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| XHTML | The follow-up version to HTML 4. |
| Hypertext | A way of organizing a collection of documents by assigning an address to each and providing a way to link from one address to another. |
| Java Applet | Small programs that add processing and interactive capabilities to Web pages. |
| World Wide Web | An internet service that links information from computers located worldwide, using HTTP protocol. |
| Boolean Operator | A logical search operator such as AND, OR, and NOT that helps form complex queries. |
| Meta Keyword | A word that is included in the header of an HTML document in order to describe the document’s contents. |
| Meta Search Engine | A search engine that searches other search engines. |
| Query Processor | The component of a search engine that examines keywords entered by users and fetches results that match the query. |
| E-Commerce | It’s the business of buying and selling products online. |
| Online Auction | A consumer-to-consumer form of e-commerce in which merchandise and services are sold to the highest bidder. |
| Social Network | Face Book is a popular example of one of these. |
| Email | Messages that are transmitted between computers over a communication network. |
| Spam | Unsolicited email typically sent as a bulk or mass-mailing and often used for fraudulent or deceptive marketing. |
| Spyware | Any software that covertly gathers user information without the user’s knowledge, usually for advertising purposes. |
| Phishing | An email based scam that’s designed to fool users into revealing confidential information. |
| Pixel Interpolation | A process that is used by graphics software to average the color of adjacent pixels in an image, usually when enlarged. |
