IT DICTIONARY

Browser: A browser is the software are that accesses and displays pages and files on the web.

Blug: A mistake , or unexpected occurrence, in a piece of software, or in a piece of hardware.

Cookies: A file sent to a web browser by a web server that is used to record one’s activities
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Cyberspace: Cyberspace is the slang word for the internet.

E-mail: Electronic mail. Private messages sent between users on different computers, either over a network, or via a modem connection to on-line service or BBS.

Firewall: A mechanism that isolates a network from the rest of the internet, permitting only specific traffic to pass in and out.

Hacker: Slang term for a technically sophisticated computer user who enjoys exploring computer system and programs, sometimes to the point of obsession.

Home page: The document that displayed when you first open a web client program. Also, commonly used to refer to the first documents you come to in a collection of documents on a web site.

Icon: An icon is the symbol seen on the computer screen to represent some feature of a program.

Login: The account name used to access a computer system.

Multitasking: The capability of an operating system to handle multiple processing tasks, apparently, at the same time.

On-line: Actively connected to handle other computer or devices, You’re on-line when you’ve logged on to a network, BBS, or on-line service. A device such as a printer is on-line when it’s turned on, and accessible to a computer. If you’re not on-line, then you’re off-line
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Program: A set of instruction written in a computer language is called a program.

Search Engine: A type of software that creates indexes of databases or internet sites, based on the title of files, key words, or the full text of files.

Spam: Refers to the practice of blindly posting commercial message or advertisements to a large number of unrelated and uninterested newsgroups.

User Id: The string of characters that identifies you. The name by which you are known to the network. Also known as username.