| A | B |
|---|
| AOL | America online |
| address | Internet users encounter two important types of addresses: e-mail addresses and Web page addresses. |
| baud | The number of electrical symbols per second that a modem sends down a phone line. |
| bookmark | The address of a Web page to which you may want to return. |
| browser | A program that lets you read information on the World Wide Web. |
| chat | To talk live to other netwouk users from any and all parts of the world |
| domain | Part of the official name of a computer on the Net. |
| download | To copy a file from a remote computer "down" to your computer |
| e-mail | Electronic messages sent via the internet |
| firewall | A specially programmed computer that connects a local network to thae Internet and for security resons, lets only certain kinds of messages in and out. |
| gateway | A computer that connects one network with another, where the two networks use kifferent protocols. |
| DNS | Domain name server |
| DSL | Digital subscriber line |
| FTP | File transfer protocol |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange format |
| HTML | Hypertext markup language |
| HTTP | Hypertext transfer protocol |
| IM | Instant Message |
| ISDN | Integrated Services digital network |
| MSN | Microsoft network |
