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The document defines key terms related to computers, the internet, and web browsing. It provides definitions for modem, CPU, CD-ROM, e-mail, internet browser, homepage, bookmark, cache, HTML, link, search engine, URL, RealAudio, chat, copyright, database, disk, icon, and explains that the WWW is a global network of interconnected computer networks.
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- 2. What is aMODEM? A device that allows computers to communicate with each other over the phone.
- 3. What is acable? It is something used to connect peripheral devices to a computer.
- 4. What is theCPU? It is a brain computer.
- 5. What does theCPU do? It carries out all the functions needed to control the operations within it.
- 6. How is theCentral Processing Unit called? It is called CPU.
- 7. What is aCD-ROM? It is used to store large quantities of informations which will be used by a computer.
- 8. What does CLIPART mean? It means a collection of graphics within a program.
- 9. What is anE-MAIL? One of the systems that allows you to send messages from your computer to other computers.
- 10. What is ELECTRONICMAIL? It is another name for e-mail.
- 11. What is aBounce? A message that is returned to your e-mail address and does not reach the addressee.
- 12. What is anINTERNET BROWSER? The software that lets a computer show Web pages and displays them on a screen.
- 13. What is aHOME PAGE? It is the starting point for browsing the Internet.
- 14. What is aBOOKMARK? It is what allows marking a page and then adding its URL to a list.
- 15. What is CACHE?It is the space your browser uses to store pages.
- 16. What is HTML?It is the language in which the World Wide Web documents are written.
- 17. What does HTMLstand for? Hypertext Markup Language.
- 18. What is aLINK? It is the text or graphic you click on to make a hypertext jump to another page.
- 19. What does aSEARCH ENGINE? It helps you find pages aout specific topics.
- 20. What is URL?It is the address that identifies a Web resource.
- 21. What does URLmean? UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR.
- 22. What is REALAUDIO? It is a tool that allows you to hear and record sounds from the Internet.
- 23. What is CHAT?It is a communication tool that uses typed words rather than speech.
- 24. What does COPYRIGHTmean? It is the legal protection for the author of a program forbidding unauthorised copies of software.
- 25. What does aDATABASE enable you to do? It enables you to manipulate, store, record, and retrieve data from a collection of related files.
- 26. What is aDISK? It is a device that stores information.
- 27. What is anICON? It is a small picture representation or symbol of a computer command or function.
- 28. What does INTERNETWWW stand for? It is an enormous network made up of thousands of interconnected smaller networks throughout the entire world.
- 29. From: The teachersmagazine nº42 EDIBA Pictures from Internet More information: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Whatls.html http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Glossary.html http://www.softweb.vic.edu.au/internet/buzzword.html
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