[H]
HEADER:
The gobbledygook at the top of a
message that automatically generated by your email program. It tells you
when the message was sent, to whom, form whom, and which path it toll through
the Net.
HISTORY:
A record kept by your browser of
all the sites you have visited within a specified period. To find it, click
on the window at the top of your browser.
HIT:
A measure of a visit to a web site.
When someone visits a web site, that site has received a hit. Sites will
often tell you how many hits they have received so far.
HOMEPAGE:
Either the page your web browser
automatically loads when you run it, or your own personal page which you
have created and desitned on the web.
HTML Hypertext
Markup Language:
is the code which creates every
web page. Your web browser reads the HTML and then presents the page on
your screen.
HTML EDITORS:
These are used for writing the code
tht makes web pages. The latest versions like CyberStudio(Mac), Frontpage
(Windows 95) and Dreamweaver (windows and Mac) are simple to use and work
like desktop publishing programs.
HTTP Hypertext
Transfer Protocol.:
This is the protocol used to carry
traffic between a web browser's computer and the web site. In the early
days you used to have to type it in to the browser window. Msot modern
browsers alredy have the /HTTP:// section stored so you can key in the
address by starting with 'www'.
[I]
INFOSEEK:
One of the popular search engines.
IE4 AND IE5:
These are abbreviations for Internet
Explorer 4 and5.
INTELLIGENT
AGENTS:
Enbale you to find information
on the World Wide Web without using search engines. Autonomy's AgentWare
(Windows and Mac) is the most popular.
INTERNET (THE
NET):
The Net is simply lots of computers
connected to each other that can communicate with each other. The computers
range from household PCs that are temporally connected via an Internet
Service Provider (ISP), to the servers that are a permanent part
of the Net. All the information on the Net is sitting on a computer somewhere.
INTERNET EXPLORER:
Microsoft's popular web browser
also known as IE4 and IE5.
to be continued...
