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Chat room | Users log in & exchange text-based messages with other people |
Domain | The name given to the addresses of computers on a network or the internet. All the addresses are numbers so they are given names which are easier to use |
An electronic message; it consists of a ‘header’ containing the addresses of the sender & recipient and the ‘content’ which is the actual message | |
Email client | Software application used for sending, receiving & storing emails |
Email inbox | A folder on a computer used to store incoming messages |
Email outbox | A folder on a computer used to store outgoing messages |
Email server | A computer connected to the internet that sends/receives and stores emails |
Email address | The username of the person followed by the domain that provides the email service |
GPS | Global Positioning Systems – use satellites to allow GPS devices (e.g. a satnav) to work out where they are |
Home page | The first page that opens on a user’s computer when a browser starts up – it can be set by the user. A website homepage is the first page to open on a particular website |
HTML | (hypertext markup language) Instructions to tell a web browser how to display a page |
Hyperlink | A piece of code that directs a user to another page on a website; the code is usually hidden from the user and the hyperlink appears as a word or sentence |
IM | Real-time text-based messages sent between people |
ISP | Internet Service Provider – the company that connects a user to the internet and may also provide their email account |
Microprocessor | An integrated circuit that carries all the functions of a CPU (central processing unit) |
Navigational aid | Menus, buttons & links to enable a user to navigate to other pages or places on a page |
Online | a peripheral connected & ready for use; a computer/user connected to the internet/a network |
Posting | A contribution to a conversation on a website |
Protocol | A set of rules that needs to be followed for communication between devices to take place |
RFID | Radio Frequency Identification (used to tag goods & pets) |
Search engine | Used to search for information on the www & shows users the results of the search so they can navigate to them |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator – the route to a file on a server |
Video conferencing | Uses video cameras, microphones, speakers & monitors to hold meetings/business conversations over the internet |
Web browser | Software application that allows users to view text, images & other features on web pages and allows navigation between websites |
Web page | Document, usually written in html, which contains instructions to tell the browser how to display the page |
Web server | A computer that holds web pages & allows access to them by others over the internet or a network |
Website | A collection of pages about related topics & accessed from the same servers |
World Wide Web | Pages of information stored on servers & accessed via the internet |
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