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• File Transfer Protocol


  Used to transfer files remotely to any destination where a client is connected in the network
• United States gathered talented professionals to improve the security of the country
• Information burn-out is a term that describes a person being bombarded by too much information that comes from the internet
• Chat


  Real-time electronic communication where participants type their messages and reply back
• Homepage


  The starting point of a website
• Download


  The process of getting files via the Internet
• Server

  A computer that manages the network
• Internet Service Provider (ISP)


  The company that sells Internet access to users
• Web Browser

  A software needed to find, retrieve, view, and send information over the internet
• Upstream

  The speed of uploading files in the Internet
• The two countries United States of America and Union of Soviet Socialist Republic were challenging each other in founding new technologies
• Spam


  A chain letter distributed to any user passed then to another users
• One of the main ideas was to use computers to monitor the movement of Russia, an agency called Advance Research Project Agency (ARPA) later on called DARPA was tapped to head this security strategy in the early 1970's
• World Wide Web (WWW)


  Protocol that lets one link to the Internet
• Internet


  Interconnection of networks that spans beyond thousands of miles, wide networks of computers
• Cyberspace


  The totality of all units connected to the computer network and their contents
• Electronic Mail (E-Mail)


  Used by typing text to send or receive messages all over the world
• Firewall


  Software or hardware that limits access to a computer network
• Hyperlink


  A word or phrase that has a URL attachment
• Mosaic


  A graphical software browser designed around 1993 later on becomes Netscape navigator
• Bandwidth


  Refers to frequency of data transmission measured in Hertz
• Russians started their rivalry by launching the first satellite that orbits the earth called "Sputnik"
• Website


  Consists of one or more webpages
• Downstream


  The speed of downloading files in the Internet
• Upload


  The process of putting files in via the Internet
• Thread


  A series of messages with the same subject
• Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)


  The programming language format that the web browser understands
• Search Engine


  The ability of a website to search and display similar terms to the search item in the internet
• Internet Protocol

  A number associated with a device, network card, or home address
• Webpage


  A unit or page that can be seen on the screen, usually a part of a website
• Group discussion


  A group of users in the internet that are linked and have similar preferences and interests
• Universal Resource Locator (URL)


  Simulates an address used to locate a server that usually hosts a certain website
• Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)


  The communication protocol used in the Internet