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permits users to point phones at things in the real world and be instantly linked to Web sites containing information about those things superimposed over the screen image

information transformed into a series of digits 1 and 0 for storage and manipulation in computers

software programs loaded on personal computers and used to download and view Web files

unflattering name given to Web content-filtering software by its opponents

the series of choices made by a user on the Web

storage of all computer data, including personal information and system-operating soft ware, on distant computers

an identifying code added to a computer's hard drive by a visited Web site

the massive electronic collection and distillation of consumer data

a computer that processes data reduced to a binary code

the lack of technological access among people of color, people who are poor or disabled, and those in rural communities

on the World Wide Web, an identifying name, rather than a site's formal URL, that gives some indication of the nature of a site's content or owner

function of Internet allowing communication via computer with anyone else online, anyplace in the world, with no long-distance fees

electronic coding or masking of information on the Web that can be deciphered only by a recipient with the decrypting key

in copyright law, instances in which material may be used without permission or payment

large, geographically dispersed groups connected only by communications technology, quickly drawn together to perform collective action

a McLuhan concept; new communication technologies permit people to become increasingly involved in one another's lives

entryway into a Web site, containing information and hyperlinks to other material

computers linking individual personal computer users to the Internet

connection, embedded in Internet or Web site, allowing instant access to other material in that site as well as to material in other sites

the widening disparity in amounts and types of information available to information haves and have-nots

real-time e-mail, allowing two or more people to communicate instantaneously and in immediate response to one another

a global network of interconnected computers that communicate freely and share and exchange information

company that offers Internet connections at monthly rates depending on the kind and amount of access needed

a large central computer to which users are connected by terminals

Internet use charged "by the byte"; heavier users pay more, more-modest users pay less

a relatively large central computer to which users are connected by terminals; not as large as a mainframe computer

advanced sound and image capabilities for microcomputers

the software that tells the computer how to work

consumers giving permission to companies to sell personal data, or consumers requesting that companies do not sell personal data

a very small computer that uses a microprocessor to handle information (also called a personal computer or PC)

common communication rules and languages for computers linked to the Internet

grain-of-sand-sized microchip and antenna embedded in consumer products that transmit a radio signal

(sometimes called spiders, or Web crawlers) Webor Net-search software providing on-screen menus

unsolicited commercial e-mail

identifying code placed on a computer by a Web site without permission or notification

the widening disparity between communication technology haves and have-nots

user workstations that are connected to larger centralized computers

the designation of each file or directory on the host computer connected to the Internet

also known as network news, an internationally distributed Internet bulletin board system

phone calls transferred in digital packets over the Internet rather than on circuit-switched telephone wires

network that connects several LANs in different locations

a tool that serves as a means of accessing files on computers connected via the Internet