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Internet Terms Make sure you understand the meaning and significance of the following terms which come from your Every Student's Guide to the Internet text. Use these terms as a study guide. If you know the meaning and significance of these terms, and you take good notes on the internet lectures, you will be ready for the internet portion of the next exam.

client/server model

domain name

downloading

electronic mail

FTP

Gopher

Internet Protocol

platform

router

TCP/IP

Telnet

Internet

UNIX

uploading

Usenet

WAIS

WWW

address

ASCII file

listserv

mail reflector

mailing list

POP mail

POP server

post

subscribe/unsubscribe

username

Usenet

newsgroups

articles

FAQ

bookmarks

browsing

CWIS

Gopher

Gopher client

Gopher Server

keyword

subject tree

Hytelnet

IP address

Telnet

terminal emulation

compressed files

hierarchical file structure

client

home page

HTML

hypertext

links

URL

Web



Last reviewed:
31 August 1997

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