Bookmark : A browser feature
that places selected URLs in a file for quick access,
allowing you to automatically return to the website by
clicking on the site's name.
Domain
Name : The portion of
an Internet address that identifies the host and indicates
the type of organization.
Extranet : Similar to an
internet, but extending the network to select people outside
the organization.
Homepage : The primary
website for an organization or individual; the first
hypertext
document displayed on a website.
Internet : A world wide
collection of interconnected networks that enables users to
share information electronically and provides digital access
to a wide variety of services.
Internet
Service Provider (lSP)
: A company that provides access to the Internet,
usually for a monthly fee, via telephone lines or cable;
ISPs can be local companies or specialists such as America
Online.
Internet
Telephony : Using
the Internet to converse vocally.
Intranet : A private
network, set up within a corporation or organization, that
operates over the internet and may be used to link
geographically remote sites.
Multimedia : The combination of two or more
of the following elements : graphics, text, sound, video, or
computer programs. Pagers : Small radio receivers
that signal users to call someone
Personal
Digital Assistant
(PDA) : Handheld computer that store and organize
contract information, calendars, task lists, and other
organizational and travel information.
Telecommute : To work from home and communicate with
company's main office via computer and communication
devices.
Telnet
: A way to access someone else's computer (the host
computer) and to use it as if it were right at your desk.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) : Web address that gives
the exact location of an Internet resource.
Upload
: To send a file from your computer to a server or host
system.
Usenet
Newsgroups : One or more discussion groups on the
Internet where people with similar interests can post
articles and reply to messages.
Viruses : From the computer sabotage embedded in
software or passed from one computer to the next that change
or delete computer files or programs.
Voice
Mail : A computerized telephone message recording
system; an e-mail system that supports audio.
Webpages : Related files containing multimedia data that
are made available on a website.
Website : A related collection of files on the World
Wide Web and accessing Internet resources such as text,
graphics, sound, and other multimedia resources.
Worms
: Form of computer sabotage sent by e-mail that
reproduce, taking up network space and snarling connections.
