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| address | The place where a website lives in cyberspace; also called a URL |
| bookmark | all of your favortie sites saved in a list for easy recall later |
| browser | A software program that lets you see and hear what's on the web. |
| cookie | An Internet site's way of keeping track of you. It's a small program built into pages you may visit. It can identify you, track sites you visit, and topics you search. |
| cyberspace | The world that exists only on the computer. You can't physically go there-- it only exists on your screen and in your head. |
| download | Moving files from a site on the Internet to your personal homepage or computer. |
| e-mail | Electronic mail |
| FTP | This program will let you transfer files from your computer onto another computer server. |
| hardware | The actual parts that make up a computer system, like the monitor, keyboard, printer, and mouse. These are the parts you can actually touch and see. |
| hit | this is what a page visit is called |
| HTML | It's the type of language used to write webpages |
| http | it tells computers how they should be talking to each other |
| hyperlink | takes you from one Internet site to the next with a simple click of your mouse |
| Internet | A bunch of computers all over the globe that are hooked up to one another. |
| netiquette | proper way to behave online |
| newsgroups | Ongoing discussions that are spread around by email and posted to "bulletin boards" by people on the Internet who share a common interest. |
| server | A computer that stores information for tons of other computers |
| service provider | A company that gives you access to the Internet through your phone lines |
| software | A computer program that is made up of certain instructions or codes that tell your hardware, or computer, what to do |
| spam | junk email that arrives in your mailbox that you didn't ask to get |
| surf | Exploring the web by clicking and moving around freely in cyberspace |
| traffic | The number of people cruising through a site for a given time |
| URL | the address of a website |
| emoticons | different symbols you can type on your computer that can tell your friends that you're happy, sad, or even crying |
| FAQ | mini help pages on all sorts of topics |
| link | takes you from one Internet site to the next with a simple click of your mouse |
| plug-ins | special programs you can download off the Internet to do cool things like watch the latest videos or listen to music |
| refresh | makes your computer will bring up the same page you're looking at with updated information on it |
| WWW | part of the internet that gives you graphical files with hyperlinks |
| multimedia | Means you are using more than one type of media. Examples include text, audio, video, graphics, and images |
