| A | B |
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| home page | the opening screen reached when accessing a Web site |
| blind link | a deceptive link that is really an advertisement, but which looks like something else |
| DSL | has the fastest upload and download speeds |
| free email, free ISP, free Web-Hosting | services found on the Internet |
| attachment | file added to an e-mail message that can be downloaded by the recipient |
| cable modem | provides an Internet connection that is shared with neighbors |
| extranet | network that uses the Internet as a backbone for connecting various offices of the same company |
| intranet | network that operates like a miniature Internet; disconnected form the Internet; inaccessible from outside the organization |
| downloading | finding files on the Internet and copying them to your machine |
| ISP | acronym for Internet Service Provider |
| real time | live computer events |
| Robert Metcalfe | person who invented Ethernet, became CEO of InfoWorld publishing, VP of IDG Technology |
| 1973 | year Ethernet invented at Xerox PARC |
| mailing list | subscribing will get you a number of e-mails each day concerning a certain topic |
| electronic bulletin board (BBS) | system of messaging that is less intrusive; allows people to check back for answers to questions |
| newsgroup | organized collection of articles posted on the Web about a given topic |
| distance learning | taking college courses using the Internet rather than in a classroom |
| online course | a class taken using the Internet |
| Everquest | online game that requires a monthly subscription |
| virtual reality | type of gaming envirnoment that allows people to take on a personae and interact with thousands of other players online |
| United States | nations with the most home Internet users |
| DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
| applet | small program written in JavaScript which can be added to Web pages |
| pop-up | advertisement that comes up as an independent window that often blocks the user's view of the Web page they want to see |
| Yahoo, Lycos, Hotbot | search engines |
| peer-to-peer | systems which allow people to share files directly between their computers via the Internet |
| free e-mail | the most commonly available free service on the Internet |
| streaming | techniques used to tranmit TV or radio broadcasts over the Internet |
| audio mail | e-mail that may contain a spoken message |
| Internet2 | name being considered for the new Internet that is currently being built by more than 170 universities |
| satellite | Internet ISP that might require no wires to connect your computer to the Internet |
| .mil | suffix reserved for military |
| banner | advertisement image that takes up a horizontal strip across the Web page |
| client/server | network design Internet most closely models |
| chat room | online environment that allows many people to type messages to one another |
| instant messaging (IM) | system that allows two people to type interruptive messages and "talk" to one another in a manner similar to a phone call |
| File Transfer Protocol (FTP) | Internet system for uploading and downloading files |
| MP3 | most common form of music file downloaded over the Internet |
| Internet Service Providers (ISP) | companies that provide a connection to the Internet for a monthly subscription fee |
| Uniform Resource Locator (URL) | Web address |
| search engine | Web site that keeps a catalogued database of other Web sites |
| Web cam | small camera that is able to transmit still or live video pictures into a computer |
| spam | excessive, undesireable messages sent acroos the Internet |
| .gov | domain sufffix of U.S. government |
| XML | acronym for Extensible Markup Language |
| Common Gateway Interface (CGI) | common script language used to make entries in a database that tracks a user's clicks on the Internet |
| NOT | search opertor that would case a listing of sites lacking a given element |
| moderator | someone who maintains order on a chatline |
| netiquette | term used to describe polite behavior on the Internet |
| worm | term used to describe a destructive program that actively attempts to transmit itself across the Internet from computer to computer |
| zip | common file format used for the compression of files to that they may be transmitted across the Internet more quickly |
| cable modem | type of Internet connection device that utilizes cable TV wire |
| Web browsers | used to surf the WEb and look at Web sites |
| electronic commerce | business of buying and selling via the Internet |
| Dynamic routing | capability of the Internet to send packets by a variety of different routes to get to their final destination |
| TCP packet | fragment of data sent across the Internet |
| flaming | Internet equivalent of insulting someone face-to-face |
| plug-in | software that prompts the user and asks the user for approval before downloading and installing itself automatically |
| T1 line | an expensive, high-speed connection to the Internet that is normally beyond the price range of the home user |
| Webmaster | job title that describes a person who maintains a Web site |
| HTML | language used to create Web pages |
