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Address Book
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Used in E-mail packages – An electronic phone
directory
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Bookmark
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Used for remembering websites you like in Netscape.
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Browser
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A piece of software designed to allow people to look
at files on the internet.
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CGI
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Common Gateway Interface - A method used to link web pages and servers
together so that applications such as forms can be processed.
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Chat Rooms
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Places on the web, where you can have real time text
talk with people.
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Cookie
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Program in web browser which remembers the last time
you visited a site and what you viewed.
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Counter
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Usually a graphical way to record your ‘Hits’.
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CPU
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Central Processing Unit – A computers central
brain.
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DHTML
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Dynamic HTML - Extended version of HTML.
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Domain Name
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Top level name for a business/organisation to show
where you are. Like a post box.
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Download
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Used to describe the process of taking software off
another computer onto your computer over the internet.
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eCommerce
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Electronic Commerce – Business over the internet.
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E-Mail
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Electronic mail, a computerized method for sending
text and images across the world.
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Encryption
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A method of making information readable only for the
people to whom it was intended for. Often used for e-mails.
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Favorites
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Internet Explorers way of remembering sites you
liked.
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Floppy Disc
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Used to record information you have stored in
software programs to enable you to transfer data between computers with
the same software.
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Forward
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A e-mail expression for sending your e-mails to
another person
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Freeware
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A piece of software that is free of charge.
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FTP
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File Transfer Protocol – A way of remotely
accessing your web site from an external PC to enable you to up-load and
down-load files.
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GIF
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Graphics Interchange Format - A file for storing
graphic images for use on your web-site or graphics package.
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Hard Disc
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A device for storing programs the bigger it’s size
the more information it will hold.
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Hit
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A measure of the number of people visiting your
web-site. The larger the number of hits you have the more people have
visited your site.
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Homepage
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Usually the first page a web browser will load up
when people look for your web-site.
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HTML
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HyperText Markup Language - In basic terms the
language your browser uses to show you web pages.
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HTML Editor
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A piece of software such as Frontpage which allows
you to generate HTML pages to view on the internet.
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HTTP
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HyperText Transfer Protocol - The way HTML documents
are moved across the internet, essentially a postman! Every web browser
has the opening line http:// it’s the method of telling the computer
which information you want.
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Hyperlink
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Link by clicking highlighted line to another position in web page/site.
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Internet Explorer
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Microsoft web browser found on Windows software.
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ISDN
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Integrated Services Digital Network - A more modern
digital method of transferring data at very high speeds as opposed to
using analogue phone lines.
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ISP
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Internet Service Provider – The company that
connects you to the world wide web.
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Java
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Powerful web language. Javascript is the more
advanced language that allows web pages to be dramatically enhanced.
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JPEG
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Joint Photographic Experts Group - A method of
reducing a image into a smaller size to make it download quicker.
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Link
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Lets you jump to another part of your web-site or
another web-site when you click into the underlined word.
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Mail Server
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Your ISP software used to send and receive e-mails.
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Merchant Account
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Basically an account with company to handle credit card transactions on
the internet securely.
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Modem
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The device used to allow a computer to interface with
a telephone signal to allow you to send and receive information.
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Motherboard
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The printed circuit board which holds the CPU, RAM,
ROM, Modem and a whole host of input devices, it’s what makes your
computer work.
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Navigation
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The way you search around a web page, can be through
links or navigation bars.
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Netscape Navigator
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Netscape web browser.
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Newsgroups
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Locations on the web where you can send messages to
other people, these are often discussion forums, to discuss favourite
issues.
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Offline
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A phrase used by a browser to state that you are not
connected to the internet.
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Online
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A phrase used by a browser to state that you are
connected to the internet.
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Plug-in
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Additional piece of software that enables your web
browser to let you watch movies, play sound, etc.
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POP3
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Post Office Protocol3 - The method in which your
e-mail program gets your email from your ISP mail server.
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RAM
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Random Access Memory – Computer memory used by
software to store data whilst a computer is switched on. The more of it
you have the faster your computer will work.
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Real Time
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Describes an event that takes place over the internet
as if it was in real life.
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Resolution
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The screen size of a computer VDU/monitor the bigger
the resolution the bigger display area.
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ROM
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Read Only Memory – Usually on the computers
motherboard, which holds important data, required every time your computer
is switched on.
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Search Engine
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An index of web sites which computer user can access
to gain information.
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Secure Server
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Servers used to handle credit card transactions as
all information is encrypted.
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Server
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Computers which send information to other computers
often very much powerful than home computers. They are able to send
several thousand pieces of information simultaneously.
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Shareware
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A piece of software that is initially free to use,
but after a period of time, if you like the program you pay a fee for
using it.
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Signature
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A way of personalising your e-mails with text and
graphics at the end of your e-mails.
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SPAM
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Describes junk e-mail.
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TCP/IP
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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol –
The way in which networked devices talk to each other.
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Temporary Internet Files
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A space in your computers hard disc which stores
information as you click into a web-page. It’s designed to make your
browsing quicker, be sure to clear your internet files regularly and set
your hard disc to the maximum file size to enable web browsing much
quicker.
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Unmetered Web Access
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The new phrase given to ISP providers who offer free
access to the net with no telephone call charges, just usually a monthly
fee.
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Up-Load
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The phrase for describing the process of putting
information onto your web-site.
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URL
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Universal Resource Locator - Basically your web address.
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VDU
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Visual Display Unit – The device for viewing a
computers information, i.e monitor.
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WAP
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Wireless Application Protocol - Simplified version of
the internet for handheld devices such as mobile phones. Currently only
text based on most mobile phones due to screen sizes and memory
constraints.
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Webmaster
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General phrase describing the individual who runs a
web-site.
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WYSIWYG
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What You See Is What You Get – The names says it
all.
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ZIP
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A method of compressing files, for sending over the
net quickly decompressing software such a winzip would then un-pack the
software back to its original size.
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