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Unit 2 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Html | Hypertext markup language, a standardrized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on world wide web pages. |
Hyperlink | A link from a hypertext file or document to another location or file, typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image on the screen. |
Internet | An international computer network providing e-mail and information from computers in educational institutions, goverment agenices, and industry acesible to the general public via modem links |
Science | The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment |
Software | The programs and other operating information used by a computer |
Surf | To browse the Internet; look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular |
Technology | The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator; a location or address identifying where documents can be found on the Internet; a Web address |
Virus | A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data |
WWW | World Wide Web; a system of interlinked hypertext documents contained on the Internet. |