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thread
1) A series of messages in a mailing list or newsgroup that are replies to a single, original message posted to the list or newsgroup; (2) The name given to a group of related email messages, which are usually stacked in the Inbox so that a sender's original message and all related replies are grouped together. Also called a conversation
tag
1) In Firefox, a label or keyword you create to help you identify your bookmarks; (2) A user-defined keyword that categorizes the content of a Web site, photo, post, video, podcast, or almost any other form of Web content based on the information it contains; (3) A code that tells the Web browser software how to display the text contained in an HTML document.
Homepage
1) The main page that all of the pages on a particular Web site are organized around and to which they link back; (2) the page that opens when you start a Web browser program (3) the page that a particular Web browser loads the first time it is run. Home pages under the second and third definitions also are called start pages.
dynamic Web page
A Web page created on the fly in response to a user's query from information stored in a database maintained by the Web site.
hit
A Web page that is indexed in a search engine's database and contains text that matches the search expression entered into the search engine. Search engines provide hyperlinks to hits on results pages.
search filter
A Web search engine feature that allows you to eliminate Web pages from a search based on attributes such as language, date, domain, host, or page component (hyperlink, image tag, title tag).
location operator
A Web search engine operator that lets you search for terms that appear close to each other in the text of a Web page. The most common is the NEAR operator. Also called proximity operator.
search engine
A Web site (or part of a Web site) that finds other Web pages that match the text you typed in a search box
search engine
A Web site (or part of a Web site) that finds other Web pages that match the text you typed in a search box.
hybrid search engine directory
A Web site that combines the functions of a Web search engine and a Web directory. WEB 150
Web bibliography
A Web site that contains a list of hyperlinks to other Web pages that contain information about a particular topic or group of topics and often includes summaries or reviews of the Web pages listed. Also called resource list, subject guide, clearinghouse, or virtual library.
Wikipedia
A Web site that hosts a community-edited set of online encyclopedias in more than a dozen different languages.
Web directory
A Web site that includes a listing of hyperlinks to Web pages organized into predetermined hierarchical categories. Side Note: The difference between a search engine and Web directory is that the web pages included in a web directory are selected and organized into categories before visitors use the directory. While in a search engine, the database is searched in response to a visitor's query, and result pages are created in response to each specific search.
SkyDrive
A Windows Live service that lets users post files to a server and use a Windows Live Hotmail account to share access to those files with other users.
Boolean algebra
A branch of mathematics and logic in which all values are reduced to one of two values; in most practical applications of Boolean algebra, these two values are true and false.
InPrivate Browsing mode
A browsing mode in Internet Explorer in which the user's browsing history, cookies, or copies of Web pages that were visited are not stored on the computer, helping to protect the user's *privacy* and security
Firefox button
A button at the top of the Firefox program window that opens a menu with options for all the main functions and features in the Firefox browser.
world wide web
A collection of files that reside on computers called Web servers that are connected to each other through the Internet
stop word
A common word, such as "and," "the," "it," or "by" that most search engines (even those that claim to be full-text indexed search engines) omit from their databases when they store information about Web pages.
web server
A computer that is connected to other computers through the Web and contains HTML documents that it makes available to other computers connected to the Web.
Web client
A computer that uses an Internet connection to become part of the Web and runs Web browser software
first-party cookie
A cookie placed on a user's computer by the Web site being visited.
third-party cookie
A cookie that is placed on a user's computer by a company other the company whose Web site is being visited.
filter
A feature in an email program that examines the content of an email message and then moves that email message into a specific folder or deletes it automatically based on the content of the message
junk folder
A folder in Windows Live Hotmail that stores email messages from senders that you or Hotmail have identified as spam
emoticon
A group of keyboard characters that when viewed together represent a human expression; used in email and other electronic correspondence to convey emotions
mail server
A hardware and software system that determines from the recipient's email address one of several electronic routes on which to send the message.
dead link
A hyperlink to a Web page that no longer exists or has been moved to another URL.
virus
A malicious program that causes harm to a computer's disk or files
POP message
A message that is routed through an Internet domain using the POP protocol. Also called POP3 message.
page ranking
A method used by search engines to grade (rank) Web pages by the number of other Web pages that link to them so that the URLs of Web pages with high rankings can be presented first on the search results page. WEB 146
full text indexing
A method used by some search engines for creating their databases in which the entire content of included Web pages is stored in the database.
