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Net-savvy An experienced net-savvy is someone who's familiar
with all the ins and outs of the Internet. |
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Netiquette Short for ?net-etiquette?. This is an informal set
of guidelines for polite behaviour on the Internet. |
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Netizen A netizen is a "net-citizen" in other words, anyone
that uses the Net. |
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Netscape Netscape was the world's first really popular web
browser. The company that originally made it, Netscape Communications,
is now owned by AOL, the American
Internet Service Provider,
while the software itself has been eclipsed by Microsoft's
Internet Explorer. |
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Network A network is simply two or more computers that are
connected together so that they can share information. |
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Newsgroup A newsgroup is a kind of discussion group devoted
to a specific topic. There are thousands of newsgroups on the Internet,
covering everything from aardvarks to zoology. To use a newsgroup you
need a program called a newsreader - although Outlook Express has one
built in. |
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Newsreader A program that allows the user to read and create
newsgroup messages. Some email programs, such as Microsoft's Outlook
also include options for reading newsgroups. |
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NNTP Net News Transport Protocol (NNTP) is the protocol - or
computer 'language' - that computers use to connect to newsgroups. |
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Pay As You Go |
