| A | B |
|---|
| .com | associated with a commercial organzation |
| Bandwidth | The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between computers |
| Boolean | symbolic relationships between words or groups of words |
| Domain Name | A unique name that represents each computer on the Internet |
| News Group | Group of people who have ongoing discussions centered on a topic or theme |
| Plagiarize | to steal and pass off as one's own; use without crediting the source |
| Search Engine | Huge databases which include the URL and related information about web pages |
| Bookmark | a link set up by the user to a particular web page; the URL is stored |
| Image Map | a graphic which is divided into different areas each of which link to different web pages |
| File Server | computer that stores files which can be accessed by a number of different users and provides network access to those files |
| Web directory or Index | created when someone searches the Internet, locates the resources, evaluates them, and classifies them into categories or topics |
| File Format | defines or categorizes files based on the way that the data is stored and presented |
| Upload | to copy files from your PC to another computer via a network or using a modem |
| Keywords | words related to a topic; used to locate information using search engines |
| .gov | associated with a non-military organzation |
| .net | associated with a network |
| .mil | associated with a military organzation |
| .int | associated with a international organzation |
| .edu | associated with a academic organzation |
| .org | associated with a non-profit organization |
| identify keywords | break down the topic into key concepts |
| boolean AND | web pages containing ALL the keywords |
| boolean OR | web pages containing ANY and ALL keywords |
| boolean AND NOT | web pages containing one keyword but not the other |
| phrase searching | retrieve documents in which those words appear side-by-side |
| title search | web pages where the phrase or words appear in the title |
| domain search | limit results to certain domains |
| link search | what websites are linked to a particular site of interest |
| meta-search engine | searched several major engines at once |
