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A
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Account
Acknowledge (ACK)
ActiveX
ActiveX Control
Adapter or Adapter Board
Address
Address Book
Address Mask
Address Resolution
Administrative Domain
Administrivia
Agent
AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format)
Alias
alt (alternate)
America Online (AOL)
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
Analog port
Anchor
Anonymous FTP (anon FTP)
Anonymous Remailer
AOL (America OnLine)
Applet
Application
Archie
arj
ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
Attachment
au (audio)
au (Australia)
Authentication
Authoring
Automatic dialup
Automatic forwarding
Avatar
B
Backbone
backlink
Backstage
Bandwidth
bcc (blind courtesy copy/blind carbon copy)
BinHex
Binary
Binary Transfer
bit (binary digit)
BitSURFR
BITNET
Bookmark
Boolean
Bot
Bounce
Bozo Filter
bps (Bits Per Second)
(BRI) Basic Rate Interface
Broadband
Browse
Browser
BTW (by the way)
Bulletin Board System (BBS)
bus
Byte (B)
C
Cable Modem
Cache
Cancel
Cancelbot
Case insensitive
Case sensitive
Castanet
cc (carbon copy/courtesy copy)
cc:Mail
CERN
CFV (Call For Votes)
(CGI) Common Gateway Interface
Channel
Channel operator (chan-op)
channel service unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU)
Chat
chat room
Checksum
child document
chmod
CineWeb
Circuit Switching (CS)
ClariNews
Class A Network
ClearFusion
Clickable Image
Client
Codec
com (commercial)
Comite Consultatif International de Telephone et de Telegraphe (CCITT)
Command Line Interface (CLI)
Commercial provider
Communications Decency Act (CDA)
component
compress
CompuServe
Computer Emergency Response Team
Configure
connection
Convert
Cookie
Cosmo
Country Code
CPU (central processing unit)
cracker
Crescendo
Crosspost
CSLIP (Compressed Serial Link Internet Protocol)
CU-SeeMe
Cursor
CyberHub
Cyberspace
D
Daemon
DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
Data Bits
Data Encryption Standard (DES)
Database (DB)
Datagram
DeepV
Defense Data Network Information Center (DDN NIC)
Dialogue box
Dialup
dialup connection
dialup service
digital cash
Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data (DSVD)
direct connection
Directory
Distributed
distribution list
Domain
Domain Name
domain name server
Domain Name System (DNS)
DOS (disk operating system)
Dot (.)
Dot address
Download
Droid
Dynamic
Dynamic IP Address
E
e-cash (electronic cash)
Echospeech
edu (educational)
Electrifier
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Elm
E-mail
E-mail Address
Emoticon
Encode
Encryption
Enliven
Eudora
exchange
Exchange
E-zine
F
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Fetch
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
File
File Server
file transfer
Filter
Finger
Firewall
Flame
Flamebait
FlashWare
flc
fli
Flood
Folder
Followup
font
Forge
Forms
Forms-based
Forward
Forward file
Frame
Frame Relay
Free Agent
Freeware
FrontPage
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
G
Gateway
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Gigabit (Gb)
Gigabyte (GB)
Global Chat
GNU
Gopher
gov (government)
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
group reply
Gzip
H
Hack
Hacker
Hayes-compatible
Header
Helper applications
Hierarchy
History List
Hit
Home Directory
hop
Host
HotDog
HotJava
Hotlist
hqx
htm and html (HyperText Markup Language)
HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol)
HTTPd (HyperText Transfer Protocol Daemon)
HyperStudio
Hyperlink
Hypertext
I
Icon
IconAuthor
Image File
Imagemap
Immediate delivery
Inbox
Indices
InfoSeek
Inline
int (international)
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
Intellectual property
InterNIC
InterVu
Internet
Internet Address
Internet Explorer
Internet Phone
Internet Presence Provider (IPP)
Internet Protocol (IP)
Intranet
IP Address
IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
ISP (Internet Service Provider)
J
Jack in
Java
JavaScript
JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group)
Jutvision
K
Kill file
Kilobit (Kb)
Kilobits per second (kbps)
Kilobyte (KB)
Knowbot
Koan
L
Leased Line
Link
List
Live3D
Local-area network (LAN)
Local Loop
Log in
Log-in
Lurk
Lynx
M
MacHTTP
MacTCP
MacZilla
Mail
Mailbox
mail exchange (MX)
Mail Filter
Mail Reflector
Mailbot
Mailing List
mailto
Map
mBED
Megabit (Mb)
Megabyte (MB)
Menu
Metaverse
Method
MHSV (Multimedia Home Space Viewer)
MID
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
Midplug
mil (military)
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
MIME type/subtype
Mirror
Modem
Moderated
MOO [MUD, Object Oriented]
Mosaic
MovieStar
Mozilla
MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group)
MUD (Multi-User Dungeon/Dimension)
Multipart
MUSE (Multi-User Simulation Environment)
MUSH (Multi-User Shared Hallucination)
N
Name Resolution
NCompass
net (network)
NetMC
Netfind
Netiquette (network etiquette)
Netizen
Net Nanny
Netnews
Netopia
Netscape
Netscape Extensions
Netscape Media Player
Netscape Navigator
Network computer (NC)
Newbie
News
Newsadmin (news administrator)
Newsgroup
Newsreader
NFS (Network File System)
nn
Node
Noise
O
OLiVR
Offline Mail Reader
Offline News Reader
OnLive!
Open
org (organization)
P
Packet
Page
Parity
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)
Pico
Platform
Plug-in
Point-of-Presence (POP)
Point-to-Point-Protocol (PPP)
POP (Post Office Protocol)
POP server
Port
Post
Prodigy
Protocol Stack
Q
QuickTime (QT)
QuickTime plug-in
R
RealAudio
rec (recreation)
RFC (Request For Comments)
Router
S
sci (science)
Search Engine
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
secure transaction
Server
Servlet
Shareware
Shell Account
Shockwave
Shout
Signature or sig
Site
Sizzler
SLIP (Serial Line Interface Protocol) Emulator
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
spam
StreamWorks
streaming
T
T1
T3
Talker
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
Telnet
Terminal
Terminal adapter
Thomas
Thread
ToolVox
Toolbar
TopGun
Topper
Traffic
Trash
Trojan Horse
Troll
TrueSpeech
U
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
Usenet
V
VR Scout
VRealm
VDOLive
vi
ViewMovie
virtual circuit
virtual reality (VR)
virus
Viscape
VivoActive
VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)
W
WAIS gateway
WAN (wide-area network)
WAV(WAVE)
waveform
Web
WebCrawler
Web document
WebSter
WebTracks
WebTV
WebXpresso
Web-Active
Webmaster
Webster
whois
Whurlplug
wildcard
Winsock (Windows Sockets)
wireless
WIRL
World Wide Web (WWW)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
worm
X Y Z
X.25
X.400
X.500
Yahoo
Yellow Pages (YP)
YMMV (your mileage may vary)
Zip
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