2.3.1+Internet+KEY+TERMS+(y1)

===Please place your key term(s) in all CAPS below, followed by an accurate definition. Along with the definition provide an example to go along. A visual example is preferred (an embedded image, video link, etc.), but if your term is hard to visualize, a written example will suffice. PLEASE USE A SMALL IMAGE SIZE ===

INTRANET

An intranet is a private computer network that uses internet technologies to securely share any part of an organization's information or operational systems with its employees. Sometimes the term refers only to the organization's internal website, but often it is a more extensive part of the organization's computer infrastructure and private websites are an important component and focal point of internal communication and collaboration. 1229314558

The term netiquette is short for 'Internet Etiquette'. It describes all the standards of courtesy in Internet communications (such as discussion boards, chat rooms, etc.) and is essentially a code of conduct. This group of rules is generally informal and is not enforced strictly, however bad netiquette will cause one to be looked down upon. An example of bad netiquette is spam mail. 1229608786
 * Netiquette**

A cookie is sent to a web browser by a web server, used to record one's activities on a web site, as a small file. Cookies can remember different kids on personal information such as, your password so the user doesn't have to re-enter it each time the website is entered. The cookie information is sent back to the server whenever the browser requests additional files. Some may feel cookies are an invasion of privacy while others may find the use of cookies convenient and a harmless way to make wec sites more personal. **1228962072**
 * Cookies**

Short for ‘Electronic Mail’. It is the exchange of electronic messages and computer files through a telecommunications network such as the internet or mobile phone. 1228962378
 * Email:**

A search engine is a tool designed to search for information on the WWW. The information returned may consist of web pages, images, information and other types of files (e.g. pdf, ppt). Search engines also collect data available in newsbooks, databases, or open directories. 1229648900
 * Search Engine**:



FTP sites are typically used for uploading and downloading files to a central server computer, for the sake of file distribution, and it’s most commonly used to download a file from a server using the Internet or to upload a file to a server (e.g., uploading a Web page file to a server). 1229005010 The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the core protocols of the Internet Protocol Suite. TCP is so central that the entire suite is often referred to as "TCP/IP." Whereas IP handles lower-level transmissions from computer to computer as a message makes its way across the Internet, TCP operates at a higher level, concerned only with the two end systems, for example a Web browser and a Web server. In particular, TCP provides reliable, ordered delivery of a stream of bytes from one program on one computer to another program on another computer. 1229005010
 * FTP** - is a network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another through a network such as the Internet. FTP uses the Internet's TCP/IP protocols to enable data transfer.
 * TCP/IP**

Uniform Resource Locator; an address that specifies the location of a file or page on the Internet. Example: www.google.com
 * URL**

The text you find on a Web site which can be "clicked on" with a mouse, which in turn will take you to another Web page or a different area of the same Web page.
 * Hyperlink**

Example: [|Hyperlink] 1229260669

A **web browser** is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text, images, videos, music, games and other information typically located on a web page on a website or an local area network. Web browsers allow a user to quickly and easily access information provided on many Web pages at many websites by traversing these links. Web browsers format HTMLinformation for display, so the appearance of a Web page may differ between browsers. For example, internet explorer, mozilla firefox, and chrome are browsers 1229333347
 * Browser**

Codes that construct the layout, format and "look" of a Web page. Web browsers translate these text codes into a hypermedia document. Most Web pages are created using a language called 'HyperText Markup Language', also known as HTML. There are now extensions, and improvements made to HTML, for more dynamic kinds of media. For example, //JavaScript//, a scripting language, enhances HTML Web pages. 1229284328
 * INTERNET LANGUAGES**

HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol; the WWW protocol that performs the request and retrieve functions of a server & It is a standard method of transferring data between a Web server and a Web browse. Internet protocol: An Internet Protocol (IP) is the rules and encoding specifications for sending data/ Data transfer technology used for communication via Internet.
 * INTERNET PROTOCOL (HTTP)**

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=LISTSERV=

Prior to LISTSERV, email lists were managed manually. To join or leave a list, people would write to the human list administrator and ask to be added or removed, a process that only got more time-consuming as discussion lists grew in popularity. LISTSERV was freeware from 1986 through 1993 and is now a commercial product developed by L-Soft, a company founded by LISTSERV author Eric Thomas in 1994. A free version limited to 10 lists of up to 500 subscribers each can be downloaded from the company’s web site. 1229313158
 * LISTSERV** is the first electronic mailing list software application. It is a commercial mailing list management system that allows you to subscribe to or create, manage, and control an electronic mailing list. Mailing Lists are email-based and can function as announce only, moderated, or as a simple discussion list. Each member that is subscribed to a particular mailing list receives a copy of every message sent to that list via E-mail.