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Browsers
A piece of software that allows you to find, view, and manage information on the World Wide Web. Information is saved in all kinds of formats but a browser will bring a consistent look to this information and make it easier to access. The two most popular browsers are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

E-mail
Electronic mail. The transfer of messages between computers.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
A method of making different types of files compatible with each other, and compressing and transferring them from one computer to another.

Home page
The front page of a Web site.

Hits
The number of visitors to a Web site.

HTML
Hyper Text Mark-up Language. The computer language of the World Wide Web.

Hyperlink
Hotspots on a Web page in me shape of highlighted words or images that allow you to jump to another Web page.

Information Superhighway
Often confused with me Internet, it is in fact much more than that, referring to the infrastructure of fibre-optic cables widely predicted to revolutionise me whole way we live our lives.

Internet
The worldwide collection of interconnected computer networks.

Intranet
Private network, which uses me technologies of the Internet to link computers located within a single company into a network.

ISDN
The Integrated Services Digital Network is a digital telephone line capable of transferring much more information, in much shorter times, than a normal analogue telephone line.

ISP
Internet Service Provider. A company that provides third-party access to me Internet.

Javascript
A programming language enabling the creation of complex Web sites.

Modem
Modulator/demodulator. A device that enables computer signals to travel over phone lines.

Network
Two or more computers linked together.

Newsgroup
A facility for interest groups to communicate.

On-line
Connected to the computer system and allowing use.

POP
Point-of-Presence. A phone number through which users can access an ISP.

RAM
Random Access Memory: The part of a computer that stores volatile information, like programmes and documents. The more memory your computer has, the more programmes you can have open at the same time.

Search engines
A facility that lets you find what you are looking for on the World Wide Web by using key words to search out relevant sites. Popular search engines includes Alta Vista, Yahoo and Lycos.

Surfing
Slang for the process of moving around the Internet -or more specifically the World Wide Web.

Terminal Adaptor
A device that connects your computer to an ISDN line.

Usenet
Worldwide on-line conferences.

Web page
A hypermedia document as viewed through a World Wide Web browser.

Website
A collection of Web pages.

World Wide Web
A graphical front end to Internet information. Accessed using a browser.