Question | Answer |
Home Page | first page that a web site displays |
Address Book | contains a list of names and e-mail addresses |
Audio | music, speech, or any other sound |
Vrworld | 3-d enviornment that contains infinite space and depth |
DSL | provides high-speed internet connections using regular copper telephone lines |
Link | built-in connection to another related web page |
Online auction | where users bid on an item being sold by someone |
Cable Modem | allows access to high-speed internet services through the cable tv network |
Animation | the appearance of motion |
WISP | company that provides wireless internet access to computers and mobile devices |
Microbrowser | browserdesigned for PDAs and smart phones |
News | type of website containing newsworthy material |
Mcommerce | e-commerce that takes place using mobile devices |
Server | proram used by a search engine to build lists of words found on web sites |
DNS | method the internet uses to store domain names and their IP addresses |
Domain Name | text version of an IP address |
Portal | web site that offers a variety of internet services from a single, convenient locations |
Edit | add articles to a newsgroup |
Mpeg | popular video compression standard |
Netiquette | code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the internet |
Personal | type of web site maintained by a private individual or family |
Graphic | digitalrepresentation of nontext information |
Shopping Cart | allows the customer to collect purchases |
NSFNET | National Science Foundation's network of five supercomputers centers |
FTP | standard that permits file uploading and downloading on the internet |
SMTP | communications protocol used by some outgoing mail servers |
Hits | results of the search returned by a search engine |
Virtual Reality | us of computers to simulate a real or imagined environment |
Multimedia | application that combines text, graphics, animation, audio, video, and/or virtual reality |
Plug in | program that extends the capability of a browser |
Electronic Store Front | contains product descriptions, images, and a shopping cart |
Username | unique combination of characters that indentifies a specific user |
HOST | any computer that provides services and connections to others on a network |
Dial Up Access | the computer's modem uses a standard telephone line to connect to the internet |
Player | special software used to listen to an audio file on your computer |
Web Server | computer that delivers requested web pages to your computer |
URL | a web page's unique address |
Instant messaging | real-time internet communications service |
Advocacy | type of web site containing content that describes a cause, opinion, or idea |
OSP | provides internet acess and members only features |
IP address | number that uniquely identifies each computer connected to the internet |
News group | online area for written discussions about a particular subject |
Thumbnail | small version of a larger graphic |
Spam | unsolicited e-mail message sent to many recipients at once |
ISP | communications protocol used by some incoming mail servers |
Chat | real-time typed conversation on a computer |
Pool | request information from a web server |
Video | full-motion images played back at various speeds |
HTTP | set of rules that defines how pages transfer on thecomputer |