What is the Internet?
Tim Berners-Lee
Inventor of the World Wide Web
Vint Cerf
One of the inventors of the Internet who co-designed the DoD TCP/IP protocol suite with Bob Kahn
DNS (domain name service)
The service that translates URLs to IP addresses.
Computer Cashe
The temporary memory on a computer. This chip-based feature lets you access some information more quickly than accessing your computer's hard drive.
World Wide Web
A system for finding information on the Internet through the use of linked documents.
Web Server
A computer connected to the Internet that is used to store and distribute information.
Internet
A group of computers and servers that are connected to each other.
URL
A location or address identifying where documents can be found on the Internet; a Web address
IP address
A number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the Internet.
Computer Extensions
A piece of software that enhances the capabilities of a programming language or other applications and adds extra features to an already working standalone application
Web Browser
A software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web.
Gigabyte (GB)
A unit of storage measuring roughly one billion bytes
Megabyte (MB)
A unit of storage measuring roughly one million bytes
Kilobyte (KB)
A unit of storage measuring roughly one thousand bytes
Terabyte (TB)
A unit of storage measuring roughly one trillion bytes
Binary
A way of representing information using only two options.
The Internet Archive
An American digital library that provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites created by MIT grad students in 1996.
ARPANET
An early packet switching network that became the technical foundation of the Internet.
Bug
An error in a program that prevents the program from running as expected.
Digital footprint
The information about someone on the Internet.
HTTP
The protocol used for transmitting web pages over the Internet