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.
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