL | Unique address for a Web page. See also Uniform Resource Locator or Web address. |
| User Name | Unique combination of characters, such as letters of the alphabet and/or numbers, that identifies a specific user |
| Video | Images displayed in motion |
| Video Blog | Blog that contains video clips. |
| Virtual Reality(VR) | Computers used to simulate a real or imagined environment that appears as a three-dimensional (3-D) space |
| Vlog | Video blog. |
| Vlogsphere | Term used to refer to all vlogs worldwide. |
| Web | Worldwide collection of electronic documents called Web pages, the Web is one of the more popular services on the Internet. See also World Wide Web or WWW. |
