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| World Wide Web | an application that uses the Internet to communicate and share info |
| Internet | a global network that consists of many smaller networks connected together |
| World Wide Web | collection of web sites, hosted by all web servers connected to the Internet |
| ex's of web browsers | Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera |
| ex's of search engines | google, ask.com, bing |
| HyperText Transfer Protocol | HTTP stands for |
| HyperText Transfer Protocol | web browsers use this to communicate to the web server tha hosts the web page you are looking for |
| type of site used by government | .gov |
| identifies a site dedicated to a non-profit organization | .org |
| site widely used by commercial businesses(most common types) | .com or .net |
| typically used by education institutions | .edu |
| .com,.org,.edu | ex's of domain categories |
| cookies | piece of text stored on your hard drive which allows a web site to retrieve information about which sites you have visited and what information interests you |
| encryption | ensures that unauthorized individuals will not be able to obtain the personal or financial infromation you submit to a website |
| Really Simple Syndication | RSS |
| RSS | distributes info in a standard XML format, allows you to view it in various programs |
| web cache | stores copiesof web documents as they pass through it, so that the next time you want to access then you can do so more quickly |
| web page languages | HTML, XML |
| spyware | program desired to collect info about you without your permission |
| Nslookup | allows you to view domain name or IP address of the computer |
