Vocabulary words By: Toyre Jones. Email: Electronic mail which allows individuals with an account to send messages to another person with an e-mail account.

Vocabulary words

By: Toyre Jones

• Email: Electronic mail which allows individuals with an account to send messages to another person with an e-mail account.

• IRC: Internet relay chat was developed in 1988 by Jarkko Oikarinen and allows instant online communicating with someone else who is also online by typing messages back and forth.

• BBS: Bulletin board service allows a user to participate in a discussion group.

• HTTP: Hypertext transfer protocol is used for handling the transmission of pages between a web server and a web browser.

• FTP: file transfer protocol is used to rapidly transfer files.

• Telnet: a program used on networks such as the internet to allow users to remotely log on to server on the network.

• Gopher: one of the first widespread internet browsing services.

• Intranet: a network used by a single organization and only accessible by authorize users.

• Extranet: an extended intranet that provides various level of access to authorized members of the public.

• Online profiling: a marketing technique that collects online data about consumers.

• Cookies: small files that contain information about the web sites an individual has visited.

• Firewall: a network security system that prevents unauthorized network access.

• Client: a computer that access a server to request information.

• Bandwidth: the amount of data and the speed at which the data can travel over the transmission media.

• Usenet: a collection of servers that offer Netnews.

• DSL: digital subscriber line

• Netiquette: the etiquette that should be followed when using a network.

Ethernet: a widely used protocol for lans that uses a bus or star topology and connects the network devices by twisted-pair wiring, coaxial cable, or fiber optic cable.

• Topology: the logical arrangement of the nodes on a network.

• Wireless Networks: a type a network that does not require the use of cables.

• Protocol: a standard

• ISP: internet service provider is a company that offers access to the internet for a fee.

• Web Site: a series of related web pages.

• Network Interface Card: a circuit board that goes into the base unit of computer or other device in a line.