DC2 – The Internet and World Wide Web

Business that provides individuals and organizations access to the Internet free or for a fee.

Program that extends the capability of a browser; often used to enhance multimedia. See also plug-in.

List of names and e-mail addresses, created and stored by a user.

Also called contacts folder.

Appearance of motion created by displaying a series of still images in sequence.

Music, speech, or any other sound.

Informal Web site consisting of time-stamped articles, or posts, in a diary or journal format, usually listed in reverse chronological order.

Short for Web log.

Worldwide collection of blogs.

Saved Web address that you access by clicking its name in a list. See also favorite.

High-speed Internet connection provided through cable, DSL, fiber, radio signals, or satellite.

Application software that allows users to access and view Web pages. See also Web browser.

High-speed Internet access provided through the cable television network via a cable modem.

High-speed Internet connection for devices with built-in compatible technology or computers with wireless modems.

Real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer.

Location on an Internet server that permits users to chat with each other.

To move the mouse pointer to a button or link on the computer screen, and then to press and release the left mouse button.

Business that gathers and organizes Web content and then distributes, or feeds, the content to subscribers for free or a fee.

Internet access that takes place when the modem in your computer connects to the Internet via a standard telephone line that transmits data and information using an analog (continuous wave pattern) signal.

Text version of an IP address.

Process of a computer receiving information, such as a Web page, from a server on the Internet.

Acronym for digital subscriber line; type of digital technology that provides high-speed Internet connections using regular copper telephone lines.

Short for electronic commerce, a business transaction that occurs over an electronic network such as the Internet.

Combination of a user name and a domain name that identifies a user so that he or she can receive Internet e-mail.

Software used to create, send, receive, forward, store, print, and delete e-mail messages.

Online business a customer visits that contains product descriptions, graphics, and a shopping cart.

Symbols used on the Internet to express emotion.

Saved Web address that you access by clicking its name in a list. See also bookmark.

Technology that uses fiber-optic cables to provide high-speed Internet access to home and business users.

High-speed Internet connection that uses an antenna on a house or business to communicate with a tower location via radio signals.

Short for File Transfer Protocol, an Internet standard that permits file uploading and downloading with other computers on the Internet.

Digital representation of nontext information such as a drawing, chart, or photo. See also graphical image.

First page that a Web site displays.

Wireless network that provides Wi-Fi Internet connections to mobile computers and devices.

Built-in connection to another related Web page or part of a Web page. See also link.

Real-time Internet communications service that notifies a user when one or more people are online and then allows the user to exchange messages or files or join a private chat room with those people.

Worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. See also Net.

Major carriers of network traffic on the Internet.

A number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the Internet.

Regional or national Internet access provider.

Built-in connection to another related Web page or part of a Web page. Short for hyperlink.

Group of e-mail names and addresses given a single name. Also called an e-mail list or a distribution list.

Specific type of online social network that enables members to share media such as photos, music, and videos.

Popular Web-based type of discussion group that does not require a newsreader.

Blog that allows users to publish short messages, usually between 100 and 200 characters, for others to read.

Format that reduces an audio file to about one-tenth of its original size, while preserving much of the original quality of the sound.

Popular video compression standard.

Any application that combines text with graphics, animation, audio, video, and/or virtual reality.

Worldwide collection of networks that links millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals.

See also Internet.

Short for Internet etiquette, the code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the Internet.

Online area in which users have written discussions about a particular subject.

E-commerce method that allows consumers to bid on an item being sold by someone else.

Company that provides Internet access as well as many members-only features.

Web site that encourages members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users. See also social networking Web site.

Software used by a person to listen to an audio file on a computer.

Program that extends the capability of a browser; often used to enhance multimedia. See also add-on.

Recorded audio, usually an MP3 file, stored on a Web site that can be downloaded to a computer or a portable media player such as an iPod.

Web site that offers a variety of Internet services from a single, convenient location.

Describes users and the people with whom they are conversing being online at the same time.

Really Simple Syndication.

Specification that content aggregators use to distribute content to subscribers.

Provides high-speed Internet connections via satellite to a satellite dish that communicates with a satellite modem.

Program that finds Web sites, Web pages, images, videos, news, maps, and other information related to a specific topic.

Word or phrase entered in a search engine's text box that describes the item you want to find.

See also search query.

Element of an electronic storefront that allows a customer to collect purchases.

Web site that encourages members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users. See also online social network.

Process of transferring data in a continuous and even flow.

Search tool that classifies Web pages in an organized set of categories and subcategories.

Process of a user adding his or her e-mail name and address to a mailing list.

Activity of using links to explore the Web.

Option where the top of the browser displays a tab (similar to a file folder tab) for each Web page you open.

Small version of a larger graphic.

Identifies the type of organization associated with the domain.

Process of a user removing his or her e-mail name and address from a mailing list.

Process of transferring documents, graphics, and other objects from a computer to a server on the Internet.

Unique address for a Web page. See also Uniform Resource Locator or Web address.

Unique combination of characters, such as letters of the alphabet and/or numbers, that identifies a specific user.

Images displayed in motion.

Blog that contains video clips.

Computers used to simulate a real or imagined environment that appears as a three-dimensional (3-D) space.

Video blog.

Term used to refer to all vlogs worldwide.

Technology that allows users to speak to other users over the Internet using their desktop computer, mobile computer, or mobile device. See also Internet telephony or Voice over IP.

Worldwide collection of electronic documents called Web pages, the Web is one of the more popular services on the Internet. See also World Wide Web or WWW.

Term used to refer to Web sites that provide a means for users to share personal information, allow users to modify Web site content, and have application software built into the site for visitors to use.

Unique address for a Web page. See also URL and Uniform Resource Locator.

Web site that allows users to access and interact with software through a Web browser on any computer or device that is connected to the Internet. See also Web application.

Web site that allows users to access and interact with software through a Web browser on any computer or device that is connected to the Internet.

See also Web app.

Application software that allows users to access and view Web pages. See also browser.

Electronic document on the Web, which can contain text, graphics, animation, audio, and video and often has built-in connections to other documents.

Development and maintenance of Web pages.

Computer that delivers requested Web pages to a computer.

Collection of related Web pages and associated items stored on a Web server.

Short for wireless fidelity. Type of broadband Internet connection that uses radio signals to provide high-speed Internet connections to compatible or properly equipped wireless computers and devices.

Collaborative Web site that allows users to create, add to, modify, or delete the Web site content via their Web browser.

Company that provides wireless Internet access to desktop and notebook computers and mobile devices, such as smart phones and portable media players, with built-in wireless capability (such as Wi-Fi) or to computers using wireless modems or wireless access devices.

Worldwide collection of electronic documents. See also Web or WWW.