BROWSERS
A type of software that allows you to navigate web sites; examples are Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer.

CACHE
A cache temporarily stores web pages you have visited in your computer. When you use GO, BACK, or any other means to revisit a document, the browser will first check to see if it is in the cache.

CGI
"Common Gateway Interface," A service that provides added functionality to Web sites by using scripts or programs that are executed on the server.

COOKIE
A message from a WEB SERVER computer, sent to and stored by your browser on your computer.
The main use for cookies is to provide customized Web pages according to a profile of your interests.

DOMAIN
The name that identifies a web site. (such as www.ircbeginner.com.) The three digit suffix (last part) of a domain identifies the type of organization. A domain name ending with .com refers to a commercial web site. Domain names can also end with .net (Network), .org (Organization or non-profit), .edu (Educational), .gov (Government), .mil (Military), .int (International), and .cc

DOWNLOAD
An action that will transfer a copy of a files from other computer to your computer.

E-mail
Electronic Mail - messages sent between computers with an Internet address.

FAQ
This is the acronym for Frequently Asked Questions.

FAVORITES
In the Internet Explorer browser, a way to get back to a URL you like, also called Bookmarks.

FRAMES
A format that divides the screen into segments, each with a scroll bar as if it were as "window" within the window.

FTP
(File Transfer Protocol) Methods of transferring files to and from remote computers

Hit
A measure of Web site traffic; each time a page on a site is requested

HTML
HyperText Markup Language -- HTML is a universal language that allows computers of all types and operating systems to communicate to one another.

INTERNET
A network of computers that is inter-connected around the world.

JAVASCRIPT
A simple programming language developed by Netscape to enable greater interactivity in Web pages.

LINK
These are the hypertext connections between Web pages.

PLUG-IN
An application added to a browser to enable it to interact with a special file type (such as a movie, sound file, Word document, etc.)

RGB Hexadecimal Codes colors
To specify colors in html documents, we use hexadecimal Codes to define colors. For example, #FFFFFF is the hexadecimal equivalent of the RGB values for color "White".