@ - This symbol is used in e-mail addresses. It means "at" and seperates the user ID from the domain.

address - An electronic mail or e-mail address is the group of characters that must be given an electronic mail program to direct a message to a person on the internet.

applet - a small Java program that can be eembedded in an HTML page. Often consists of a visual graphic or animation.

archie - an interent tool for searching for public sites that contain a particular file.

ascii - This is an acronym that stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It was created so that there would be a standard language to transfer files between different types of programs and computers. ASCII is plain, unformatted text that can be read by any computer's word processor.

backbone - On the Net, the main lines carry the bulk of the traffic and are collectively known as the Internet backbone. The backbone is formed by the biggest networks in the system, owned by major Internet service providers such as GTE, MCI, Sprint, UUNet, and America Online's ANS.

bandwidth - the amount of information that can travel at one time over a line.

baud - generally used to refer to a modem as how many bits can send or receive per second.

Bps - (Bits-Per-Second) A measurement of how fast data is moved from one place to another. A 28.8 modem can move 28,800 per second.
beta - a product that is almost ready for commerical release; the testing of a product that is almost ready for commerical release.

bookmarks - These are markers that allow you to mark a world wide web page that you like, so that you can return to that page whenever you want. Bookmarks are kept in a booklist that work like a personal menu.

bounce - e-mail that cannot be delivered is "bounced" or returned to the sender.

browser - A program that displays and/or navigates Web pages.

bulletin board system - These are networks that your computer can dial into through a modem. You can post electronic messages there to communicate with other people.

byte - 8 bits; one character of information.

com - commercial address.

CSLIP - Compressed SLIP - a variation of SLIP

cu-see-me - "see-you-see-me" is a video internet tool that allows users to see each other.

cyberspace - This is a place where people and computers meet.

DNS - domain name server - This is a server that associates names with the computer, with the Internet address that corresponds to the name.

domain - The part of an e-mail address that describes where the user's computer is located.

download - This is a way of transferring files from one computer to another through the use of a modem.

Eudora - a shareware software program for e-mail.

edu - An Internet identifier for a college, university, or K-12 school.

E-mail - This is short for "electronic mail". This means that it is sent by the computer rather than through a post office.

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions; the answers to commonly asked questions by novices; a user is expected to read tha FAQ before askinf questions; asking questions which are answered in the FAQ is considered a faux pas and may results in hostie responses.

finger - @name.of.computer (tells something about the computer, usually who is logged on right now).

finger user - @name.of.computer (tells info from the .plan of the user).

fire wall - A combination of hardware and software that separates a LAN into two or more parts for security purposes.

flame - to attack somone in an electronic discussion, usually with language much harsher than necesary.

ftp - name.of.computer (file transfer protocol is useful to transfer a file TO or FROM another computer, like your plan or your web pages and pictures).

gateway - the hardware of software that connects one dissimiliar network to another.

gopher - This is very popular Internet software program that lets you look through all kinds of online libraries for information all at once.

gif - A graphic image file (format created by Compu Serve).

hit - As used in reference to the World Wide Web , hit means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server.

home page - The www page first encountered for a given site or user.

host - M name.of.computer (tells you the preferred mail server for a computer, especially useful if the computer is an ALIAS, like aol.com).

hypertext - This is specially formatted text used in world wide web documents.

html - HyperText Markup Language, a programming langue for creating pages for the World Wide Web.

http - Hypertext Transport Protocol - This is the protocol used by the www servers. Every Web address begins with http://.

icon - A picture or image on a computer screen which represents something. You click on icons to select something or open a file.

Internet - A group of computers hooked together by high-speed telephone lines and networks.

IP - internet protocol - This is the basic way that data is exchanged on the Internet.

IRC - Internet Relay Chat; an interent tool that supports live, inetractive discussions online by a group of users.

ISP - internet service provider; company which provides means for an individual user to connect to trhe internet, usually through s dialup connecion.

