Vocabulary 3

1.  IP Address - Internet protocol address: the numeric code thatidentifies all computers that are connected to the Internet

2.  Usenet - an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.

3.  Account - a regular client or customer, esp a firm that purchasescommodities on credit

4.  Host - A computer system that is accessed by a user working at a remote location.

5.  FTP - File Transfer Protocol: a software protocol for exchanginginformation between computers over a network.

6.  ZIP, EXE, CAB - To create a compressed archive (a "zip file") from one or morefiles using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. An executable binary file. A file format from Microsoft used to hold compressed files on its distribution disks.

8.  HTML - Hypertext Markup language: a set of standards, a variety ofSGML, used to tag the elements of a hypertext document.

9.  Link – A pointer from within the content of one hypertext node to another node.

10.  WYSIWYG - of, pertaining to, or noting a screen display that shows textexactly as it will appear in printed output, includingunderlining, various typefaces, as italics, line spacing, end-of-line breaks, and paragraph indentations.

11.  TXT, DOC, XLS - text file that is uploaded to a Web site's root directory and linked in the html code of the Web site.  Common spoken and written shorthand for"documentation". Often used in the plural "docs" and in the construction "doc file".   file extension used on computers running Microsoft Windows to identify files created in Microsoft Excel.

12.  Bandwidth – the transmission capacity of anelectronic communications device or system; the speed of data transfer.

13.  DNS server – Domain Name System (or Service or Server), an Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. 

14.  Client – an application that runs on a personal computer or workstation and relies on a server to perform some operations.

15.  Bounce - used to describe an e-mail that has bounced back to the sender undelivered without having been accepted by the recipient's mail server.

Vocabulary 2

1.         Internet Service Provider (ISP) - a business providing its customers withconnection to the internet and other related services

2.         Chat - real-time conversation in a chat room

3.         TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol over Internet Protocol.

4.         Hit - A request to a web server from a web browser or other client

5.         Browser - a softwareprogram that allows the user to find and read encodeddocuments in a form suitable for display, especially such aprogram for use on the World Wide Web.

6.         Virus - a segment of self-replicating code planted illegally in acomputer program, often to damage or shut down a systemor network.

7.         Universal Resource Locator - an address that identifies a particular file on the Internet, usually consisting of the protocol, as http, followed by the domain name.

8.         Marc Andreessen - an American entrepreneur, investor, software engineer, and multi-millionaire. He is best known as co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used Web.

9.         Gopher - A distributed document retrieval system

10.     Arpanet - Advanced Research Projects Agency Network 

11.     Cyberspace - the realm of electronic communication.

12.     Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - a document, in question and answer format, that introducesnewcomers to a topic, as in an Internet newsgroup.

13.     Shareware - computer software distributed without initial charge but for which the user is encouraged to pay a nominal fee to coversupport for continued use.

14.     Telnet - The Internet standard protocol for remote login.