This resource helps people communicate. You can join anytime without authorization or special software.
What is: A chat room?
100
You want to find a place to eat a rare steak on the internet. You search both terms at once, and you find rare diamonds, and plain old steak. What do you do to get a "rare stake"?
What is: Type "and" or "+" between the two words.
200
A type of communication that is faster, and more efficient than licking and sticking.
What is: Email?
200
A type of search that is more precise and custom to what you want to find quickly.
What is: A Boolean Operator
300
A place on the www, similar to a blog, that is used for posting group messages.
What is: a Listserv?
300
A word or phrase that relates to the topic of search.
What is: a Keyword?
400
A resource that is often used to upload files to be accessed by anyone authorized, or people using a certain site. The site accesses files from this when they browse the cite.
What is: FTP
400
Another word for "results" from a web search.
What are: Hits
500
A program commonly used to retreive mail from a mail server.
What is: Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express
500
A word you type in before words that you do not want showing in your search.