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| Stands for "World Wide Web." It is important to know that this is not a synonym for the Internet. The World Wide Web, or just "the Web," as ordinary people call it, is a subset of the Internet. The Web consists of pages that can be accessed using a Web browser. |
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| The actual network of networks where all the information resides. Things like |
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| The Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the method used to transfer Web pages to your computer. With hypertext, a word or phrase can contain a link to another Web site.Simpler: data transfer protocol used on the World Wide Web. Sites where you are required to sign in. |
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| Simpler: data transfer protocol used on the World Wide Web. Sites where you are required to sign in. |
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| A text box in a web browser displaying the address of the web page that is currently being viewed- home to the URL. |
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| The part of a network address that identifies it as belonging to a particular domain. |
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| Internet protocol, the method by which information is sent between any two Internet computers on the Internet. |
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| Start or set in motion (an activity or enterprise) |
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| A location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web. |
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Can be used like the template of a form letter to either generate a large number of "static" (unchanging) web pages in advance, or to produce
"dynamic" web pages on demand. |
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