Contacts page
A page that contains options for managing information about the user's contacts.
Web robot
A program that automatically searches the Web to find new Web sites and update information about old Web sites that already are in the database. Also called bot or spider.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
A programming language used to format documents containing text and images to they can be viewed in a Web browser.
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
A protocol for retrieving email messages from a remote mail server or messages that are stored on a large local network.
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
A protocol specifying how to encode nontext data, such as graphics and sound, so you can send it over the Internet.
fair use
A provision in the U.S. copyright law that allows a limited amount of copyrighted information to be used for such purposes as news reporting, research, and scholarship
specific question
A question that can be phrased easily and one for which the answer is readily recognizable.
virus signature
A sequence (string) of characters that is always present in a particular virus. Also called a virus pattern or a virus definition.
cookie
A small text file that a Web server saved on the hard drive of a user's computer that is running a Web browser; the Web server reads the cookie when the user revisits the Web site.
Internet
A specific interconnected network that connects computers all over the world using a common set of interconnection standards.
HTML anchor tag
A tag that enables Web designers to link HTML documents to each other
link rot
A term that defines Web pages or sites that have a number of dead links.
HTML document
A text file that includes HTML tags that indicate how a Web browser should format the text
hypertext link
A text or graphics object on a Web page that contains instructions to connect to and display another place on the Web page or another Web page entirely.
metasearch engine
A tool that accepts a search expression and transmits it to several search engines that run the search expression against their databases of Web page information and return results that the metasearch engine consolidates and reports.
email address
A unique identifier consisting of a user name and a domain name that represents an individual's or organization's email account on a specific mail server
gigabyte (GB)
A unit of measure for file sizes; it is 1,073,741,824 bytes or 8,589,934,592 bits.
kilobyte (KB)
A unit of measure for file sizes; it is approximately 1,000 characters, 8,192 bits, or 1,024 bytes.
cookie
A(n) ____ is a small file that a Web server writes to the disk drive of the client computer, containing information about the user.
banner ad
Advertising that appears in a box on a Web page, usually at the top, but sometimes along the side or at the bottom of the page and usually includes graphical elements including to the text in the ad.
Web page
An HTML document and its associated files that are stored on a Web server and viewed in a Web browser.
meta tag
An HTML element that a Web page creator places in a Web page header to inform Web robots about the page's content.
static Web page
An HTML file that exists on a Web server computer.
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
An Internet protocol that determines which path an outgoing email message takes on the Internet
POP (Post Office Protocol)
An Internet protocol that handles incoming email messages
category
An address book entry that consists of two or more email addresses. Also called a group.
courtesy copy (Cc)
An email message sent to other people in addition to the primary recipient(s).
natural language query interface
An interface that allows users to enter a question exactly as they would ask a person that question. The search engine analyzes the question using knowledge it has been given about the grammatical structure of questions and converts the natural language question into a search query.
exploratory question
An open-ended question that can be difficult to phrase and for which it can be difficult to determine when you find a good answer.
precedence operator
An operator that clarifies the grouping within complex search expressions, usually indicated by parentheses or double quotation marks. Also called inclusion operator or grouping operator.
signature
An optional part of an email message that appears at the bottom of the message body and usually contains information about the sender, such as the sender's name and contact information
inbound link
Connection to a Web page formed by other Web pages' hyperlinks pointing to it.
