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Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus   There are several convenient lists of Internet Terminology. Three convenient sources are listed here:   1. Glossary of Distance Education and Internet Terminology 2. Glossary of Internet Terminology 3. Free Online Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)       Glossary of Distance Education and Internet Terminology Compiled by Arun Kumar Tripathi   Entry Index (for an explanation of a term, click on the entry) ----------------------------------------------------------   Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) Address Amplitude Analog Archie ARPANET ASCII Asynchronous Asynchronous Distance Education ATM Audio Conference Backbones Band Bandwidth Baudrate Bit bps Broadband Browser Bulletin Board Service (BBS) Byte: Cable Television CD-i- CD-ROM CGI Codec Compressed Video Compression COM port CAI CPU CSU/DSU Cyberspace Database Desktop Video Dial-up Dial-Up Network Digital Directory Distance Education Distance Learning Distribution System Domain Download DVI DVTC Echo Cancellation E-mail Address Facsimile (FAX) FAQ FDDI Fiber Optic Cable Filter Finger File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Flame Free-Net Frequency Full Duplex Full Motion Video Fully Interactive Video Gateway Gopher Graphical interface GUI- Graphical User Interface Hacker Half Duplex Home Page or Homepage Host HTML HTTP Hypertext Infobot (or mailbot) Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Interactive Media Internet Internet account Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Internet server Internet Service Provider (ISP) Internet site (IP) Internet Protocol ISDN- Integrated Services Digital Network ISO: International Standardization Organization ITFS- Instructional Television Fixed Service JAVA JPEG Kbps LAN LaserDisc LCD Panel Listserv Local Area Network (LAN) (MBONE) Multicast Backbone Microcomputer Microwave MODEM MOO MPEG Mosaic Mbps Multimedia Multi-Point Control Unit (MCU) National Information Infrastructure (NII) Net surfer Network Netiquette Newsgroups Online/Offline PC(Personal Computer) (POP) Point of Presence (PPP) Point-to-Point Protocol Protocol QuickTime RAM RealTime Request For Comments (RFC) Satellite TV Scanner (SLIP) Serial Line Internet Protocol Server Signature file Spam Synchronous Distance Education T-1 (DS-1) T-2 (DS-2) T-3 (DS-3) T-4 (DS-4) TCP: Transmission Control Protocol Telecommunication Teleconferencing Telnet TSS Unix Uplink Usenet Newsgroups URL Veronica WAIS WWW   Acceptable Use Policy (AUP): A binding document signed by all users that explains the rules of Internet use at an institution. (Back to Top of Page)   Address: The identification of a physical or virtual distinct entity in a network. On the Internet, this network address is known as a URL, Uniform Resource Locator, e.g., http://www.gsh.org. (Back to Top of Page)   Amplitude: The amount of variety in a signal. Commonly thought of as the height of a wave. (Back to Top of Page)   Analog: Representation of coding of information in a continuous signal that varies in proportion to what is being represented, compared to digital, where information is coded into discrete numerical values. Voice and video sources(microphones, cameras) produce analog information; electronic equipment produces digital information. Conventional telephone networks and transmissions have been analog, with modems needed to convert digital computer data to analog form for sending over the network. Analog networks are subject to interference, relatively low in reproduction quality, and not able to handle large quantities of data. The analog network is rapidly being replaced by a Digital Network. (Back to Top of Page)   Archie: A program that locates files that are freely available on anonymous ftp sites across the Internet. To use Archie, telnet to one of these sites and login as archie. telnet://archie.unl.edu telnet://archie.internic.net telnet://archie.rutgers.edu telnet://archie.ans.net (Back to Top of Page)   ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network: The first "Internet". Linked UCLA, Stanford and defense contractors beginning in the late 1960's. Retired in 1990 and its younger, brother, the Internet was brought on-line. (Back to Top of Page)   ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange: A standard for digital representation of letters, numbers, and control codes; understood by most computers. (Back to Top of Page)   Asynchronous: It means there is a lack of synchronization. A method of transmitting data over a network using a start bit at the beginning of a character and a stop bit at the end. The time intervak between characters may be varying lengths. In video, a signal is asynchronous when its timing differs from that of the system reference signal. (Back to Top of Page)   Asynchronous Distance Education: Education in which interaction between instructor and student does not take place simultaneously, e.g., traditional correspondence courses. (Back to Top of Page)   ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode. High Speed (up to 155 Mbps), high bandwidth, low-delay, transport