Question | Answer |
Access provider | any organization that arranges for an individual or an organization to have access to the Internet. |
Blog | A Web site on which an individual or group of users record opinions, information, etc. on a regular basis. |
Home page | the opening page of a web site. |
Netiquette | the rules of etiquette that apply when communicating over computer networks, especially the Internet. |
Cable modem | type of modem that connects a computer or local network to broadband Internet service through the same cable that supplies cable television service. |
Internet | A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols |
Streaming | A method of relaying data over a computer network as a steady continuous stream, allowing playback to proceed while subsequent data is being received |
Portal | An Internet site providing access or links to other sites |
Password | A string of characters that allows someone access to a computer system |
Malware | Software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems |
Animation | The manipulation of electronic images by means of a computer in order to create moving images |
Audio | Sound |
Browser | A program with a graphical user interface for displaying HTML files, used to navigate the World Wide Web |
Chat room | An area on the Internet or other computer network where users can communicate, typically limiting communication to a particular topic |
DNS server | any computer registered to join the Domain Name System |
Domain name | unique address that can be used on the Internet |
Downloading | the transmission of a file from one computer system to another, usually smaller computer system |
DSL | technology for bringing high-bandwidth information to homes and small businesses over ordinary copper telephone lines . |
E-commerce | refers to the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems |
Emoticons | A representation of a facial expression |
FTP | transfer files between computers on a network |
IP address | number assigned to a network equiped piece of hardware by which other device identify it. |
ISP | an organization that provides access to the Internet |
Link | selectable connection from one word, picture, or information object to another |
Plug-in | set of software components that adds specific abilities to a larger software application |
RSS | is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works |
Search engine | designed to search for information on the World Wide Web |
Uploading | Transfer (data) to a larger computer system |
URL | Uniform (or universal) resource locator, the address of a World Wide Web page |
VoIP | telephone conversations that takes place over the Internet instead of land-based telephone networks |
Web 2.0 | the internet viewed as a medium in which interactive experience, in the form of blogs, wikis, forums, etc, plays a more important role than simply accessing information |
wiki | A Web site developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content. |
Adware | advertising-supported software, is any software package which automatically renders advertisements |
Cold boot | Starting the computer by turning power on |
Driver | software, provided by a hardware maker, that tells the computer's operating system and software how to work with that hardware. |
Spyware | Software that self-installs on a computer, enabling information to be gathered covertly about a person's Internet use, passwords, etc. |