Later - A shorthand appended to a comment written in an online forum.
A frozen time span.
Local Area Network - A network that connects computers in a small area (like a room, a building, or a set of buildings.) see ethernet
A user who behaves in a stupid or uneducated manner, a description often applied to newbies.
In networking, latency and bandwidth are the two factors that determine the speed of your connection. Latency is the time it takes for a data packet to move across a network connection.
Refers to a dedicated phone line that is rented for exclusive 24-hour, 7-days-a-week use from your location to another location.
or hyperlink is text you find on a Web site which can be "clicked on" with a mouse which in turn will take you to another Web page or a different area of the same Web page. Links are also used to load multimedia files such as AVI movies and AU sound files. SEE ALSO: broken links.
A software program for setting up and maintaining discussion groups. Many LISTSERV discussion groups are gatewayed to USENET newsgroups.
When used in reference to a World Wide Web file, this term designates an object linked to another layer of information or describes when a particular web site will be placed on the Internet such as "it's going live next week."
Live3D extends Navigator 3.0 into the 3D realm. With this VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) viewer, you can experience a rich new world of 3D spaces and interact with text, images, animation, sound, music, and even video.
On the WWW, HTML documents and graphics are "loaded into the browser" whenever a URL is accessed.
A file that keeps track of network connections.
The account name used to access a computer system or, used as a verb, the act of typing your username and password on a terminal.
The process of connecting to a network or remote system.
To disconnect from a network or remote system.
Laughing Out Loud - This is a shorthand term used in postings and online chat (IRC to show appreciation of a witticism in a previous posting. SEE ALSO: e-mail shorthand.
Look@Me gives you the ability to view another user's screen anywhere in the world in real time. You can watch the screen activity taking place by another Look@Me user from within your Internet browser or as a standalone applet. Based on Farallon's award winning Timbuktu Pro software, Look@Me is a FREE real-time Internet collaboration tool allowing you to do things like edit documents, go over presentations, review graphics, or provide just-in-time training and support. Download Look@Me to expand your use of the Internet beyond web browsing and email.
Read messages in a Usenet newsgroup without ever saying anything.
A visitor to a newsgroup or on-line service who only reads other people posts but never posts his or her own messages, thus remaining anonymous.
A shareware graphics viewer/editor program for Microsoft Windows. Often used as a helper application or program for web browsers, the program can read JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PCX, BMP, PBM, PGM, PPM, Targa files. The reason LViewPro is so popular is because of it's ability to create transparent GIFs.
A database of more than 3.5 million web sites. This widely used search engine has answered over 9 million queries to date. You can set custom search configurations to help you find what you're looking for.
Lynx is a text-based World Wide Web browser. Unlike Netscape, it cannot display images or handle Java, but it is much faster as a result.
