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Terms and Information about the Internet

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Internet   a worldwide collection of computers and computer networks  
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Network   collection of two or more computers that are connected to share resources and information  
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Internet Backbone   collection of high-speed data lines that connect major computer systems located around the world  
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ISP   a company that has a permanent connection to that Internet backbone  
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World Wide Web (WWW)   the part of the Internet that supports multimedia and consists of a collection of linked documents  
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)   which is a set of rules for exchanging text, graphics, sound, video, and other multimedia files  
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Web Pages   linked documents, or pages of information, on the Web  
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Web Site   related collection of Web pages that is created and maintained by an individual, company, educational institution, or other organization  
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Home Page   which is the first document users see when they access the Web site  
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Web Server   a computer that stores and sends requested Web pages and other files  
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Publishing   copying the Web pages and associated files, such as graphics and audio, to a Web server  
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Web Browser   a program that interprets and displays Web pages and enables you to view and interact with a Web page  
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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)   the address of a document or other file accessible on the Internet  
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Protocol   http://  
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Domain Name   www.rcsd.ms  
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Path   ~web26  
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Filename   index  
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File extension   .html  
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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)   set of special tags to define the structure, layout and appearance of a Web page  
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WYSIWYG   What You See Is What You Get  
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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)   creating page “styles” which define how HTML elements, such as those used to format text, are to be displayed throughout a Web site  
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