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| A configuration that connects computers and other devices together. |
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| The system when networks are connected to each other. Also called internet. |
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| A specific interconnected network that connects computers all over the world using a common set of interconnection standards. |
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| A collection of files that reside on computers called Web servers that are connected to each other through the Internet. |
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| A computer that is connected to other computers through the Web and contains HTML documents that it makes available to other computers connected to the Web. |
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| A computer that uses an Internet connection to become part of the Web and runs Web browser software. |
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| Software that allows your computer to run as a Web client, allowing it to connect to, locate, retrieve, and display Web content. Ex. Internet Explorer and Firefox |
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| Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) |
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| A programming language used to format documents containing text and images so they can be viewed in a Web browser. |
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| A text file that includes HTML tags that indicate how a Web browser should format the text. |
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| A HTML tag that creates a hyperlink. |
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hypertext link
(also called hyperlinks or links) |
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| A text or graphics object on a Web page that contains instructions to connect to and display another place on the Web page or another Web page entirely. |
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| An HTML document and its associated files that are stored on a Web server and viewed in a Web browser. |
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| The browser view in Firefox that temporarily hides the program window - the Firefox button, the Navigation toolbar, and any toolbars as well as the Windows taskbar - leaving only the Web page visible on the screen. |
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| A Web site (or part of a Web site) that finds other Web pages that match the text you typed in a search box. |
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| In Internet Explorer, a stored shortcut containing the URL of a Web page so you can return to the page later without having to remember the URL or search for the page again. |
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| The display of content published by a Web site that is updated often. |
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| A small text file that a Web server saved on the hard drive of a user's computer that is running a Web browser; the Web server reads the cookie when the user revisits the Web site. |
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| A cookie placed on a user's computer by the Web site being visited. |
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| A cookie that is placed on a user's computer by a company other than the company whose Web site is being visited. |
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| A browsing mode in Internet Explorer in which the user's browsing history, cookies, or copies of Web pages that were visited are not stored on the computer, helping to protect the user's privacy and security. |
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| The legal right granted by a government to the author, creator, or other owner of an original work to control the reproduction, distribution, and sale of the tangible form of that work for a specific length of time as provided in the copyright law. |
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| A provision in the U.S. copyright law that allows a limited amount of copyrighted information to be used for such purposed as news reporting, research and scholarship. |
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| A stored shortcut containing the URL of a Web page. |
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| A label or keyword you create to help you identify your bookmarks. |
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| A browsing mode in Firefox in which the user's browsing history, cookies or copies of Web pages that were visited are not stored in the computer, helping to protect the user's privacy and security. |
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