Internet - A contraction of inter-networks or between networks.
The information superhighway.
Intranet - Web servers linking together a company's computers.
Information not available to general users.
Extranet - Usage of the general Internet by employees working
beyond the Internet.
Newbie - A new Internet user at the mercy of Internet veterans or
techies.
Surfer - An Internet user accessing the information superhighway's
resources.
I-Way - The information superhighway or "Infobahn".
Protocol - Set of rules allowing computers to communicate across
networks.
IP Address - Internet protocol to identify each computer using 4
numbers between 0 and 255 and periods.
Domain Name - English version of an IP address (.com, .edu, .gov,
.mil, .org, .net).
WWW - The World Wide Web is a special part of the internet governed
by strict and consistent guidelines.
ISP - Internet Service Provider to allow access to internet
resources.
URL - Uniform Resource Locator to identify a page or site on the
World Wide Web.
http - Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to provide consistency on
the World Wide Web.
FTP - File Transfer Protocol to allow downloading/uploading of
files from a remote computer.
POP - Post Office Protocol to control the way e-mail messages
travel between our computer, the ISP server, that ISP server, and other
servers on the Internet.
SLIP - Serial Line Internet Protocol
PPP - Point to Point Protocol
Telnet - Program enabling our computer to pretend to be a terminal
connected to a remote server.
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol standards
followed for information access and transmittal.
Backbone - A major cable to carry network traffic.
Clients - Computers that receive and translate data or information.
Servers - Computers that provide and translate data or information.
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language used to format Web site
information using tags, such as <B> </B>.
Java - Programming language to allow Web site information to
include animations and scrolling in pages.
Hypertext - Files that can be accesses by clicking the mouse on
text.
Web Site - A collection of WWW documents; a home page and related
pages.
Home Page - The cover or first page of a Web site.
Link - A connection from one file to another through hypertext,
hypermedia, or an image map. Can be within a document, within a site, or
to another resources or URL.
Hyperlink - Allows navigation through Web sites by jumping to
linked text, images, sounds, or vides (Also called hypermedia)
Anchor - Link to a different part of the same Web page.
Table - Arranging Web page information in rows and columns for
clarity and ease of access.
Image Map - A clickable graphic area, such as several buttons, for
linking to multiple images. Thumbnails are smaller images linked to
large versions of the same images.
Frame - Allows displaying multiple independent elements on a single
screen each having a separate URL.
E-mail - Electronic mail messages.
BBS - Bulletin Board System through a local service to provide
information on specific topics.
FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions and answers made available to
Internet users.
Blatherer - A user who takes three screens to say something when
three words would suffice.
Emoticons - Symbols (smileys) used in e-mail messages to convey
emotions such as :) or :(.
Listservs - Mailing lists for sending and receiving e-mail
messages.
Newsgroups - Subscribable areas of interest for posting and
responding to articles.
Lurker - Someone who read articles in Usenet newsgroups without
posting any responses.
Firewall - Hardware and software used to control access to a
company's Intranet structure.
Netiquette - Guidelines for acceptable usage of Internet resources
Modem - Communication device to transmit analog and digital signals
from one computer to another using telephone lines usually at 28.8, 33.6, or
56 Kbps.
Handshake - Signals transmitted between modems to establish how the
modems will exchange information.
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network usually transmitting at
128 Kbps.
T1 and T3 - Digital carriers for transmitting at 1.544 Mbps and
44.746 Mbps.
Kbps/Mbps - Kilobits per second (1,000 bits)/Megabits per second (1
million bits) used to specify transmission speeds for communications devices.
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