"Practice Assignment Definitions" | |||
| a. Archie- is a program that enables you to search for files anywhere on the Internet by filename. | b. Domain name- Basically, a domain name is the root (or main) name of a web site. | c. Brower- A browser is what you use to surf the web. | d. Bounced message- An email that is returned to the sender because the email was not deliverable (usually Because the email address does not exist). |
| e. Emoticon- An emoticon is a short sequence of keyboard letters and symbols. | f. FTP- is short for “File Transfer Protocol.” Basically, it's a protocol used to upload / download files from the internet. | g. Gopher- was an Internet application in which hierarchically-organized text files could be brought from servers to a viewer on your computer. | h. HTML- is short for “Hyper Text Markup Language.” HTML gives your web browser instructions on how to display the HTML document or web pages). |
| i. HTTP- is short for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the protocol that the WWW uses to transfer files and web pages. | j. IP Address- is like the phone number for a computer or device that has four numbers From 0 to 255. | k. Java- is a high level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. An object-oriented language. | l. Protocol- an agreed upon format between two computers or devices for transferring data. |
| m. TCP/IP- is short for Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol. It is the defacto standard for transmitting data. | n. URL- means: “Uniform Resource Locator,” the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web. | o. Usenet- A worldwide bulletin board system that can be accessed through the Internet. | p. Veronica- is a search engine for Gopher sites. What Archie is to FTP sites, Veronica is to Gopher sites. |