The individual location of a website or file on the internet (see URL).
Files containing information which are attached to an email.
Paid for advertising space on a website.
The address of a website that has been added to a list of saved addresses.
An abbreviation of the term "bits per second". It represents the rate
at which data is transferred between modems.
Also known as a "web browser" and is software that enables you to see
the content of a website (eg Internet Explorer, Netscape).
An internet location when you can talk live online, usually through typing.
Files which save you the need to re-input registration details every time you
visit a website.
See URL.
The process of copying a file from either the Internet or from one computer to
another.
An abbreviation for "electronic mail". It is a means of communication
over the Internet via posting messages between computers.
An abbreviation for "internet service provider". It is a term given
to any company that can connect you to the internet (e.g. freeserve, AOL).
This can be an address, word or icon which when clicked on will send you to a
different area of the website you are looking at, or to another website.
A device that changes digital signals to telephone signals for transmission and
then back to digital signals, allowing computers to communicate over telephone
lines. Modems come in various speeds, the higher the speed the faster the rate
of data transfer.
Rules/manners for interacting politely with other online (such as not typing a
message in capital letters, which is equivalent to shouting).
A network of special interest groups where users can post messages.
A slang term for junk advertisements directed to your email address.
A slang term for the process of exploring the Internet.
A domain name or internet address of a site on the Internet (for example, the
URL for Yahoo is http://www.yahoo.co.uk). |
