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Page All websites consist of a series of linked 'pages'. This
document that you are reading right now is a web page. |
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Password Your password is the key to your theopenworld.com's
e-mail account so choose something that is unique but also memorable. If
your password is not accepted check that the Caps Lock
key has not been accidentally pressed, as passwords are case sensitive.
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Pay As You Go When you register with Pay As You Go you pay
for your Internet calls as you use them through your regular telephone
bill. Calls are charged at local call rates and there are no monthly
subscriptions. (Formerly called
No Ties). |
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PKZIP or PKUNZIP Two popular programs used to compress
('zip') and decompress ('unzip') files. Compressed files are smaller -
in other words, they use fewer
kilobytes - and can
therefore be stored on the Internet more easily. You can recognise files
compressed this way by the .zip file name extension, for example,
myfile.zip. |
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Plug-In Web browsers such as
Netscape and
Internet Explorer
are primarily designed for viewing pages that contain simple text and
graphics. In order to view more complex types of data - such as audio,
video and animation - you need a ?plug-in?. The plug-in is a small
program that bolts onto the main browser program and allows it to view
these new types of data. |
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POP This stands for ?Post Office Protocol?. A POP server is a
central computer that stores your email for you and allows you to
collect your email whenever you connect to the Internet. |
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Portal A portal is a website that is designed to lead you to
other websites that contain information you are interested in.
Theopenworld.com website is a good example of a portal, as it leads you
to a wide range of other websites and pages that are divided into
convenient categories. |
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PPP Point to Point Protocol (PPP) is the language that allows
a computer to connect to the Internet using a telephone line. A PPP
connection requires a modem, a standard telephone line and an account
with an
ISP
(Internet Service Provider). |
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Protocol A protocol is simply a set of guidelines that allow
computers to communicate with each other. Unfortunately there are lots
of different protocols designed for different tasks. There are protocols
for email, newsgroups, websites and lots of other things. Wherever you
see a bunch of letters ending with ?P? you know there's a protocol in
there somewhere. See also:
FTP,
HTTP,
IP,
NNTP,
POP,
PPP,
SMTP,
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