Internet Vocabulary
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Flaming text
- another cool website that puts text on fire
- Cable modem
- a modem connected through a cable line
- Search engine
- software that searches archives for answers
- Explore
- microsoft's web browser
- Dialup
- connecting to the internet via a phone line
- webpage
- information available on the internet, typically described as HTML
- DSL
- Digital subscriber line, a type of internet connection
- Browser
- software which allows the user to freely surf the internet
- HT ML
- hypertext markup language, used for programing web pages
- ISP
- Internet service provider; AOL MSN etc...
- Netscape
- another type of web browser
- HTTP
- hypertext transport protocal
- URL
- Uniform Resource Locator; the internet adress of a certain webpage
- KBS
- Kilobytes per second
- On-line
- another word for using the internet; when your connected
- website
- a location where several webpages are located and stored
- Bookmarks
- a personal internet shortcut customized by the user; a favorite webpage link
- GIF
- graphic interchange format; type of graphic image
- Modem
- a device that relays information to and from a coputer
- JPEG
- joint photographic export group; another type of graphic format
- electronic mail; modern form of communication