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Bookmark | an electronic marker that lets you go directly to a site without entering its URL. |
Browser | a special software package used to access web sites. Examples are Netscape Navigtor and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. |
Download | To copy a document onto our own computer from a remote computer( web site). |
Internet | A network of computer networks, plus the tools that allow users to communicate, search, retrieve, and execute programs around the world. |
Search Engine | A tool that searches the internet fot potential web sites based on word(s) that te user types in. |
I.S.P. | A company which allows subscribers ( for a fee) to connect to the internet through their computer. Examples are America On Line, AT&T, and Southwestern Bell. |
Netiquette | The common term to desribe te etiquette for the internet. |
URL | a special code that gives the location, or address, of a web document. |
WWW | An internet tool that gives the ability to randomly search and access interlinked pictures, text, and information. |
Domain ( in a URL) | the host computer name and the organization or geographic domain of an internet e-mail address; everything in an e-mail address which follows the @ sign. |