ASCII Text (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)

This is the standard for the computers to represent all the upper and lower-case letters, numbers, and punctuation.

Browser

Internet client software that is used to Browse the WWW for various kinds of Internet resources.

Channels

Latest evolution of the "Push" technology. Channels allow users to have select content sent to their desktops automatically. Most channels contain data that's updated daily.

Client

An Internet software program (client) that is used to contact and obtain data from another computer running a Server software program (a website).

Domain Name

The unique name or alias that identifies an Internet server for example.
www.photosource.com
www.yahoo.com
accinfo.sound.net

Fire Wall

Software that separates an internal network from a wide-area network or the Internet for security purposes.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

A method of moving files between two Internet sites. FTP allows the user to sign into an Internet site for the purposes of retrieving and/or sending files.

Gateway

Hardware and associated software that provides access to another computer already on the Internet.

HTML(HyperText Markup Language)

The text language used to create Hypertext documents for use on the World Wide Web. HTML looks like regular text documents with a block of codes that indicate how it should appear (size, bold etc.) HTML files are to be viewed using a World Wide Web Client Program, such as Netscape, or Internet Explorer.

HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol)

The protocol for moving hypertext files across the Internet. Requires an HTTP client program on one end, and an HTTP server program on the other end. HTTP is the most important protocol used in the World Wide Web (WWW).

HyperText

Text that contains links to other documents through the use of HTML.

IP Number

The unique number assigned to every computer that is connected to the Internet. Web servers have an IP address along with a DNS name. The IP number has 4 parts separated by dots.

For example: 199.71.103.5

ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)

ISDN is a way to connect to the Internet over existing digital lines at a high rate of speed. The speeds available are 56k, 64k, or 128k bits-per-second over existing phone lines.

ISP (Internet Service Provider)

A company or organization that provides Internet access.

Netscape

Makers of the www browser "Navigator," one of the most common pieces of client software.

PPP (Point to Point protocol)

This is the protocol that allows a computer to use a regular telephone line and a modem to make TCP/IP connection to the Internet.

Server

A computer and software that provides a specific service to client software running on other computers (browser). The term can refer to a particular piece of software, such as a WWW server, or to the machine on which the software is running. One machine could have several different server software packages running.

SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol)

The older standard for using a regular telephone line and a modem to connect a computer to the Internet. PPP is replacing SLIP.

TCP/IP

TCP/IP is the common language of the Internet and the standard way data is transferred. IBMs, Macintoshes, and UNIX machines all use TCP/IP when sending data across the Internet.

URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

The address of any resource on the Internet that is part of the World Wide Web (WWW). A webpage's address is entered inside of a URL.

For example:
http://accinfo.sound.net/starti.htm
or
ftp://username@accinfo.sound.net

WWW (World Wide Web)

The name for the network of websites via http servers. This is, commercially, the biggest piece of the Internet.

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