| Internet
Slang |
AOL: A value-added online service that provides many
services in addition to Internet access. |
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Browser:
A program that lets you read information on the
World Wide Web. For example, Internet Explorer or
Netscape. |
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Domain: Part of the
official name of a computer on the Internet. For
example, Winners On Wheels Internet Domain is: wowusa.com |
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Download: To copy a
file from the Internet, "down" to your hard-drive. |
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E-mail: Electronic
messages that are sent via the Internet. |
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FAQ: This stands for
Frequently
Asked
Questions. |
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Favorites: A list of
files or web pages you plan to visit often. For example,
I hope the www.wowusa.com
is one of your personal favorites! |
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Gif: A type of
graphic file that stands for Graphics Interchange Format. |
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HTML: The language
used to write webpages for the World Wide Web. This
stands for: Hypertext Markup Language. |
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Internet: All the
computers that are connected together into an amazingly huge
global network so that they can talk to each other. |
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Internet Explorer: A web
browser promoted by Microsoft. |
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JPEG: A type of
graphic file that stands for Joint Photographic Experts
Group. (Jpeg and gif are the most commonly used graphics
used online) |
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Links: A way in
which people jump around from different pages online.
Most often links appear as different colors or are underlined. |
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Logo: Style
of type or design used as 'trade mark' by a company. |
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Meta Tags: Tags
placed at the top of the page giving title, keywords and short
description of content in html, to be read by Search Engine
spiders or robots, makes your page easier to search. |
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Modem: Modulator, Demodulator.
A device that you connect to your computer and to a phone line
to allow the computer to talk to other computers through the
phone system. Modems convert the computer's digital signals
into analog waves that can be transmitted over standard voice
telephone lines. Modem speeds are measured in bits per second
(bps)--also sometimes expressed as Kilobits (thousands of
bits) per second. For example, 28.8 Kbps and 28,800 bps are
the same thing--28,800 bits per second. |
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Network: Any
time you connect two or more computers together so they can
share resources, you have a computer network. Connect two or
more networks together and you have an internet (small "i"). |
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Offline: This is working on
a computer that is currently not connected to the Internet. |
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Online: This is working on a computer that is
currently connected to the Internet. |
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Web: An abbreviated term for the World Wide Web. |
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Websites: A collection of html files, graphic
files and any other file types that are supported by the World
Wide Web that can be viewed by using a World Wide Web browser. |
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