technology, integrating multiple data types (voice, video, and data), International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has selected ATM as the basis for the future broadband network because of its flexibility and suitability for both transmission and switching. It may be used in the phone and computer networks of the future. It is also a multiplexed information transfer technique of sending data in irregular time intervals using a code such as ASCII. ATM allows most modern computers to communicate with one another easily. (Back to Top of Page)   Audio Conference: Audio teleconference. An electronic meeting in which participants in different locations use telephones or audioconferencing equipment to interactively communicate with each other in real time. (Back to Top of Page)   Backbones: The Central network infrastructure of the Internet is often referred to as the backbone and its allows data to travel from one network to another. (Back to Top of Page)   Band: A range of frequencies between defined upper and lower limits. (Back to Top of Page)   Bandwidth: A Term used to describe how much data you can send through a connection to the Net. The taansmission capacity of a given medium, in terms of how much data the medium can transmit in a gievn amount of time. The greater the bandwidth, the faster the rate of data transmission. Information carrying capacity of a communication channel. (Back to Top of Page)   Baudrate: The speed of a modem measured in bits per second, 33.6Kbps is the current fastest speed. (Back to Top of Page)   Bit:An acronym for BInary digiT. It is the basic unit of information in the machine world. A bit is a digit in binary form and carries one of two values, 0 or 1. (Back to Top of Page)   bps: Bits per second- a measurement of data transmission speed. (Back to Top of Page)   Broadband: A loose term used to describe a high bandwidth lines, usually a T-3 line, with 45Mps or higher. (Back to Top of Page)   Browser: A Program which allows your computer to download and display documents from the World Wide Web. The two most popular browsers are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. It is also a software that allows users to access and navigate the World Wide Web. Some Web browsers, such as Mosaic and Netscape, are graphical. Lynx is a text-based browser. (Back to Top of Page)   Bulletin Board Service (BBS): A forum for users to browse and exchange information. Computer BBSs are accessible by telephone via a personal computer and a modem. Many BBSs are small operations run by a single person that allow only several users to log on at the same time. Some are much larger and allow hundreds of users to login simultaneously to use the system. Huge, commercial examples are America Online, CompuServe, and Prodigy. For example, please visit at http://www.tcworld.com/wwwboard/wwwboard.html (Back to Top of Page)   Byte: A single computer character, generally eight bits. For example, the letter "G" in binary code is 01000111. (Back to Top of Page)   Cable Television: A broadband communications technology in which multiple television channels as well as audio and data signals are transmitted either one way or both ways through a direct by wire distribution system to single or multiple locations. (Back to Top of Page)   CD-i- Comapct Disc Interactive: A multimedia format that uses digital and optical laser technology to store and display text, video, still, and animated images. Not compatible with the CD-ROM format, CD-i uses a stand-alone player that connects directly to a television set. (Back to Top of Page)   CD-ROM, Compact Disc-Read Only Memory: A record like storage medium that uses digital and optical laser technology to store about 600Mb of text, pictures, and sound on a single disk. With newer versions (CD-ROMXA, CDTV, CD-i) animations and moving pictures can be retrieved from the discs. (Back to Top of Page)   CGI Common Gateway Interface: An interface between a Web site and a user. It allows forms, surveys and other documents to be filled on-line and the results automatically sent to the web site's UNIX server. (Back to Top of Page)   Codec (COder/DECoder): Device used to convert analog signals to digital signals for transmission and reconvert signals upon reception at the remote site while allowing for the signal to be compressed for less expensive transmission. (Back to Top of Page)   Compressed Video: Video signals are downsized to allow travel along a smaller carrier. (Back to Top of Page)   Compression: Reducing the amount of visual information sent in a signal by only transmitting changes in action. (Back to Top of Page)   COM port: Communication or serial port on PCs usually used for a data communication interface (Back to Top of Page)   Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI): Teaching process in which a computer is used to enhance the education of a student. (Back to Top of Page)   CPU Central Processing Unit: The component of a computer in which data processing takes place. (Back to Top of Page)   CSU/DSU Customer Service Unit/Digital Service Unit: Sometimes called a digital modem. It does not modulate or demodulate, but converts a computer's uni-polar