| address
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| Even
web sites have a place that they call home. The place a web site
lives in cyberspace is called its address, also known as a URL.
It usually looks something like this: http://www.easisites.com.
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| address
bar |
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| The
space on the top of your browser that lets you type in the place
a web site lives, or its address, and takes you there. When you
browse to a web site you can look in the address bar to see its
address. |
| back
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| When
you're cruising through cyberspace and you want to return to the
page you just visited, the back button can help. It's usually located
near your address bar and takes you to the page you were viewing
before the current one. |
| B2B
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|
| Business
to business. |
| blocking
software |
|
| Programs
you load into your computer that keep content you don't want to
see from appearing on your screen. For example, you can set up blocking
software to automatically screen out anything about dogs, your least
favourite band, or of course, violent material. |
| bookmark
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| Sometimes
it seems like there are so many great sites out there, there's no
way to keep track of them all! Your browser has a way to save all
your favourite sites and keep them ready for to use with a single
click. When you "bookmark" a site it gets added to a list your browser
saves for you. (Bookmarks are the same as Favourites - it just depends
what browser you are using). |
| browser
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| A
software program that lets you see and hear what's on the web. Examples
include Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer. |
| BRB
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|
| Net
lingo for "Be Right Back", usually used when chatting. |
| CD-rom
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|
| A
computer disk that can save and store things from your computer.
It's also the format that most new software, including games, comes
on these days. |
| chat
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| A
program that lets you "talk" to your friends in real time over the
Internet, wherever they might live. Most often you type back and
forth, although some programs let you literally use your voice.
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| chatroom
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| A
place in cyberspace like minded people 'meet' to talk and share
ideas. |
| connection
speed |
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| Tells
you how fast your modem is able to talk to other computers and get
information from them. The higher the number, the faster it talks.
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| cookie
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| An
Internet site's way of keeping track of you. It's a small program
built into pages you may visit. It can identify you, track sites
you visit, and topics you search. You can set your browser to warn
you before you accept cookies or not accept them at all.
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| cyberspace
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| The
world that exists only on the computer. You can't physically go
there - it only exists on your screen and in your head.
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| download
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| Moving
files (like pictures or videos) from a site like on the Internet
like to your personal homepage or computer. |
| email
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|
| Electronic
mail. You can send and receive messages over the Internet from your
customers, friends and family when you have this feature.
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| emoticons
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| Sometimes
you really want to show someone how you feel when you're writing
them an email or chat message… if only they could see your face!
Emoticons are different symbols you can type on your computer that
can tell your friends that you 're happy, sad, or even crying! Some
examples are smileys :) and frowns :( , ;) winks, 8-) sunglasses,
and |-o yawns. |
| ezine
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|
| Stands
for electronic magazine. Most of the time these are magazines that
only exist in cyberspace. Every once in a while a well-known print
magazine will also post their information on the Web. |
| FAQ
|
|
| Frequently
Asked Questions. These act like mini help pages (like easisites
FAQ) on all sorts of topics. |
| favourites
|
|
| Similar
to bookmarks, this is a list of places you visit the most. You can
set these up to appear on your browser when you click on a favourites
button. |
| filtering
software |
|
| A
type of software or program that sorts information from the Internet
as it comes onto your computer. It usually sorts it by its content.
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| forward
|
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| Means
to move ahead to the next page on a web site. Also, if you go back
using your browser, you can return to where you were before by hitting
the Forward button. |
| frames
|
|
| Some
sites you visit will want to show you more than one page at once.
They solve this problem by putting their pages in frames, or different
sections of the screen. When you use frames, you can keep one part
of the screen open all the time while you look at other things in
the other part. An example would be a page about animals that lists
mammals in one frame. When you click on "deer" information shows
up in the other section of the page while the list of mammals remains
the same. |
| FTP
|
|
| Stands
for File Transfer Protocol. This program will let you transfer files
from your computer onto another computer server. |
| GIF
|
|
| Stands
for Graphics Interchange Format. It's used for pictures that are
posted up on the web. You can tell when pictures use this because
their addresses or file names will end in .gif. |
| hardware
|
|
| The
actual parts that make up a computer system, like the monitor, keyboard,
printer, and mouse. These are the parts you can actually touch and
see. |
| hit
|
|
| Every
time a website is visited, it gets a 'hit'. All the hits, or times
a page is visited, make up a site's traffic for a given time period.
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| homepage
|
|
| Either
the site that appears when you open your browser or a page you created
on your own. |
| html
|
|
| HyperText
Markup Language. It's the type of language used to write webpages.
HTML can be used to make items bold, underlined, and more using
special tags. |
| http
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|
| Stands
for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. In simple terms, it tells computers
how they should be talking to each other. You'll notice that addresses
of web pages begin with http:// most of the time. |
| hyperlink
|
|
| This
will take you from one Internet site to the next with a simple click
of your mouse. You can usually tell where a link is because the
writing will look different. For instance, some links appear in
bold, some are underlined, and some are even attached to pictures.
Also called a link. |
| Internet
|
|
| Lots
of computers all over the globe that are hooked up to one another.
