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Search Engine A special website that lets you search for
specific information. You type the words or phrase that you are looking
for into the Search Engine and it will attempt to locate web pages that
contain relevant information. |
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Server A server is a computer on a network that stores files
and delivers them to other computers when requested. The pages that make
up a website are stored on a ?web server?, and an
ISP (Internet Service
Provider) such as theopenworld will also have news and mail servers for
storing newsgroups and emails sent to its users. |
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Service Provider Also known as an
Internet Service Provider
(ISP). The role of an ISP is to provide its users with a connection to
the Internet. |
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Shareware Shareware is software that can be distributed
freely, but with certain conditions applying to it. Many programs are
released as shareware on a trial basis, but you are expected to pay for
the software if you decide to keep it and use it regularly.
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Signature A 'signature' is a few lines of text that can
automatically be added on to the end of your emails. A signature may
contain details such as your email address, full name and other details,
but people often include jokes or quotations to add a personal touch to
their emails. Beware, though, because long signatures that are full of
irrelevant information are considered an annoying waste of time by many
Internet users.
See also:
Email,
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Smileys Characters often used in news messages, emails and on
web pages to offer some degree of character or emotion. For example :-).
Also known as
emoticons.
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SMTP You've probably heard or seen these initials used quite
often on the Internet and within the set-up pages of your email
software. For the record, SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
This is a system that allows emails to be sent between computers
connected to the Internet. |
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Snail mail An email message can go around the world in a
matter of seconds. In contrast, delivery of an ordinary posted letter
can take days - that's why they call it ?snail mail?. |
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SoHo Short for ?small office/home office?. Refers to small
companies or individuals that work from home. |
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Spam Spam is junk email. The term comes from an old Monty
Python sketch where the characters keep nonsensically repeating the word
spam, spam, spam, spam, spam? |
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Spyware is any technology that aids in gathering information
about a person or organization without their knowledge. On the Internet
(where it is sometimes called a spybot or tracking software), spyware is
programming that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather
information about the user and relay it to advertisers or other
interested parties. Spyware can get in a computer as a software virus or
as the result of installing a new program.
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Streaming Streaming audio or video files start playing as
soon as you start to download them, rather than having to download the
entire file first. You need a high-speed broadband connection to stream
audio and video properly as an ordinary modem isn't fast enough. |
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Surfing Exploring the World Wide Web by following a series of
links on web pages is known as 'surfing the net'. |
