Your modem's speed is measured in the number of bits it can transfer in a second. Modems rated in kilobits per second are now the standard.
A terminal program and file transfer protocol developed at Columbia University and available for a variety of computers, from PCs to mainframes. Kermit can be used to download files from a remote system to your home computer. It is distinguished by its ability to transfer files over Telnet and other connections that would corrupt a binary transfer; it is often available as a UNIX command.
A word by which subjects can be searched by online databases and search engines.
A person you correspond with that uses a KEYboard to type e-mail messages instead of say, a pen, to write handwritten letters. Usually these e-mail messages are written back and forth between two or more people with some kind of regularity. A pen pal in cyberspace. If you correspond with someone frequently or on a regular basis it could be said that the two of you are "key pals".
A file that lets you filter USENET postings to some extent, by excluding messages on certain topics or from certain people.
A thousand bytes. Actually, usually 1024 (2^10) bytes.