Access Provider \b0 Company that sells Interment connection. Known variously as Internet Access or Service Providers (IAPs or ISPs).\par
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\b ActiveX\b0 Microsoftís standard that allows software components to interact with on
e another in a networked environment regardless of the language they were created in.\par
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\b ASCII \b0 The American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A text format readable by all computers. Also called ìplain textî.\par
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\b Atta
chment \b0 A file included with email.\par
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Bandwidth \b0 The size of the data pipeline. The higher the bandwidth, the faster data can flow.\par
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\b Baud rate\b0 The number of times a modemís signal changes per second whe
n transmitting data. Not to be confused with bps.\par
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\b BBS\b0 Bulletin Board System. A computer system accessible by modem. Members can dial in and leave messages, send email, play games, and trade files with other users.\par
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\b Bookm
arks\b0 A Web browser file used to store URLs.\par
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\b Bounced mail\b0 Email returned to sender.\par
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\b Bps\b0 Bits per second. The rate that data is transferred between two modems. A bit is the basic unit of data.\par
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\b Brow
ser \b0 A program, such as Internet Explorer, that allows you to download and display Web documents.\par
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Client \b0 A program that accesses information across a network, such as a Web browser or newsreader.\par
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Direct connection \b0 A connection, such as SLIP or PPP, whereby your computer becomes a live part of the Internet. Also called full IP access.\par
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\b DNS\b0 Domain Name System. The system that locates the numerical IP addres
s corresponding to a host name.\par
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\b Domain\b0 Part of the DNS name that specifies detail about the host, such as its location and whether it is part of a commercial (.com), government (.gov), or educational (.edu) entity.\par
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\b Downlo
ad \b0 Transfer of a file from one computer to another.\par
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Email \b0 Electronic mail carried on the Net.\par
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\b Email address \b0 The unique private Internet address to which your email is sent. Takes the form user@host
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FAQ\b0 Frequently Asked Questions. Document that answers the most commonly asked questions on a particular subject. Every newsgroup has at least one.\par
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\b Firewall\b0 A network security system which restricts ex
ternal traffic.\par
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\b FTP \b0 File Transfer Protocol. The standard method of transferring files over the Internet.\par
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GIF\b0 Graphic Image File format. A compressed graphics format commonly used on the Net.
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\b Gopher\b0 A menu-based system for retrieving Internet archives, usually organised by subject.\par
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\b GUI \b0 Graphic User Interface. A method of driving software through the use of windows, icons, menus, buttons, and other graphic de
vices.\par
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\b Home page\b0 Either the first page loaded by your browser at start-up, or the main Web document for a particular group, organisation, or person.\par
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\b Host \b0 A computer that ca
n allow you to connect to another computer.\par
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\b HTML \b0 HyperText Markup Language. The language used to create Web documents.\par
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\b Hyper Text links\b0 The ìclickable ì links or ìhotspotsî that connect pages on the Web to each othe
r.\par
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Image map\b0 A Web image that contains multiple links. which link you take depends on where you click.\par
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\b Infoseek \b0 Web and Usenet search service at: http://www.infoseek.com\par
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\b Internet\b0 A co
-operatively run global collection of computer networks with a common addressing scheme.\par
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\b Internet shortcut\b0 Microsoftís terminology for a URL.\par
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\b IP\b0 Internet Protocol. The most important protocol on which the Internet is
based. It defines how packets of data get from source to destination.\par
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\b IP address\b0 Every computer connected to the Internet has an IP address (written in dotted numerical notation), which corresponds to its domain name. Domain Name Se
rvers convert one to the other.\par
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\b IRC\b0 Internet Relay Chat. An Internet system where you can chat in text, or audio, to others in real time, like an online version of CB radio.\par
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\b ISDN \b0 Integrated Services Digital Network.
An international standard for digital communications over telephone lines, which allows for the transmission of data at 64 or 128 kbps.\par
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\b ISP\b0 Internet Service Provider. A company that sells access to the Internet.\par
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Java \b0 Platform independent programming language designed by Sun Microsystems. http://www.sun.com\par
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\b JPEG\b0 A graphic file format that is preferred by Net users because its high compression reduces file size, and thus the time it
takes to transfer.\par
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\b MIME\b0 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. a recent standard for the transfer of binary email attachments.\par
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\b Mirror\b0 A replica FTP or Web site set up to share traffic.\par
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\b Modem \b0 MOdulator/DEModulator. A device that allows a computer to communicate with another over a standard telephone line, by converting the digital data into analogue signals and vice versa.\par
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\b MPEG \b0 A compressed video file format
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\b Multithreaded\b0 Able to process to multiple requests simultaneously.\par
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\b Name server\b0 A \b host\b0 that translates domain names into IP addresses.\par
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\b The Net\b0 The Internet\par
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\b Newsgroup\b0 The Usenet message areas, or discussion groups, organised by subject hierarchies.\par
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\b NNTP\b0 Network News Transfer Protocol. The standard for the exchange of Usenet articles across the Internet.\par
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\b Node\b0 Any
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\b Packet\b0 A unit of data. In data transfer, information is broken in to packets, which them travel independently through the Net. an internet packet contains the source and destination
addresses, an identifier, and the data segment.\par
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\b Packet loss\b0 Failure to transfer units of data between network nodes. A high percentage makes transfer slow or impossible.\par
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\b Ping\b0 a program that sends an echo-like trace t
o test if a host is available.\par
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\b POP3 \b0 Post Office Protocol. An email protocol that allows you to pick up your mail from anywhere on the Net, even if youíre connected through someone elseís account.\par
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\b POPs \b0 Points o
f Presence. An access providerís range of local dial-in points.\par
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\b Post \b0 To send a public message to a Usenet newsgroup.\par
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\b PPP\b0 Point to Point Protocol. This allows your computer to join the Internet via a modem. Each tim
e you log in, youíre allocated a temporary IP address.\par
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\b Protocol\b0 An agreed way for two network devices to talk to each other.\par
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Server \b0 a computer that makes\b \b0 services available on a network\par
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\b SLIP\b0 Serial Line Internet Protocol. A protocol that allows your computer to join the Internet via a modem and requires that you have a pre allocated fixed IP address configured in your TCP/IP setup.\par
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\b Streaming\b0 Delivered in real
time instead of waiting for the whole file to download eg Real Audio \par
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\b Surf\b0 To skip from page to page around the Web by following links\par
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\b TCP/IP\b0 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The
protocols that drive the Internet\par
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\b URL\b0 Uniform Resource Locator. The addressing system for the World Wide Web\par
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\b Web \b0 The World Wide Web or WWW. Graphic and text documents on the
Internet that are interconnected through clickable ìhypertextî links.\par
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\b Web authoring\b0 Designing and publishing Web pages using HTML.\par
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\b Zip\b0 PC compression format that creates files w
ith the extension .zip using PKZip or WinZip software. Commonly used to reduce file size for transfer or storage on floppy disks.
