Internet Help
- World Wide Web(www)
- computers on the Internet that transmit text, graphics, and sound using a special program.
- Browser
- software that allows usere to access and navigate the World Wide Web(some browsers are AOL, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Gateway, etc.)
- HTML(Hyper Text Markup Language)
- the programming language of the WWW. This turns a document into a web page that can link with other objects(ex. if I were to type center in <> then that tells the computer to center al lthe following text, images, graphics etc.)So, basically it tells the comp. what to with the writing or images.
- URL(Universal Resource Locator)
- the address and method used to locate a specific resource on the Internet, commonly know as the Web Address(ex. http://www.google.com)
- HTTP(Hypertext Transfer Transfoer Protocol)
- a transfor method that supports text, graphics, and audio that can be stored in a computer file. This allows users to jump from one location to another.
- E-mail(Electronic Mail)
- letters or messages sent from one user to another over the Internet.
- Download
- refers to saving a document from an online source to one computer.
- Online
- connected to the Internet.
- Hyperlink
- special text or graphic that, when clicked will display another Web Page or site.(ex. Google )
- Bookmark(Favorite)
- mapping the URL of a site to a specific location in one computer, so that it can be found later.(in the upper right hand corner you might have noticed a heart on a white sheet of paper. That is the favorite button. Click it on this e-mail and you can come to this e-mail by going to the toolbar, then favorites. Note in order to place a hyperlink in an IM, or e-mail you would simply drag the heart to the area where you would like to place the link.)
- Domain
- The unique name that identifies an Internet site(google, finishline, etc.)
Here are some Domain ext.
.com:commerical organization
.au:Australia
.edu:educational institution
.ca:Canada
.gov:government facility
.de:Germany
.int:international organization
.fr:France
.mil:US military facilty
.jp:Japan
.net:networking organiztion
.uk:United Kingom
.org:nonprofit organization
.us:United States
.k12:public school Kindergaten-12th grade
- FAQ
- Frequenty Asked Questions
- Frames
- Frames are subdivisions of the main window in a browser(they have a blue(or whatever color) title bar. this Frame has a title bar that says [no subject]
- ISP
- Internet Service Provider in your case AOL
- Surfing
- scanning and readoing the documents on the World Wide Web.
- search engine
- a program that is used to search a database of Web documents for words, supplies by the user, which then lists the URL addresses of documents containing these words.(For Example, if you wanted to look for a halloween costume for nick( or a place to get a certain costume) just go to the Google link in the hyperlink def. then in the search box type Halloween costumes. After a while, a list of links(hyperlinks) will pop up with placing containing Halloween costumes.
Here is a list of search engines
Infoseek Electric Library
www.infoseek.com www.elibrary.com
Lycos Kids Web
www.lyccos.com www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/
AltaVista Hot Bot
www.altavista.digital.com www.hotbot.com
Excite All-In-One
www.excite.com www.albany.net.allinone/all1www.html#www
Yahoo Discovery School
www.yahoo.com www.discoveryschool.com
Yahooligans Inspire
www.yahooligans www.inspire-indiana.net
Metacrawler Gale Net
www.metacrawler.com http://gelnet.gale.com
Magellan Dogpile
www.mckinley.com www.dogpile.com
