Flashcards
Chapter 2 - Key Words
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- 1Chat roomUsers log in & exchange text-based messages with other people
- 2DomainThe name given to the addresses of computers on a network or the internet. All the addresses are numbers so they are given names which are easier to use
- 3EmailAn electronic message; it consists of a ‘header’ containing the addresses of the sender & recipient and the ‘content’ which is the actual message
- 4Email clientSoftware application used for sending, receiving & storing emails
- 5Email inboxA folder on a computer used to store incoming messages
- 6Email outboxA folder on a computer used to store outgoing messages
- 7Email serverA computer connected to the internet that sends/receives and stores emails
- 8Email addressThe username of the person followed by the domain that provides the email service
- 9GPSGlobal Positioning Systems – use satellites to allow GPS devices (e.g. a satnav) to work out where they are
- 10Home pageThe first page that opens on a user’s computer when a browser starts up – it can be set by the user. A website homepage is the first page to open on a particular website
- 11HTML(hypertext markup language) Instructions to tell a web browser how to display a page
- 12HyperlinkA piece of code that directs a user to another page on a website; the code is usually hidden from the user and the hyperlink appears as a word or sentence
- 13IMReal-time text-based messages sent between people
- 14ISPInternet Service Provider – the company that connects a user to the internet and may also provide their email account
- 15MicroprocessorAn integrated circuit that carries all the functions of a CPU (central processing unit)
- 16Navigational aidMenus, buttons & links to enable a user to navigate to other pages or places on a page
- 17Onlinea peripheral connected & ready for use; a computer/user connected to the internet/a network
- 18PostingA contribution to a conversation on a website
- 19ProtocolA set of rules that needs to be followed for communication between devices to take place
- 20RFIDRadio Frequency Identification (used to tag goods & pets)
- 21Search engineUsed to search for information on the www & shows users the results of the search so they can navigate to them
- 22URLUniform Resource Locator – the route to a file on a server
- 23Video conferencingUses video cameras, microphones, speakers & monitors to hold meetings/business conversations over the internet
- 24Web browserSoftware application that allows users to view text, images & other features on web pages and allows navigation between websites
- 25Web pageDocument, usually written in html, which contains instructions to tell the browser how to display the page
- 26Web serverA computer that holds web pages & allows access to them by others over the internet or a network
- 27WebsiteA collection of pages about related topics & accessed from the same servers
- 28World Wide WebPages of information stored on servers & accessed via the internet
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