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Cookie: A small text file, stored on your hard disk by a Web site you have visited, that contains information to remind the site about you the next time you visit it
PDF: Portable Document Format, A method for distributing formatted documents over the Internet. You need a special reader program called Acrobat Reader. Get it at http://www.adobe.com
Java: A computer language invented by Sun Microsystems. Java programs can run on any modern computer, making Java ideal for delivering application programs over the Internet. Get it at http://www.java.com
USB: Universal Serial Bus. A connection for keyboards, mice, modems, printers, and scanners used on many new PCs
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, the misnamed method by which Internet mail is delivered from one computer to another
POP: Post Office Protocol, a system by which a mail server on the Internet lets you pick up your e-mail and download it to your PC
World Wide Web (WWW): A hypermedia system that lets you browse through lots of interesting information. The Web is the central repository of humanity's information in the 21st century
URL: Uniform Resource Locator, a standardized way of naming network resources, used for linking pages together on the World Wide Web
HTML: HyperText Markup Language, the language used to write pages for the World Wide Web. This language lets the text include codes that define fonts, layout, embedded graphics, and hypertext links
HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol, the way in which World Wide Web pages are transferred over the Net
WAV: A popular format for sound files (.wav files) found on the Internet
MPEG: A type of video file found on the Net. Files in this format end in .mpg . Stands for Moving Picture Experts Group
MP3: MPEG level 3. An adaptation of MPEG used to send music files over the Net
JPEG: A type of still-image file found all over the Net. Files in this format end in . jpg or. jpeg and are called jpeg files. Stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group
GIF: Graphics Interchange Format, a patented type of graphics file originally defined by CompuServe and now found all over the Net. Files in this format end in .gif and are called gif files or just gifs
MIDI: A way to transmit music as actual notes rather than as digitized sounds. Many electronic instruments have a MIDI output
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