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- BBB
- Bandwidth
- The amount of data that can be
- handled by a data communication link,
- for example a telephone line.
-
- Browser
- A software program that lets you
- access the Internet's resources. A
- browser is particularly used in relation
- to the World Wide Web, e.g. Microsoft
- Internet Explorer.
- CCC
- Cookies
- These tell a website when last you
- visited it and what you looked at while
- you were there. This then enables the
- website to 'feed' you the information it
- thinks you're looking for based on that
- information.
- DDD
- Domain Name
- The name of the specific computer
- which you have accessed on the
- Internet. It usually consists of a
- number of words separated by dots,
- for example mweb.co.za
- EEE
- E-mail
- An electronic mailing system which
- enables you to send messages over
- the Internet. All e-mail addresses
- contain the symbol "@", an example
- being johnxxx@mweb.co.za.
-
- E-commerce
- A secure way of buying and selling
- products or services over the Internet.
- FFF
- FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
- Documents on the Internet which list
- the most common questions and their
- answers on any given subject.
-
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
- The standard Internet procedure for
- moving files from one computer to
- another.HHH
- HHH
- Hacking
- Refers to the practice of breaking into
- computer systems, either directly or
- via a network.
-
- HTML (Hypertext Mark-up
- Language)
- A programming language which
- enables Web pages to be linked to
- one another. In fact, most of the
- websites you see on the Internet are
- created using HTML.
-
- HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
- The procedure used by the World
- Wide Web to display information on a
- computer screen, and which appears
- at the beginning of a URL, e.g.
- http://www.mweb.co.za
- III
- The Internet
- The term for the global network of
- computers which are consequently
- able to communicate with each other.
-
- IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
- A global network of people 'talking' to
- each other in real time (i.e. almost as
- immediate as an ordinary
- conversation) over the Internet by
- typing messages via their keyboards.
-
- ISDN (Integrated Services Digital
- Network)
- A type of Internet connection that
- enables you to transmit and receive
- more data over your existing telephone
- line than would a modem.
-
- ISP (Internet Service Provider)
- A company that gives you access to
- the Internet, for example M-Web.
- LLL
- Link (or Hypertext)
- Refers to an underlined word or
- phrase which, by clicking on it, takes
- you to a different document relating to
- the information in the link.
- MMM
- Modem
- Short for "MOdulator/DEModulator", a
- device that allows your computer to
- communicate using a telephone line.
- NNN
- Newsgroups
- A system of communication where
- people can send and reply to
- messages on just about any topic of
- interest. Newsgroups are often
- referred to as USENET news.
- PPP
- POP (Point of Presence)
- A location where you can get dial-up
- access (i.e. where you can access the
- Internet).
- SSS
- Search Engine
- A computer database which attempts
- to catalogue all the information on the
- Internet. You can then search the
- database by typing in a key word or
- phrase, or a question, and the search
- engine will retrieve the information for
- you. An example of a search engine is
- http://www.max.co.za
-
- Spamming
- The transmission of large amounts of
- junk mail ("spam") to e-mail lists,
- newsgroups, and so on. More often
- than not, it is viewed as an
- unacceptable Internet practice.
-
- Surfing
- The process of moving from website to
- website by clicking on links within
- each document.
- TTT
- TCP/IP (Transmission Control
- Protocol/Internet Protocol)
- A communications procedure which
- allows computers with different
- operating systems (e.g. Windows 3 /
- Windows 98) to communicate with
- each other by breaking digital
- information into small ΓÇÿpacketsΓÇÖ which
- are routed between the computers that
- are communicating.
- UUU
- URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
- Also known as an "address", it
- specifies the location of a file on a
- server, for example:
- http://www.mweb.co.za
-
- Usenet
- A collection of all the newsgroups.
- WWW
- WWW (or "Web")
- Whereas the Internet refers to a
- collection of computers that are able to
- communicate with each other, the
- "World Wide Web" is the easy-to-use
- graphic interface - with any
- combination of text, pictures, sound or
- video - which allows you to move
- about the Internet by clicking on
- certain images or words.
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