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| | Address:
The unique location of an information site on the Internet, a specific file (for
example, a Web page), or an email user. |
| | Bookmark:
A saved link to a Web site that has been added to a list of saved links so that
you can simply click on it rather than having to retype the address when visiting
the site again. |
| | Browser:
A program that interprets HTML and other scripting languages. Internet Explorer
and Netscape are both example of browsers. You install them on your computer and
when your computer connects o the internet they translate the information from
the Web Pages into a format that your computer can interpret. |
| | Cache:
Storing information on your hard disk. Your computer will store all kinds of information
that is used regularly so it doesn't always have to load it. |
| | Chat
room: A location on an online service that allows users to communicate with
each other about an agreed-upon topic in "real time" (or "live"), as opposed to
delayed time as with email. |
| | Cookie:
Information stored on a user's computer as a small text file by a Web site so
preferences are remembered on future requests. Each time you enter the web page
it looks to see if the cookie is on your computer. It can only be accessed by
the site that wrote the cookie. eg. If you fill out information on a website,
it can store that information in the cookie so that you don’t always have to fill
out the same information. |
| | Download:
To copy a file from one computer system to another. From the Internet user's point
of view, to download a file is to request it from another computer (or from a
Web page on another computer) and to receive it. |
| | Email
(Electronic Mail): A way of sending messages electronically from one computer
to another, generally through a modem and telephone line connected to a computer. |
| | Hardware:
A term for the nuts, bolts, and wires of computer equipment and the actual computer
and related machines. |
| | Homepage:
The site or webpage that is the starting point on the World Wide Web for a particular
group or organization. |
| | Hypertext
Link: An easy method for retrieving information by choosing highlighted words
or icons on the screen. The link will take you to related documents or sites. |
| | HTTP:
A standard used by Web servers to provide rules for moving text, images, sound,
video, and other multimedia files across the Internet. |
| | Icon:
No, not a movie star! A small picture on a web page that represents the topic
or information category of another web page. usually, the icon is a hypertext
link to that page. |
| | Modem:
A device that allows computers to communicate with each other over telephone lines
or other delivery systems by changing digital signals to telephone signals for
transmission and then back to digital signals. Modems come in different speeds:
the higher the speed, the faster the data is transmitted. |
| | Netiquette:
Rules or manners for interacting courteously with others online (such as not typing
a message in all capital letters, which is equivalent to shouting). |
| | Software:
A computer program or set of instructions. System software operates on the machine
itself and is invisible to you. Application software allows you to carry out certain
activities, such as word processing, games, and spreadsheets. |
| | Virus:
A piece of programming code inserted into other programming to cause some unexpected
and usually undesirable event, such as lost or damaged files. Viruses can be transmitted
by downloading programs, be present on a diskette or sent by email. The source
of the file you're downloading or of a diskette or email you've received is often
unaware of the virus. |
| | Web
Browser: A software program that lets you find, see, and hear material on
the World Wide Web, including text, graphics, sound, and video. |
| | World
Wide Web (Web or WWW): A hypertext-based system that allows you to browse
through a variety of linked Internet resources organized by colorful, graphics-oriented
home pages. |
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