Glossary of Internet and Computer Terms
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
ActiveX
ADSL
Agent
Anchor
Applet
Archie
ARPANET
ASCII
Attribute
Avatar

Backbone
Bandwidth
BBS
BFN
Binary File
Bit
Bitmapped Image
Bot
Bps
Browser
Byte

Cache
CD-ROM
CGI
Chat
Chat Room
Clickable Image
Client
Computer Virus
Cookie
Cryptography
Cyberspace

Database
Desktop Computer
Dial-Up Account
Directory
Dithering
Domain Name
Dpi
Download

E-mail
E-mail Address
Emoticon
Encryption
Executable File
External Viewer
Extranet

FAQ
File Compression
File Permissions
Finger
Firewall
Flaming/Flame War
Floppy Disk
Forms
FTP

Gateway
GIF
Gopher
GUI

Hacker
Hits
Host
Hotlist
Host Name
HTML
Http
Hypertext

Icon
Image Map
IMHO
Inline Graphics/Video
Internet Service Provider
Internet Telephony
Intranet
IP Address
IRC
ISDN
ISP

Java
JavaScript
JPEG
Jughead

LAN
Link
List Administrator
Listserv
Login Name
LOL
Lotus Notes
Lurker
Lynx

Mailing List
MIME
Mirror
Modem
MOV
MPG/MPEG
Multimedia

Navigation Tools
Netiquette
Netscape
Network
Newsgroup
Newsreader
Node
NSFNET

Object-Oriented Programming

Packet/Packet Switching
Parsing
Password
Pathname
PDF
PERL
Ping
Pixel
PKZIP/PKUNZIP
Plug-in
Pointer
POP
POP Server
Port
Posting
PPP
Protocol
Pull Technology
Push Technology

QuickTime
Query

RGB Mode
Robot
ROTFL
Router

Script
Search Engine
Server
Shareware
Shockwave
Signature
SLIP
SMTP
Spam
SSL
Streaming Media
String/Search String
Syntax Error

T1 Line
T3 Line
Tags
TCP/IP
Telnet
Thread

UNIX
Upgrade
Uploading
URL
Usenet
User Name
UUCP
UUencode

Veronica
Viewer
Virtual Reality
VRML

WAIS
WAN
Web Page
Web Ring
Webmaster
Website
WinSock
WinZIP
World Wide Web

ZIP

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