Internet Vocabulary

  1. WHEN IS THE TEST???
    MONDAY THE 11TH
  2. Web browser-
    • software that provides access to Internet content and can be used to shop online, check e-mail and download mages, ect.
    • Examples:

    • netscape Navigator/ communicator
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer
    • Apple Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox
  3. Home Page-
    the starting page of a web site. All home pages are web pages.
  4. Web site-
    one or more web pages with a specific locaton on the WWW
  5. Web Page-
    a document created on the WWW
  6. WHY BROADBAND?
    Real Time- information that is available on an immdiate or nearly immediate basis.
  7. What is the order in broadbands from fastest to slowest?
    • T3
    • T1
    • Cable
    • DSL
    • ISDN
    • phone modem
  8. Broadband-
    A connection that can handle multipe types of data at once.

    • Examples:
    • Cable Internet = Cable TV and internet
    • DSL = phone and internet
  9. ISP-
    Provides access to the Internet.

    Examples: AOL and Comcast provide access to the Internet.
  10. ISP stands for what?
    Internet Service Provider
  11. Who created the world wide web? (WWW)
    Tim Berners- Lee
  12. World Wide Web-
    part of the Internet that supports web pages created using HTML.

    Not all compuers on teh Internet are a psart if the WWW
  13. WWW stands for what?
    World Wide Web
  14. The internet-
    • A worldwide network of other computer networks
    • Allows global communication
    • Allows data (email images, video, ect) to be rapidly transmitted over thousands of miles
Author
Anonymous
ID
40692
Card Set
Internet Vocabulary
Description
Computer class
Updated