- Bandwidth:
The maximum amount of data, measured in bits per second (bps,
that can be sent through a network.
- Download:
Copying data or software from a host computer to your computer.
- Electronic mail (E-mail) system:
The system by which a computer users can exchange text messages
and files with other users.
- Electonic mail address:
The Internet address, such as Homepage@webtv.net, to which
E-mail messages are sent until they are read.
- Encryption:
A method of data protection that allows only the intended recipient
to see the data.
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP):
The networking standard that allows a user to transfer files to and
from the Internet
- Flame:
A critical comment directed at another person in a newsgroup
or a chat session.
- Frame:
Within the main window of a Web browser, a defined area that
acts as a seperate window. Data within a frame aren't
affected by changes made to other parts of the browser window.
- Freeware:
Software you can download and use for free.
- Home page:
The introductory page of a Web site.
- Host:
A computer to which other computers on the network are connected.
- Hypertext:
A text string on a Web page that provides links to other pages on
the Internet; hypertext usually is displayed in a different color
and is underlined.
- Hypertext Markup Language (HTML):
The coding language for creating hypertext documents on the Web.
- Internet:
The world's largest network, consisting of computers and the
connections between them.
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC):
The protocol that allows real-time chat across the Internet.
- Internet Service Provider (ISP:
A company that sells access to the Internet.
- Lurking:
Reading postings from others in newsgroups or chat rooms
without actively participating.
- Mirror site:
A site that contains the same contents as another site;
used to decrease user traffic on the other site.
- Modem:
A device that allows your computer to transmit and receive data
over the Internet.
- Newsgroup:
A series of Internet postings devoted to the discussion of a
particular topic.
- Newsgroup post:
A typed opinion or comment sent to a newsgroup.
- Newsgroup reader:
Software designed to display and navigate newsgroup postings.
- Offline:
Any work performed on a computer that is not connected to the
Internet or an online service.
- Online:
Any work performed on a computer that is connected to the
Internet or an online service.
- Online service:
A commercial service that provides E-mail, news, information,
entertainment, and Internet access to subscribers.
- Packet:
A unit of data sent across the Internet.
- Quoting:
Copying part of an original E-mail or newsgroup message in your
reply message; a greater than symbol (>) usually precedes
any lines of a quote.
- Router:
A computer or software package that forwards a packet toward its
destination; a packet may travel through several routers
before finishing its journey.
- Search engines:
A software program that uses a keyword or directory structure to
search the Web for relevant sites.
- Shareware:
Software you can download and use on a trial basis before
deciding whether to purchase it.
- Snail mail:
Slang for postal service.
- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP):
The network standard that dictates how information is sent
across the Internet.
- Universal Resource Locator (URL):
The address of a Web site.
For example the URL of this page is: http://www.oocities.org/CapeCanaveral/7590/webtv-internet-terms.html
- Upload:
Copying data or software from your computer to a host computer.
Uploading commercial software is illegal.
- Usenet:
A worldwide network of news-groups.
- User name:
The name you use when connecting to the Internet; also called
a user ID.
- Web browser:
The software that communicates with and displays the information
on a Web page.
- Web page:
A document that can be accessed on the Internet. A web page
may contain text, hypertext links, graphics, video, and audio data.
- Web site:
A series of interconnected Web pages, usually created and
operated by one person or organization.
- World Wide Web (WWW):
Often shortened to Web, it is the body of text, graphics, video,
and audio data accessible on the Internet. The Web is characterized
by its use of hyperlinks.
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