Electronic mail; messages sent and received over the phone lines using a computer and a modem.
What is E-mail?
100
Conducting a live conference between two or more locations using video cameras, microphones, and video monitors.
What is video conferencing?
100
A procedure that renders the contents of a message or file unintelligible to anyone not authorized to read it.
What is encryption?
100
URL
What is UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR, another name for the website address.
200
FAQ stands for this.
What is frequently asked questions?
200
Files downloaded from an e-mail message.
What is Attachment?
200
A term used to describe an interface to the Internet that contains millions of hypertext documents that are linked together and contain text, sound, video, and graphics.
What is world wide web?
200
The act of signing off and disconnecting with another computer system or service.
What is log out/log off?
200
SMTP
What is SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL,allows computers all over the world to communicate through e-mail
300
A computer or computer software that stops unauthorized users from accessing private information.
What is firewall?
300
A web log; A web site that contains dated text entries about a particular topic that serve many purposes such as an online newsletter or personal journal.
What is a blog?
300
An electronic document that carries its fonts, styles, and formatting. The viewer software does not allow the document to be edited.
What is personal document format?
300
The act of connecting with another system or on-line service.
What is log-in/ log-on?
300
LAN
What is LOCAL AREA NETWORK, two or more computers connected to each other in a local area; within the same building or room
400
A company that charges a fee to provide access to the Internet;
Example: AOL, Earthlink, Prodigy, Optonline and Verizon
What is internet service provider?
400
Software programs like Internet Explorer and Safari that
help you see web sites.
What is a browser?
400
A device that lets you see what the computer has accomplished. Examples: display screen, printer.
What is output device?
400
Models of real-world activities that allow you to explore environments that may be dangerous or unavailable.
What is simulation?
400
ISP
What is INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER, a company that charges a fee to provide access to the Internet;
Example: AOL, Earthlink, Prodigy, Optonline and Verizon
500
A program that you download that allows you to view movies, play sounds, or play games on the Internet.
What is a plug in?
500
Method of sending information over a network –simultaneously sending the same message to multiple recipients.
What is broadcast?
500
The physical nuts and bolts of a computer that you can touch; Example: mouse, monitor, keyboard, modem, etc.
What is hardware?
500
Delivery of live or delayed sound or video broadcasts using web (Internet) technology.
What is webcast?
500
VR
What is VIRTUAL REALITY, computer simulation that allows the user to interact with 3D graphics and/or animations