digital signal to a bi-polar digital signal for transmission over ISDN lines. (Back to Top of Page)   Cyberspace: The nebulous "place" where humans interact over computer networks, same as virtual space. (Back to Top of Page)   Database: A computer holding large amounts of information that can be searched by an Internet user. A storehouse of information on the Net. (Back to Top of Page)   Desktop Video: The merger of video, telephone, and computer technologies for the purpose of delivering multimedia information and telecommunication capabilities at the individual computer workstation. (Back to Top of Page)   Dial-up: It is using telephone lines or ISDN networks to connect your computer to the Internet. (Back to Top of Page)   Dial-Up Network: Connection to a network (Internet) using a modem and telephone lines. Usually done with a commercial on-line service, e.g.,AOL, or a Internet Service Provider (ISP) e.g., NETCOM. (Back to Top of Page)   Digital: A data signal transmitted using discrete steps in voltage rather than frequency, as in an analog signal. (Back to Top of Page)   Directory: A list of files or other directories on a computer at an Internet site. (Back to Top of Page)   Distance Education: Conveying knowledge from a distance. The organizational framework and process of providing instruction at a distance. Distance education takes place when a teacher and student(s) are physically separated, and technology such that voice, video,data and/or print is used to bridge the instructional gap. (Back to Top of Page)   Distance Learning: The term Distance Learning is typically used describe video-enabled instruction, that means, it is integrated voice, data, and video transmissions) in college, university, medical school or kindergarten through the Twelfth grade environment. Distance Learning permits especially gifted teachers to reach an almost limitless number of students around the world. (Back to Top of Page)   Distribution System: Any program that can be received by a satellite antenna and distributed into several viewing areas. (Back to Top of Page)   Domain: It is the part of the Internet address that specifies your computer's location in the world. The address is written as a series of names separated by full stops. For example, the Domain name at Global SchoolHouse Foundation is www.gsh.org, this shows that Global SchoolHouse Foundation is an organization. The another example, www.statistik.uni-dortmund.de, it shows that Statistics faculty is in the University of dortmund, and the last de shows the it is in (Deutschland) Germany. the german word for germany is (de)utschland. The Most common top level domains: .edu Educations(US) .net network resource .com Commercial(US) www.aspensys.com .org Organization(US) .de (Code for Germany..) .gov Public bodies..www.odci.gov/cia, //www.fbi.gov .mil Military http://www.darpa.mil.us .us (Code for United States) (Back to Top of Page)   Download: The process of taking information stored on the internet and copying it to your computer's hard disk, You will find yourself downloading the latest shareware www.search.com Transfer files from a server to a PC across a network (Internet). (Back to Top of Page)   DVI Digital Video Interactive: A format for recording digital video onto compact disc allowing for compression and full motion video. (Back to Top of Page)   DVTC Desktop Videoconferencing: Videoconferencing on a personal computer. (Back to Top of Page)   Echo Cancellation: The process of eliminating the acoustic echo in a videoconferencing room. (Back to Top of Page)   E-mail Address:: The Unique address within the Internet which allows people to send mail to you. Your e-mail address is made up of your name, the symbol and your domain name, so the address is tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de is the address for the user tripathi working at amadeus machine at the Statistics Faculty of University of Dortmund in Germany. To locate net users, please visit at ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/finding-addresses (Back to Top of Page)   Facsimile (FAX):System used to transmit textual or graphical images over standard telephone lines. (Back to Top of Page)   FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions. FAQS are files stored on the Net which store the answers to Frequently Asked Questions, if you are stuck check the FAQS first before you ask you own question. (Back to Top of Page)   FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface: a standard that defines high-speed fiber networks. (Back to Top of Page)   Fiber Optic Cable: The transport fibres of glass or plastic that are enclosed by material of a lower index of refraction and that transmit light throughout their length by internal reflections. These fibres are bundled into cables and are capable of transmitting very large amounts of digital information (data) in both directions with very little loss in signal quality. (Back to Top of Page)   Filter: Hardware or software designed to restrict access to certain areas on the Internet. (Back to Top of Page)   Finger: Software that allows the user to enter the address of an Internet site to find information about that systemOs