Web / Internet
The Internet is a worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals
What is the Internet
Consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents (webpages)
World wide web or www
Computers or devices physically attached via a cable or wire to a communications device
What is wired connection
Set of rules for communication over the internet
What is internet protocol or IP
Measure of the capability of a network to send and receive data
What is bandwidth
An application stored on a web server that you access through the browser
What is web app
A visual representation of nontext information. Formats include: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF
What is graphics
A real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer or mobile device with many other online users
What is chat
This originated in September 1968 to allow scientists at different physical locations to share information and work together
What is ARPANET
Collection of related webpages and associated items
What is website
Computers or devices that do not have a communications device and are not physically attached to a cable or wire; uses radio signals
What is wireless connection
•Sequence of numbers that uniquely identifies the location of each computer or device connected to the Internet or any other network.
What is IP address
Computers or devices that do not have a communications device and are not physically attached to a cable or wire; uses radio signals
What is wireless
The name of the web page displayed when visitors load that particular URL (preserve-places.htm)
What is web page name
•Classifies web pages in an organized set of categories, such as sports or shopping, and related subcategories created by humans
What is subject directory
•Visual representation of data and information
What is infographic
Services often occur in real-time
Conversation appears on all parties' screens at the same time
Exchange messages or files or join a private chat room with them
What is internet messaging
Application that enables users with an Internet connection to access and view webpages on a computer or mobile device.
What is browser
Computer that delivers requested webpages to your computer or mobile device
What is web server
High-speed connection that uses a cable television infrastructure to provide access to end users
What is Cable Internet Service
•Text-based name that corresponds to the IP address of a server.
What is domain name
Wireless network to connect nearby devices with each other and share the Internet via hotspots
What is Wi-Fi
The sets of rules that decide how files are displayed, formatted, or transferred across the web (http://)
What is protocol
•Software that finds websites, webpages, images, videos, news, maps, and other information related to a specific topic assembled by machines
What is search engine
The appearance of motion created by displaying a series of still images in sequence
What is animation
The transmission of messages and files via a computer network
Complete web address used to find a particular web page.
What is URL or universal Resource Locator
Set of symbols that developers use to specify the headings, paragraphs, images, links, and other content elements that a webpage contains
What is HTML
•Wireless network that provides Internet connections to mobile computers and devices
What is hotspot
Translates the domain name into its associated IP address
What is DNS server
The operation of wireless devices in fixed locations such as homes and offices.
What is fixed wireless
Identifies the host that holds the resource (www.)
What is host name
An internet standard that permits file uploading and downloading to and from other computers on the Internet
What is FTP or File Transfer Protocol
Includes music, speech, or any other sound. Compressed to reduce file size
What is audio
Allows you to create, send, receive, forward, store, print, and delete email messages
What is email program
A set of professional and social etiquettes that are practiced and advocated in electronic communication over any computer network.
What is netiquette
Computer that delivers requested webpages to your computer or mobile device
What is web server
Wireless internet access you can get by using your phone as a modem
What is mobile broadband
Serves to recognize certain elements of a website, such as its purpose, owner, or geographical area. Also known as domain extensions.
What is top-level domain or TLD
Networking technology that provides broadband (high-speed) Internet connections over conventional telephone lines.
What is DSL or digital subscriber line
Represents a location in a hierarchical structure (/history/)
What is the path or path name
A computer that allows users to upload and/or download files using FTP
What is FTP server
The use of computers to simulate a real or imagined environment that appears as a three-dimensional (3-D) space
What is virtual reality
An online area in which users have written discussions about a particular subject
What is online discussion