| A | B |
|---|
| ARPANET | the original internet |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
| hypertext link | Used to connect documents. |
| UNIX | Common language and operating system used by servers on the Internet. |
| browser | Program used to view content on the WWW. |
| Mosaic | The first browser for the Internet. |
| back | Takes you to the previous page. |
| forward | Takes you to the next page. |
| stop | Terminates incoming Web page. |
| refresh | Reloads the Web page. |
| home page | The first Web page you see when you go online. |
| search | Takes you to your preset search engine. |
| search engine | Used to do research. Similar to a reference resource like a phonebook or card catalog. |
| favorites | Where you store your favorite URLs. |
| print | Gives you a hard copy of the Web page. |
| address bar | Where you type in the URL. |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator (Web address) |
| com | commercial |
| org | non-profit orginization |
| net | network |
| gov | government |
| mil | military |
| edu | education |
