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| Servers | Represents one type of service that can be accessed once you are connected to the Internet. |
| Clients | Essentially represents one user with access to the Internet who can then use services provided by the servers. |
| Web Server | A server dedicated to hosting web sites, either at an ISP site or at the company site. |
| Web Site | A collection of pages containing information about a company, person. or product/service. |
| HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) | Allows a Web server to communicate with other computers. |
| World Wide Web | A collection of all Web sites hosted by all Web servers connected to the Internet. |
| Hypertext | Refers to the technique of accessing the Web pages using hyperlinks that link to other Web pages on the same or another Web site to find other text, pictures, media, etc. |
| Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) | A written language in which formatting instructions are included in the text of the Web page. |
| URL (Uniform Resource Locator) | Identifies where to find information, or enter text to display list of matching Web sites. |
| Field | Where you can enter information on a form sent to the Web server for processing. |
| Button | Interactive graphic that activates action. |
| Picture | Either static, animated, or hyperlink to other Web pages, sites, or other action. |
| Status Bar | Tells you what software is busy doing or which Web page or site is displayed. |
| Hyperlink | Text or a graphic with URL associated. |
| Home Page | The first Web page of any Web site or the first web page you see when you start the web browser. |
| Server Name (www.) | Identifies the server and its type at the organization. |
| Name of Organization (ccilearning). | Identifies the organization owning the server. |
| Domain Category (.com) | Identifies the server's information domain. |
| .mil | U.S. military |
| .gov | U.S. government |
| .com | commercial companies |
| .edu | universities |
| .org | organizations |
| .net | network sites |
| Country codes (.au/Australia, .ca/Canada, .de/Germany, .uk/United Kingdom) | As the Internet became international top-level domains were expanded to include these two letter symbols. |
| Online Database | Information placed in a database online. Keywords are placed in a search engine to explore the database for matching records. |
| Web Browser | Software needed to navigate through the Web (Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Mosaic). |
| Encryption | Makes information indecipherable so unauthorized people cannot view or use the information. |
| FTP (File Transfer Protocol) | A client software that is used to access and download files from another computer on the Internet. |
| Cookie | A pieced of text stored on your hard drive so a Web site can retrieve information about which sites you visited and what information interests you. |
| Pop-ups | Advertisements by companies who have paid to have them appear whenever anyone accesses the Web site. |
| Plug-in Programs | A program that can be downloaded to your system and then installed before you can view the item on the Web site. |
| Web Cache | Increases the speed of bandwidth to the Internet. |
