Study Guide for JH Word Processing - Internet Test

• network - two or more computers linked together to share information
• Internet - a web of computer networks that spans the earth
• servers - powerful computers that store Internet files
• e-mail - the electronic transfer of messages to exchange information quickly and easily
• blog - website that allows users to post messages for others to read, usually about a particular topic
• instant messaging - allows online users to key text messages in a conversation
• World Wide Web - a system of computers that can handle documents formatted in a special language called HTML and display text and graphics
• e-commerce - the sellig and buying of products on the Internet
• website - a group of related web pages created for selling products or providing information
• Internet Service Provider - a company that provides customer connections to the Internet for a monthly fee
• web browser - a program that lets you find and view webpages, it reads HTML and displays text and images
• uniform resource locator - and address for a website
• domain name - the part of the URL address that determines what kind of site it is, such as .gov for government and .edu for educational sites or universities
• hyperlink - a text, button or graphic that takes the visitor to a new location or webpage when clicked
• history - a list of links for sites you have visited recently
• favorites - feature that allows you to create a list of links for sites you visit often
• search - a feature that helps you find information on the entire Web or within a single site
• keyword - a word you type in a search box to search for on a site
• query - a problem you want the search tool to solve
• results - the answer to a query
• organic results - results of a query that occur naturally based on the search criteria without influence by paid advertising
• sponsored links - results that appear because advertisers pay for them
• stem - a word without any tenses or different endings
• phrase searching - forcing a search of a group of words together by using quotation marks