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Details Title: Vocab Description: Unit 1;Lesson 2 Total Flash Cards: 24 Created: 02/09/2006 21:09:19	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Adress Bar Definition contains the adress of the current web page Term AutoSearch Definition helps you locate a web page quickly and easily Term Bookmark Definition opens Favorites bar where you can store shortcuts to your most frequently visited sites Term Browser Definition software used to locate and retrieve documents from the WORLD WIDE WEB(www) and display them in readable format Term Content Advisor or Netwatch Definition browser tool that provides control over what kinds of Web content can be viewed Term Disk Cache Definition temporary folders on the hard drive in which Web sites are stored Term Domain Name Definition identifies a site on the internet Term Favorites Definition most frequently visited sites Term Home Page Definition first page displayed when browser is launched Term Host Computer Definition computer that isacessed remotely from a user's computer and links to the Internet Term Host Node Definition any computer that is directly connected to the network Term Hypertext Markup Language(HTML) Definition protocol that controls how Web pages are formatted and displayed; language used to create documents so they display in a browser Term Hypertext Transfer Protocol(HTTP) Definition protocol used on the Web that defines how pages are transmitted Term Internet Keywords Definition a browser feature that gives you web search results when you type part of a URL in the adress bar Term Internet Service Provider(ISP) Definition A company that provides internet connections for a fee Term Interoperability Definition The ability of all brands, models, and makes of computers to communicate with each other Term Location Bar Definition Part of the browser window; contains the URL or adress of the active Web page Term NetWatch Definition A browser tool that provides control over what kind of Web content can be viewed Term Online Service Provider(OSP) Definition A company that provides online service for a fee Term Protocol Definition A set of standards for exchanging data between computers Term Transmission Control Protocol and Internet protocol(TCP/IP) Definition Atype of computer protocol; the main protocol used on the Internet Term Uniform Resource Locator(URL) Definition Web site adress; adress that tells the browser where to locate the page Term Web Page Definition A plain text document on the World Wide Web Term World Wide Web Definition A text and graphical subset of the Internet