users or a particular user. Some finger addresses return other topic-specific information. (Back to Top of Page)   File Transfer Protocol (FTP): An application program that uses TCP/IP protocol to allow you to move files from a distant computer to a local computer using a network like the Internet. (Back to Top of Page)   Flame: It is an inflammatory e-mail usually directed against the poster of a message. (Back to Top of Page)   Free-Net: Any one of more than two dozen freely accessible Internet sites, primarily offering community and educational information. (Back to Top of Page)   Frequency: The number of complete oscillations per second of an electromagnetic wave. (Back to Top of Page)   Full Duplex: Process that allows both parties to Receive (listen) and transmit (talk) at the same time. (Back to Top of Page)   Full Motion Video: Signal which allows transmission of complete action taking place at the origination site. (Back to Top of Page)   Fully Interactive Video: (Two way interactive video) Two sites interact with audio and video as if they were collocated. (Back to Top of Page)   Gateway: A network element(node) that performs conversions between different coding and transmission formats. (Back to Top of Page)   Gopher: A menu-based system for browsing Internet information. (Back to Top of Page)   Graphical interface Software designed to allow the user to execute commands by pointing and clicking on icons or text. (Back to Top of Page)   GUI- Graphical User Interface: A picture like control panel or screen(as opposed to a text-based screen), that makes a computer or presentation system easy to use. Amiga, Macintosh, and Windows environments are example of GUIs. (Back to Top of Page)   Hacker: A computer user who illegally visits networked computers to look around or cause harm. (Back to Top of Page)   Half Duplex: Communication process that allows only one parties to transmit (talk) at a time. (Back to Top of Page)   Home Page or Homepage: the top level hypertext document in a collection of pages or web site. Often uses index.htm as file name. (Back to Top of Page)   Host: A network computer that can receive information from other computers. (Back to Top of Page)   HTML - HyperText Markup Language: The programming language used to create web pages. (Back to Top of Page)   HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol: The protocol used to provide hyper text links between pages. It is the standard way of transfering HTML documents between Web servers and browsers. (Back to Top of Page)   Hypertext: A document which has been marked up to allow a user to select words or pictures within the document, click on them, and connect to further information. (Back to Top of Page)   Infobot (or mailbot): An email address that automatically returns information requested by the user. (Back to Top of Page)   Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS): Microwave-based, high-frequency television used in educational program delivery. (Back to Top of Page)   Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN): A type of digital phone service that provides versatility in terms of switching and data management. A digital telecommunications standard allowing communication channels to carry voice, video, and data simultaneously, see module three. (Back to Top of Page)   Interactive Media: Frequency assignment that allows for a two-way interaction or exchange of information. (Back to Top of Page)   Internet: A worldwide network of networks. It si also the network of networks that connects more than three million computers (called hosts). The Internet is the virtual space in which users send and receive email, login to remote computers (telnet), browse databases of information (gopher, World Wide Web, WAIS), and send and receive programs (ftp) contained on these computers. (Back to Top of Page)   Internet account: Purchased through an Internet service provider, the account assigns a password and email address to an individual or group. (Back to Top of Page)   Internet Relay Chat (IRC): Interactive, real-time discussions between Internauts using text messages. Users log into designated Net computers and join discussions already in progress. More information about IRC can be obtained via ftp. (Back to Top of Page) Ftp to: cs-ftp.bu.edu   Internet server: A computer that stores data that can be accessed via the Internet. (Back to Top of Page)   Internet Service Provider (ISP): Any organization that provides access to the Internet. Many ISPs also offer technical assistance to schools looking to become Internet information providers by placing their schools information online. They also help schools get connected to the Net. (Back to Top of Page)   Internet site: A computer connected to the Internet containing information that can be accessed using an Internet navigation tool such as ftp, telnet, gopher, or a Web browser. (Back to Top of Page)   (IP) Internet Protocol: The underlying packet standard used to connect networks over the Internet. IP is half of a protocol suite that works and must work with TCP. (Back to Top of Page)   ISO: International Standardization Organization, An international standards body. (Back