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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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| the Web page that appears when the browser is opened |
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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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| 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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| the row of words across the top of the screen that “pull down” to reveal other commands |
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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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| 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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| slang for searching the World Wide Web |
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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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| a system of Internet servers that support HTML documents, allowing users to follow links to other pages, documents, or graphics |
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