Bookmark
A list of pages you frequently visit. Netscape® Navigator and Explorer® have a "bookmark" menu item which allows users to add favorite sites via the Bookmark option.

Browser
A program that allows the user to access and read information on the World Wide Web. Netscape® Navigator and Microsoft Explorer® are the best known browsers.

Counter
A device which indicates how many times a site has been visited. It is usually represented by a small rectangle with numbers, something like the odometer of a car.

Cyberspace
The metaphoric, conceptual, or virtual area where pages, data, images, and all the rest fly back and forth from computer to computer, user to user.

Date Stamp
The date when a page was placed or last revised.

FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions
Questions and answers that occur regularly within a user group. FAQs are a time-saving feature for all kinds of users.

Firewall
A protection of the internal company network against unauthorized access via the internet.

Frame
A presentation format, which enables Web page designers and users to mark a part of the screen for links to other pages. Frames usually appear on the left side, top, and/or bottom of the screen. Frames contain icons and hot links.

FTP - File Transfer Protocol
A very common method of moving files between two Internet sites. FTP is a special way to log in to another Internet site for the purposes of retrieving and/or sending files. There are many Internet sites that have established publicly accessible repositories of material that can be obtained using FTP by logging in using the account name anonymous. Thus, these sites are called anonymous FTP servers.

GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
A type of graphics file found frequently on the net. A picture of a vice-president, for example, may appear on the Intranet as a GIF.

Home Page
The primary Web page for an individual or organization. These pages link to other related pages.

Hot Links
A connection from one Web page to another. A hypertext link. Hot links are frequently indicated by colored, underlined text and/or an icon. HTML - Hypertext markup language The language used in writing pages for the World Wide Web. No knowledge of HTML is necessary for using your Intranet, or for maintaining pages.

HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
The way Web pages are transferred over the internet or an Intranet. Icon A small picture or graphic used to represent a location in the inter- or Intranet (for example a flow-chart graphic to take the user to the departmental flow chart); an action (a mailbox as a place to send feedback); or a program (a W to indicate Microsoft Word).

Internet
Interconnected computer networks from around the world.

Intranet
Interconnected computers and networks within an organization.

ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
Basically, a way to move more data over existing regular phone lines. ISDN is rapidly becoming available to much of the U.S. and, in most markets, at a price comparable to standard analog phone circuits. It can provide speeds of roughly 128,000 bits-per-second over regular phone lines.

Java
A programming language that in particular, allows browsers to download and run applets (very small programs allowing animations and the like).

JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
A standard format to store digitized, color, or black-and-white photographs. JPEG files are smaller than corresponding GIF files.

LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDAP is preferred for creating directories. LDAP provides a standard way for Internet clients, applications, and servers to access directory services using TCP/IP, regardless of the hardware/software platform.

Loading
The time it takes for a page, graphic, or text to appear on the screen of the user. s computer. Loading time is affected by modem speed, server, and type of access lines.

Network
Lots of computers connected together. Lots of networks all over the world are connected to make the internet. Lots of networks connected within an organization such as a university or company make an Intranet.

Scroll Bar
The scroll bar appears on the right of the screen when the contents of the page are greater than the screen size. By clicking the up or down arrows located above or below the scroll bar, the user can navigate (or scroll) through the page.

Search Engine
Software used to find information on the Web. Examples are Lycos and Yahoo. Server A computer with the capacity to provide connectivity (sharing) to multiple personal computers.

Surfing
Going from page to page, link to link, via a browser. Surfing could have been called "clicking" for the mouse clicks that make the process possible, or "linking" from the program logic which makes the process occur.

T-1
A leased-line connection capable of carrying data at 1,544,000 bits-per-second. At maximum theoretical capacity, a T-1 line could move a megabyte in less than 10 seconds. That is still not fast enough for full-screen, full-motion video, for which you need at least 10,000,000 bits-per-second. T-1 is the fastest speed commonly used to connect networks to the Internet.

TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. This is the suite of protocols that defines the Internet. Originally designed for the UNIX operating system, TCP/IP software is now available for every major kind of computer operating system. To be truly on the Internet, your computer must have TCP/IP software.

Tile
The technique of placing a small graphic on the monitor screen multiple times in a seamless manner. This allows a picture that. s very small in both file size and display dimensions to occupy an entire screen for background effects.

URL - Uniform Resource Locator
Address of location for accessing Web pages. Clicking on an icon or "hot text" is the most common means of accessing and using a URL. Typing the URL into the "Location" on Netscape® Navigator or Explorer®, (for example, {YOUR INTRANET NAME}@[YOUR COMPANY NAME].com) is another way of getting to a Web page.

Web or Net
The World Wide Web (a server) consisting of a hypermedia system (linking sounds, text, pictures, video) which your computer (a client) can access.

Web Page
The basic unit of the World Wide Web. Information on a Web page can include graphics, audio, and video. Linked Web pages make up an Intranet or internet.

Web Server
A host computer that stores Web pages and responds to requests for viewing. Web servers communicate with Web browsers (by HTTP).

Webmaster
The supervisor ensuring that the system is up and running; the coordinator of access; the relay for communications between users and hosts to sites.

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