Glossary

Access Provider	Agent	Anchor	Archie
ARPANET	ASCII	Attribute	Backbone
Bandwidth	BBS	BFN	Binary File
Bit	Bitmapped Image	BPS	Browser
BTW	Byte	Common Gateway Interface (CGI)	Clickable Image
Client	Computer Virus	Cryptography	Cyberspace
Database	Dial-Up Account	Directory	Dithering
Domain Name	DPI (Dots Per Inch)	Download	E-mail
E-mail Address	E-mail List	Emoticon	Encryption
Executable File	External Viewer Application	FAQ	File Compression
File Permissions	Finger	Firewall	Flaming/Flame War
Floppy Disk	Forms	FTP	Gateway
Gif	Gopher	Graphical User Interface (GUI)	Hacker
Home Page	Hotlists	Host	Host Name
HTML	HTTP	Hypertext	Icon
Image Map	IMHO	Inline Graphics/Video	Internet Service Provider
IP Address	IRC	ISDN	Java
JPEG	Jughead	LAN	Link
List Administrator	Login	LOL	Lurker
Lynx	Mailing List	MIME-Type	Mirror
Modem	MOV	MPG/MPEG	Multimedia
Navigation Tools	Netiquette	Network	Newsgroups
Newsreader	Node	NSFNET	Object-Oriented Programming
Packet/Packet Switching	Parse	Pathname	PDF
PERL	Pixel	PKZIP/PKUNZIP	Pointer
POP Server	Port	PPP	Protocol
QT	Query	RGB Mode	Robots
ROTFL	Router	Scripts	Search Engine
Server	Shareware	Shockwave	Signature
SLIP	SMTP	SPAM	Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
String/Search String	Syntax Error	T1 Line	T3 Line
Tags	TCP/IP	Telnet	Thread
Topic Drift	UNIX	Upload	URL
Usenet	User Name	UUCP	UUencode/UUdecode
Veronica	Viewer	Virtual Reality	VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)
WAIS	WAN	Webmaster	Web Page
Website	WinSock	WinZip	World Wide Web
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