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| Definition | Answer |
|---|---|
| The process of performing a search online categories in order to find a website or web page. | Browsing |
| A quote from a larger work. | Citation |
| Whether or not a source provides reliable, accurate information, checked and verified. | Credibility |
| The words of numbers, known as IP addresses, that identify a website. | Domain name |
| The buying an selling of goods online. | e-commerce |
| The first page in a group of pages on a website that describes the site’s purpose and provides the navigational structure for moving through the website. | Home page |
| A company that sells Internet connectivity to individuals. | Internet Service Provider |
| A term or group of terms used to find information on the web. | Keyword |
| Computer software that works as an independent program that infects a computer’s files and programs after being downloaded from what looks like a trusted source. | Malware |
| Informal rules of behavior for communicating on the web. | Netiquette |
| Content not traditionally delivered in digital form that is now found online, such as music, movies, newspapers, or books. | New media |
| The practice of using spam e-mail to elicit a response and obtain a computer user’s private information. | Phishing |
| A computer’s virus that attacks a computer’s internal storage system. | Rootkit |
| An automated database that delivers a list of links as a response to a specific keyword request from the user. | Search engine |
| The usually criminal practice of manipulating a person into providing sensitive information online. | Social engineering |
| An online community. | Social networks |
| A computer virus disguised as a normal program that infects a computer after being downloaded from an e-mail, pop-up advertisement, or downloaded software. | Trojan horse |
| A collection of Internet sites that provide text, graphics, sound, video, and other digital content. | World Wide Web |