Boolean operator
In Boolean algebra, an operator that specifies the logical relationship between the elements it joins, just as the plus sign arithmetic operator specifies the mathematical relationship between the two elements it joins. Most search engines recognize three basic Boolean operators: AND, OR, and NOT. Also called logical operator.
Favorites Center
In Internet Explorer, a pane that you use to organize and display links to your preferred Web sites, RSS feeds, and recently visited sites
favorite
In Internet Explorer, a stored shortcut containing the URL of a Web page so you can return to the page later without having to remember the URL or search for the page again.
Favorites bar
In Internet Explorer, a toolbar that includes buttons that provide links to saved shortcuts to Web pages that you visit frequently.
Command bar
In Internet Explorer, the toolbar that includes buttons and menu options for working safely and effectively in the browser and includes options for printing.
Web browser
Software that allows your computer run as a Web client, allowing it to connect to, locate, retrieve, and display Web content. The most popular are Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox.
mail client software
Software that requests mail delivery from a mail server to a user's device. Also called email program
To line
That part of an email message header containing the message recipient's email address
file transfer protocol (FTP)
That part of the TCP/IP protocol set that includes rules for formatting, ordering, and error-checking files sent across a network.
quoted message
That portion of the body of a sender's original message that you include in a reply to the sender, which might include your own comments.
anchor
The HTML ____ tag enables Web designers to link HTML documents to each other.
Full Screen mode
The browser view in Internet Explorer that temporarily hides the program window—the title bar, the Navigation bar, the menu bar, and any toolbars as well as the Windows taskbar—leaving only the Web page visible on the screen
wildcard character
The character, usually the asterisk (*), used to indicate that part of the term or terms entered into a Web search engine has been omitted.
contact list
The collection of email addresses and other contact information maintained by an email program or Webmail provider. Also called an address book or a contact manager
hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
The communication *protocol* used to *transfer Web pages* from a Web server to a Web browser.
message body
The content of an email message
blind courtesy copy (Bcc)
The copy of an email message sent to a recipient without that recipient's address appearing in the message so that the message's other recipients are unaware that the recipient received the message.
RSSP feeds
The display of content published by a Web site that is updated often
Inbox
The folder in which email messages received from the mail server are stored.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
The four-part address for an HTML document that tells a Web browser which protocol to use when transporting the file, the domain name of the computer on which the file resides, the pathname of the folder or directory on the computer in which the file resides, and the name of the file
copyright
The legal right granted by a government to the author, creator, or other owner of an original work to control the reproduction, distribution, and sale of the tangible form of that work for a specific length of time as provided in the copyright law.
start page
The page that opens when you start a browsing session or the page that a particular Web browser loads the first time it is run.
message header
The part of an email message containing information about the message's sender, recipient(s), and subject
Subject line
The part of an email message header that gives a brief summary of the message's content and purpose.
detaching
The process of saving an email attachment to a file location
stemming
The process of using the root form of a word to create variations on the word.
paid placement
The right to have a link to a Web site appear on a search engine's results page when a user enters a specific search term.
netiquette
The set of commonly accepted rules that represent proper behavior on a network.
queued
The status of an email message that has been temporarily held in a folder before being sent when the user exits the program or checks for new mail
interconnected network
The system when networks are connected to each other. Also called internet.
search expression
The word or phrase that you enter into a Web search engine.
parsing
The work that a search engine does when it analyzes a natural language query to convert it into a search query. The search engine uses knowledge it has been given about the grammatical structure of questions to perform the parsing task.
junk mail
Unsolicited email messages, usually advertising or selling an item or service. Also called spam.
deep
Web Information contained in the databases that some Web sites use to generate their dynamic Web pages.
results page
Web pages generated by a Web search engine containing hyperlinks to Web pages that contain matches to the search expression entered into the search engine.
Bookmarks toolbar
a toolbar of buttons that provide links to saved shortcuts to Web pages that you visit frequently.
