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TiA's
Guide to Internet Terms:
Address: The
unique location of a page on the Internet.
ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line.
Applet: A simple Java program incorporated as part of a web page.
Attachment: Separate file appended to an email message
Bandwidth: the capacity for data transfer across a computer
network. Measured in bit per second (bps)
Banner: The most common form of an omline advertisement.
Bookmarks: A list of a users favourite web sites stored in the
browser.
Browser: A program used to view & navigate the
web.(Eg.Internet Explorer)
Chat Room: Online facility for real time communication using your
keyboard.
Cookie: a small file left by a web site on a visitors browser,
allowing the site to personalise itself if visitor returns.
Dial Up Connection: A temporary connection to the internet via a
modem.
E-business/E-commerce: Business conducted online/Online order
process and any electronic financial transactions that may take place.
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
Firewall: The technology that sits between the internet and a pc
or internal network to protect it from viruses and/or hackers.
Flame: Abusive email
Flash: Industry standard animated vector graphics technology.
Frames: Subdivisions of a web page
FTP: File transfer Protocol
GIF: graphics Interchange Format
Hacker: Person who breaks into an online system
HTML: Hypertext Mark-up Language
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IRC: Internet Relay Chat. Similar to a chat room but using
different technology
ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP: Internet Service Provider
Java: High level web programming language
JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
MPEG: Moving Pictures Experts Group
OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer
POP3: Post Office Protocol 3
SGML: Standard Generalised Mark-up Language
SSL: Secure Socket Layer
TCP/IP: Transmissions Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TIFF: Tagged Image File Format
VRML: Virtual Reality Modelling Language
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
WML: Wireless Mark-up Language
XML: Extensible Mark-up Language
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