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Spotlight on the Internet
Chapter 1
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Computer Science
7th Grade
05/12/2011

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browser -
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a software program, such as Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, or Safari, that allows you to connect to the Internet
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home page –
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the Web page that appears when the browser is opened
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HTML –
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stands for HyperText Markup Language and it allows users to follow links to other pages, documents, or graphics
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Internet –
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a very large network that connects millions of computers around the world
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Internet Service Provider (ISP) –
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a company that provides the connection service to the Internet; the middleman between your computer and the Internet
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menu bar –
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the row of words across the top of the screen that “pull down” to reveal other commands
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modem –
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a piece of equipment that lets computers “talk” to other computers using telephone lines, cable lines, or a wireless connection; can be internal or external
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scroll bars –
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the sliding bars found along the right and bottom of the screen, which allow you to see other parts of a long or wide Web page
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Standard Buttons toolbar –
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contains shortcuts for many common tools such as back, forward, refresh, stop, and home
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surfing the Web –
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slang for searching the World Wide Web
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title bar –
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the blue bar that runs across the top of the screen that tells the name of the Web site as well as the name of the browser
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Uniform Resource Locator (URL) –
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the address of a Web site
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World Wide Web –
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a system of Internet servers that support HTML documents, allowing users to follow links to other pages, documents, or graphics
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