BASIC INTERNET TERMS

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1. INTERNET-  is a huge network of computers around the world. These computer are all linked together, and they can  "talk"  to each other and share information.

2. WORLD WIDE WEB- is part of the internet that consists of millions of interlinked pages (documents) from all over the world .

3. WEB BROWSER- is a program used to locate and display web pages on the world wide web.
4. WEB SERVER- is a computer that delivers web pages.

5. WEB CLIENT- is the computer accessing a web pages.

6. WEBSITE- is a set of related web pages containing content (media), including text, video, music, audio, images, etc.

    EXAMPLES:

                           Yahoo!

                           About.com

                           Amazon.com

                          Wikipedia.com

7. WEB PAGE- is a document in the world wide web containing text, images, animations, or sounds.

8. URL or INFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR- is the address of web site or web page on the world wide web.

    EXAMPLES:

                           http://www.youtube.com

                           http://www.facebook.com

                           http://www.google.com

9. SEARH ENGINE- is a program that enables users to find the information they need on the internet.

    EXAMPLES:

                          http://www.yahoo.com

                          http://www.google.com

                          http://www.msn.com

                          http://www.altavista.com

                          http://www.askjeeves.com

                          http://www.lycos.com