They can talk to one another and exchange information. To do this,
they use protocols, or languages, such as FTP and HTTP.
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| java
|
|
| In
cyberspace, this is a programming language used to create things
on webpages - such as animation and sounds. |
| jpeg
|
|
| Stands
for Joint Photographics Experts Group, it's often used to put photos
up on the web. You can tell what files are using it by the fact
they use an address that ends in .jpg (butterfly.jpg). |
| link
|
|
| This
will take you from one Internet site to the next with a simple click
of your mouse. You can usually tell where a link is because the
writing will look different. For instance, some links appear in
bold, some are underlined, and some are even attached to pictures.
Also called a hyperlink. |
| LOL
|
|
| Net
lingo for "laughing out loud", used in chatrooms or email.
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| mailing
list |
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| You
can sign up to get email from a certain person or group on a certain
topic by joining their mailing list. |
| modem
|
|
| Hardware
that allows computers to talk to each other through normal telephone
lines. It's usually how your computer connects to the Internet.
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| monitoring
software |
|
| Programs
you load onto your computer that tell you where you've been on the
Internet, for how long, and when. |
| mouse
|
|
| A
device that lets you move about your screen as you like so you can
click on links and highlight items. |
| multimedia
|
|
| Means
you are using more than one type of medium. Examples include text,
audio, video, graphics, and images. |
| net
events |
|
| Anything
happening live on the Internet. Net events can include live chats
and video and audio broadcasts. |
| net
lingo |
|
| People
probably speak in a different way everyplace you go, whether it's
in another country or another part of town. The way people talk
on the Internet is called net lingo, otherwise known as Internet
slang. |
| netiquette
|
|
| Internet
etiquette. Treating others how you want to be treated online. Netiquette
is the proper way to behave when you're hanging out in cyberspace.
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| newbie
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| Someone
who's new to using the computer. |
| newsgroups
|
|
| Ongoing
discussions that are spread around by email among people on the
Internet who share a common interest. |
| offline
|
|
| Means
you are no longer connected to the Internet, whether through your
modem, a wireless service, or any other means. |
| online
|
|
| Simply
means that you are connected to the Internet, usually through your
modem (though there are other ways, as well). |
| password
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|
| A
secret word or phrase that you use to check your email, log into
clubs, check out sites for members only or update your easisites
web site. You shouldn't share your password with anyone.
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| plug-in
|
|
| Special
programs you can download off the Internet to do things like watch
the latest videos or listen to music. Some examples are RealAudio,
QuickTime, and Shockwave. |
| QuickTime
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|
| A
program that lets you view video clips on the Internet.
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| RealPlayer
|
|
| A
plug-in, or program you need to listen to certain types of audio
and video clips. |
| refresh/reload
|
|
| Depending
on what browser you're using, when you hit the refresh or reload
button, your computer will bring up the same page you're looking
at with updated information on it. |
| ROTFL
|
|
| Net
lingo for "rolling on the floor laughing". |
| search
engine |
|
| Uses
a robot or computer to search for words or topics on a certain website,
or all over the web. |
| server
|
|
| A
computer that stores information for lots of other computers.
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| service
provider |
|
| A
company that gives you access to the Internet through your phone
lines. This is also known as an ISP, or Internet Service Provider.
|
| Shockwave
|
|
| A
multimedia program, also a plug-in that lets you experience sounds
and 3D motion. |
| smileys
|
|
| A
type of emoticon that lets you show how you're feeling by using
symbols to create faces, such as :). |
| software
|
|
| A
computer program that is made up of certain instructions or codes
that tell your hardware, or computer, what to do. Software can be
used to play games, write school papers, or even sort your email.
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| spam
|
|
| Junk
email that arrives in your mailbox that you didn't ask to get.
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| surf
|
|
| Exploring
the web by clicking and moving around freely in cyberspace.
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| traffic
|
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| The
number of people visiting a site over a given time. Traffic can
be tracked by the day, hour, month, or even the year. |
| URL
|
|
| Stands
for Uniform Resource Locator. It's the address of a site that appears
on the World Wide Web. The URL is the name that appears in the address
bar that tells your browser where you want to go. |
| username
|
|
| A
name you choose for yourself that lets you get into certain places
on the Web. It is usually what people know you as in chatrooms,
or the part of your email address before the @. |
| virus
|
|
| Computers
can get sick just like you and I can. Some people write software
which can be transferred from one computer to the other and do things
which can be harmless, annoying, or very damaging to your computer.
Be very careful when getting email or attachments from people you
don't know. |
| web
|
|
| Shorthand
for the World Wide Web (WWW). |
| web
directory |
|
| A
collection of web sites put into an order that's easy to browse
through or search, like easisites.com. |
| world
wide web |
|
| An
interface or system that connects you to other computers all throughout
the world. |
| Y2K
|
|
| Stands
for the year 2000. A lot of fuss about nothing! |
| ZIP
|
|
| A
way to store a file or program that is too big for its own good,
or for email, for that matter. You can make a file smaller by zipping
it, sending it to your friends, and letting them unzip it on their
computer to bring it back to full size. You can identify a zipped
file because its address will end in .zip. |
