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Web Browsing Terms

You need to know these terms when you "surf the web."

AB
Backreturns you to the previous page
Forwardtakes you ahead to a page you have already visited
Reloadreloads a page that did not load properly
Homethe page a browser opens with
Searchlets you find sites on specified subjects
Bookmarksthe URL's you want to save to re-visit
Preferencesallow user to set up browser for best use
Linkconnection to another web page
URLUniform Resource Locator; the web site address
protocoltell the browser what kind of file it is accessing, like HTTP or FTP
domainname of the computer where the web page is kept
@used to separate user name and domain name in e-mail
html or htmHyperText Markup Language; suffix on a web page document
comsuffix for commercial sites
edusuffix for education sites
k12suffix for elementary & secondary institutions
orgsuffix for non-profit organizations
govsuffix for government organizations
netsuffix for networks
browserthe program you use to look at web sites


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