The Internet and the Web

• Describe Internet providers, connections, and protocols.
• Discuss e-mail, mailing lists, newsgroups, and chat groups.
• Describe Internet services: Telnet, FTP, Gopher, and the Web.
• Describe electronic commerce including Web storefronts and electronic payment options.
• Compare the two types of search tools: indexes and search engines.
• Discuss the two types of Web utilities: plug-ins and helper applications.
• Describe intranets, extranets, and firewalls.
    

Key Terms

add-on	message
Advanced Research Project Agency Network (ARPANET)	metasearch utility
agents	nanomanipulator
applets	newsgroup
auction house sites	off-line browser
bots	online service provider
browser	packet
carders	person-to-person auction site
Center for European Nuclear Research (CERN)	plug-in
channel	point-to-point protocol (PPP)
chat group	proxy server
commerce servers	provider
cybercash	pull product
cyberspace	push product
digital cash	search engines
domain code	search tools
domain name	serial line Internet protocol (SLIP)
domain name system (DNS)	signature line
downloading	spider
e-cash	subscription address
e-commerce	surfing
electronic cash	Telnet
electronic commerce	terminal connection
extranet	TCP/IP
file transfer protocol (FTP)	uniform resource locator (URL)
filter	uploading
firewall	UseNet
Gopher	user name
Gopher site	vertical portal
header	Web
helper application	Web auction
home page	Web broadcaster
horizontal portal	Web crawler
host computer	Web directory
hyperlinks	Web-downloading utility
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)	Web page
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)	Web portal
indexes	Web site
information pusher	Web spider
instant messaging	Web storefront
Internet Service Provider (ISP)	Web storefront creation package
intranet	World Wide Web
Java	WWW
list address
lurking
mailing list

    
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