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DS - Internet
Internet vocabularys
Term | Definition |
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Internet | Is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. |
Browser | A program that enables users to navigate the World Wide Web |
Search Engine | A program used for the retrieval of data, files or documents in a data base or network especially the Internet |
World Wide Web | Commonly known as the Web, is an information system where documents and other web resources are interlinked by hypertext, and are accessible over the Internet |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator, a specific address that is assigned to each of the available resources in the network |
Website | A location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web |
Webpage | A document connected to the World Wide Web that is viewable by anyone with an Internet connection and a browser |
Homepage | Main page of a website often has a table of contents on it |
Menu Bar | A horizontal bar located at the top of the screen containing drop down menus |
Hyperlink | A highlighted word or image within a page that will link to an other location within the document or another web location |
Netiquette | Correct or acceptable way of communicating on the Internet |
Keywords | An informative word used in an informational retrieval system to indicate the content of a document or website |
Trend, trending | Level of popularity on topics of interest, fashion, public figures, artists, news and lifestyle, followed by users |
Hashtag | Is simply a keyword phrase, spelled out without spaces, with a pound sign (#) in front of it, used to identify a message |
Adwords | Text ads that Google places in search results. Advertisers buy 'keywords' - the ad will appear when someone searches for that word - and pay when someone clicks on the link. |