Question | Answer |
Access provider | An organization that lets users gain entrance to a network, typically the Internet. |
Animation | Creating the appearance of movement with drawn objects, as in cartoons. |
Audio | Of or relating to audible sound, that which you hear (as opposed to video). |
Blog | A Web site (or section of a Web site) where users can post a chronological, up-to-date diary or journal. |
Browser | A program used to view, download, upload, surf, or otherwise access documents. |
Cable modem | A modem that plugs into a cable network to provide Internet access, typically for a computer. |
Chat room | A variation on the interactive message board, it is a Web site for live, online conversation. |
DNS server | A dedicated server or a service within a server that provides DNS name resolution in an IP network.(Domain Name System) |
Domain name | The address or URL of a particular Web site, it is the text name corresponding to the internent. |
Downloading | Transferring files from a host computer, such as AOL, MSN or CIS, to your personal computer. It's very similar to copying files from your hard disk drive to a floppy disk. |
DSL | (Digital Subscriber Line) A method of connecting full time to the Internet at speeds approaching and sometimes beyond T1 but without the full bandwidth. |
E-commerce | Conducting business online |
Emoticons | An emoticon is a sequence of typed characters that creates a rough picture of emotions such as a smiley face. |
FTP | (File Transfer Protocol)The standard method for downloading and uploading files over the Internet. |
Home page | The first page or front page of a Web site. |
Internet | Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world |
IP address | A numeric address that is given to servers and users connected to the Internet. |
ISP | A company that provides users access to the Internet. |
Link | Text or images on a Web page that a user can click on in order to access or connect. |
Netiquette | The code of conduct and unofficial rules that govern online interaction and behavior. |
Plug-in | A software program that extends the capabilities of your browser in a specific way. |
Portal | Portal sites refer to Web sites that provide a starting place for finding information on the Internet. |
RSS | A format for distributing and gathering content from the internet to the computer. |
Search engine | A Web site (actually a program) that acts as a card catalog for the Internet. |
Streaming | Streaming is the ability to begin playing a downloaded audio or video file as it arrives at the user's computer, without waiting for the entire file to be received first. |
Uploading | To send data from a user's machine to a server. |
URL | An acronym/term that describes the location and access method of a resource on the internent. |
VoIP | VoIP is a technology that consists of telephone signals transmitted as IP packets. |
Web 2.0 | The term "2.0" comes from the software industry, where new versions of software programs are labeled with an incremental version number. |
Web browser | A program used to view, download, upload, surf, or otherwise access documents . |
Wi-fi | A high-speed wireless networking standard (at 11Mbps and increasing to 20Mbps). |
Wiki | The ability to work collaboratively on a document, where everyone may add or edit. |