Glossary

Address Book A place for storing e-mail addresses.

AIFF A standard for storing sounds.

AU A standard for storing sounds.

Bookmark A saved URL for a page on the World Wide Web. Useful to get back to an interesting web site.

CD Compact Disc.

DNS Domain Name Server. The servers used to translate names on the Internet into their numeric addresses. It is like a phone book for all of the Internet, translating from a sites name into their real address.

E-mail An electronic mail message.

GIF Graphics Interchange Format. A standard for storing images.

HTTP HyperText Transport Protocol. The protocol used to transmit web pages over the Internet.

Internet The collection of all the collected networks of computers accessible from your Net Link web browser.

ISP Internet Service Provider. The company who connects you to the Internet.

JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group. A standard for storing photographic images.

Login The account needed to access your ISP or Email. This is normally a short string of characters like "smith" or "smith@ppp".

Modem A device used to communicate digital data on phone lines.

Modem Initialization String A string sent to the modem to configure it for use local phone conditions. Normally you don't want to change this.

Name Your real name. This is usually your first and last name and is normally sent as part of your Email so that other people can tell who sent the message.

Password This is the secret word that allows your ISP or Email provider to verify that you are who you say you are. The password is normally displayed as stars in dialogs. Keep your password secret to prevent others from getting your mail or using you account. Also, you should not use common items like a name (yours or anyone elses), birthdates, social security numbers, phone numbers, license numbers, or any other easily guessable item as a password. A good technique is to use two or more words together separated by punctuation marks or numbers.

POP Point of Presence. A place that your modem dials that is hopefully a local call from your home.

POP3 Post Office Protocol 3. The protocol or language used to retrieve mail on the Internet.

Return Address This is the email address that others use to send you mail. It is often your email login followed by an "@" and the name of your service provider. For example, smith@netlink.xband.com

Screen Saver A feature for preventing damage to the phosphor of a television screen.

SMTP Simple Mail Transport Protocol. The protocol or language used to send mail on the Internet.

Toll Call A call that costs per minute. Local phone calls are normally not billed per minute, but toll calls are.

URL Uniform Resource Locator. The address of items on the Internet. Web URLs usually start with "http://"

VRML Virtual Reality Markup Language. A method of describing three dimensional scenes for viewing in an Internet Browser.

WAV A standard for storing sounds.

Web Server A computer connected to the Internet that provides the information displayed on your Net Link web browser.

World Wide Web The collection of information served by all the Web servers connected to the Internet.

XBM X BitMap. A standard for storing black and white images.

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