Attachment:
Multimedia files that are 'attached' to an E-mail; can be text, graphics, sound, video, spreadsheet, database, or even an entire application. Often symbolized by the image of a paper clip.
BCC:
Blind carbon copying is a useful way to let others see an e-mail you sent without the main recipient knowing.
Blog:
Blogs are online journals, with entries appearing with the most recent first.
Bookmarks:
Important links can be saved in the bookmarks file so they can be found immediately without having to look up the URL and type it in.
Browser:
Short for Web browser, a software application used to locate and display Web pages. Firefox, IE, Google Chrome, Apple Safari.
Cache:
A temporary storage space or the copy of a webspage stored by your browser.
CC:
The term comes from carbon copying, in which a piece of carbon paper copies writing from one paper to another (often used when filling out forms). However, the term is now commonly used in reference to e-mail.
Domain name:
Used in URLs to identify particular web spages. E.G. in the url www.designandinternet.co.uk/glossary.html - the domain name is designandinternet.co.uk
Download:
To copy data (usually an entire file) from a main source to a peripheral device. The term is often used to describe the process of copying a file from an online service to one's own computer. To download means to receive; to upload means to transmit.
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Email:
(Short for Electronic Mail) The transmission of messages over communications networks. Email can be limited to a single computer system or network, or can allow much broader connectivity. Most email systems allow you to send the same message to one or many people.
Firefox:
A free open sourced web browser.
Google:
The world's most recognised search engine.
Homepage:
(Or Index page) The first page on a World Wide Web site, to which supporting pages are linked.
HTML:
(Hypertext Transfer Protocol) The underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. An agreed upon format (protocol) used on the World Wide Web to retrieve HTML documents. Also the first part of many URLs.
Hyperlink:
(Or hotlink or link) An element in an electronic document that links to another place in the same ocument or to an entirely different document.
ISP:
(Internet Service Provider) Is a company or organization that provides Internet access to individuals and institutions, usually for a fee. The service provider gives you a software package, user name, password, and access phone number. With a modem, a user can log on, browse the World Wide Web, and communicate with others through chat and email.
.JPEG:
(Joint Photographic Experts Group) One of the two most common image file formats on the Internet today. JPEG, or JPG, is a graphics file format (similar to GIF) which is used more for photographs and other images containing many colors and shading.
Junk Mail or Spam:
Internet slang for unsolicited bulk email, primarily unsolicited commercial email (UCE). Recipients of junk mail often consider it an unwanted intrusion. Also known as Spam.
Meta tag:
A html tag that gives some information about the contents of a webpage, such as keywords and a description.
PDF:
(Portable Document Format) An electronic document that must be read with the Adobe Acrobat computer program
Podcast:
An audio blog, usually in the form of an MP3 file.
RSS:
Really Simple Syndication.
Search Engine:
A tool to find documents on the Web. At great speeds, the search engine will search through millions of Web pages and select those with specific words and phrases as chosen by the user.
Social Media:
Media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. For example, Blogging and sharing content.
Upload:
For example, if you use a personal computer to log on to a network and you want to send files across the network, you must upload the files from your PC to the network. To upload means to transmit, to download means to receive.
URL:
(Universal Resource Locator) Global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web. Universal Resource Locator is a means of identifying an exact location on the Internet. A URL is comprised of four parts: Protocol Type (HTTP), Machine Name (webtrends.com), Directory Path (/html/info/), and File Name (default.htm).
Webpage:
One page of a document on the World Wide Web. A web page is usually a file written in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), stored on a server. Each web page has its own address called a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), in the form http://www.current.com.
Window:
A division of a computer display screen, which has boundaries and is usually a rectangular area. In a full-featured graphical interface, windows can be opened, closed, and moved around on the screen.
World Wide Web:
A system of Internet servers that support specially formatted documents. The documents are formatted in a markup language called HTML (HyperText Markup Language) that supports links to other documents, as well as graphics, audio, and video files. This means you can jump from one document to another simply by clicking on hot spots.