JAVA - a newer, popular programming language that is used to create programs that are part of web sites; a program written by JAVA works on different platforms; owned by Sun Microsystems.

jpeg - a common graphics format, often used for graphics on the WWW. When used with a DOS file, it will have jpg of jpe extension.

lincnet - www.lincnet-liu.k12.pa.us is the web site for the Lincoln Intermediate Unit (#12). it has links to local school districts in York, Adams, and Franklin counties.

link - A connection between two Web pages. You can click on a link to go from one Web page to another.

log off - This is what you do when you leave the remote computer. You usually log off by typing or clicking bye, exit, goodbye, or quit.

log on - This means to connect to a remote computer system. Log in means the same as log on.

lurking - reading a Usenet newsgroup for an extended time without posting any replies (reading without contributing).

Lynx - a character-based (Unix) interface that allows browsing of the World Wide Web.

mailing list - combines features of email and Usenet News to create the private mailings of messages on a particular subject.

meta-site - A Web page containing a directory of other pages (such as Yahoo !).

mil - military base address.

modem - Your computer's telephone. Your computer uses a modem to connect to other computers, including those on the Internet.

net - network service provider.

Netscape - the publisher of Netscape Navigator, one of the leading browsers for web pages on the internet.

netscape mail - (a graphic-based email sending and receiving program).

network - This is a group of computers joined by data-carrying links. A network may be as small as two or three personal computers tied together by telephone lines in the same building, or it may be a vast complex of computers spread across the world.

NNTP - network news transfer protocol - These are local servers which distribute Usenet newsgroups throughout the world.

online - This means you are connected to another computer system.

org - organization address.

packet switching - Method of interent information transfer. All information is broken down into packets and sent out by any route that works. The receiving computer reassembles message at the speed of light.

password - This is a secret name that you and only you know. After you enter your user name, you are asked to enter your secret name.

pine - (a text-based email sending and receiving program).

ping - (Packet InterNet Groper) a basic internet command/tool; useful for checking if a particular internet site exists or is available.

POP - post office protocol. It is a system that allows Internet mailservers to act just like a real post office. POPs look at the mail that arrives and route it toward its final destination.

PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol, similar to SLIP.

Project Guttenberg - the project to put all domain books and many public domain documents into digital form so that they are assessible to anyone.

protocol - This is a set of rules for computers to talk to one another over a network.

public domain - This means that no one owns something, such as some software programs, available on the Net. It is free to anyone who wants to use it.

router - sends internet traffic from here to there.

search engines - These are programs that are designed to go out onto the Internet and search for the information you requested.

server - This is a computer that serves information and software to the Internet.

service provider - A company that supplies you with the connection to the Internet.

shareware - This is freeware. It doesn't cost you anything to get and try it out. It is software that you can download without paying. If you keep the software, you're honor bound to send the author a small fee.

SLIP - Serial Line Internet Protocol - data sent over a regular modem.

SMTP - simple mail transfer protocol - This is the current method that is used for most of today's e-mail and transfers it from computer to computer.

T1 line - A phone line able to transmit digital data at 1.544 megabits per second.

talk - an internet command to have a 1-to-1 exchange of messages with another internet user; similiar to a phone conversation.

telnet - name.of.computer (you can operate another computer from a remote location, like from here to wilkes).

TCP/IP - transmission control protocol/internet protocol - This is a set of rules that are followed for transmitting data over the Internet.

TIFF - tag image file format - This is a way to store image files.

URL - uniform resource locator, the site and file name of a given resource, such as a page or image.

upload - To move data from your computer to a host computer.

web page - An html document accessible on the web.

web server - The computer that processes www accesses for a given site.

web site - An Internet node capable of responding to http requests.

www - world wide web - This is a system of html-pages which are interconnected through hyperlinks.

56K Line - A line that can carry 56 x 1024 bits of computer information/second.