to Top of Page)   ITFS- Instructional Television Fixed Service: A band of low-power microwave frequencies set aside by the Federal Communications Commisson(FCC) exclusively for the transmission of educational programming and licensed to public institutions. (Back to Top of Page)   JAVA: A Computer language developed by SUN which allows you to write software which works on a wide range of computers . JAVA is currently the programming language of choice on the Internet and it allows tiny programs to be created and sent over the network, More information is available at http://java.sun.com (Back to Top of Page)   JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group, a joint effort of ISO and TSS. JPEG has established an international standard for still image compression. (Back to Top of Page)   Kbps: One Thousand bps, actual number is 1024 bps. (Back to Top of Page)   LAN- Local Area Network: A private transmission that interconnects computers within a building or among buildings for the purpose of sharing voice, data, facsimile, and/or video. (Back to Top of Page)   LaserDisc: A record-like storage medium that uses analog and laser optical technology to store up to 54,000 full colour still pictures and 30-60 minutes of full motion video on a disc. LaserDisc players can be controlled by computer and can provide random access to any segment on the disc within 1-3 seconds. (Back to Top of Page)   LCD Panel: A device using a semi-transparent liquid crystal display(LCD) that allows the display of computer information on an overhead projector. The panels cut the light substantially, requiring very bright projectors. (Back to Top of Page)   Listserv: An e-mail program that allows multiple computer users to connect onto a single system, creating an on-line discussion. (Back to Top of Page)   Local Area Network (LAN): Two or more local computers that are physically connected. (Back to Top of Page)   (MBONE) Multicast Backbone: a network that works in conjunction with the Internet for audio and video applications (Back to Top of Page)   Microcomputer: A computer with a microprocessor chip-based processing unit. Microcomputers are the original personal computers that many people use at home and at work. (Back to Top of Page)   Microwave: Electromagnetic waves that travel in a straight line and are used to and from satellites and for short distances (i.e., up to 30 miles). (Back to Top of Page)   MODEM: Acronym for MOulate DEModulate. Hardware that allows computers to interact with each other via telephone lines by converting digital signals to analog for transmission along analog lines. MOdulator/DEModulator, a gizmo which translates the digital information your computer produces into analogue signals that can be sent down the phone lines. (Back to Top of Page)   MOO: Acronym for a lot of things, on of which is Multi-user-dimension Object Oriented. They are multimedia, interactive environments in virtual space. Formerly in the confines of Telnet, MOOs now have taken advantage of the WWW. (Back to Top of Page)   MPEG -Moving Pictures Experts Group: The group that has defined the multimedia compression standard for consumer and professional digital audio and video. (Back to Top of Page)   Mosaic: A dated example of browser. (Back to Top of Page)   Mbps: One million bps, actual number is1,048,576 (Back to Top of Page)   Multimedia: Any document which uses multiple forms of communication, such as text, audio, and/or video. (Back to Top of Page)   Multi-Point Control Unit (MCU): Computerized switching system which allows point-to-multipoint videoconferencing. (Back to Top of Page)   National Information Infrastructure (NII): The official U.S. government name for the Internet and other computer networks. Commonly known as the Information Superhighway, please see at http://www.benton.org (Back to Top of Page)   Net surfer: Someone who browses the Internet with no definite destination. (Back to Top of Page)   Network: A group of computers that are connected in some fashion. Most school networks are known as LANs, or Local Area Networks, because they are networks linking computers in one small area. The Internet could be referred to as a WAN, or a Wide Area Network, because it connects computers in more than one local area. It is also a series of points connected by physical or virtual connects. (Back to Top of Page)   Netiquette: The Etiquette of using the Internet, to avoid breaching Netiquette make sure that you investigate any FAQs or new user sections of newsgroups and do not send irrelevent e-mail. (Back to Top of Page)   Newsgroups: These are the bulletin boards of the Internet. There are around 20,000 groups covering every subject under the sun. Most IAPs have a newsgroup server which periodically takes all new messages from a newsgroup feed and adds the messages which have been posted by its own users. To access the newsgroups stored on your IAPs newsgroup server you need a newsreader program. (Back to Top of Page)   Online/Offline: When you are logged onto a computer through your modem, you are said to be online. When you are using your computer but are not connected to a computer through your modem, youOre said to be working offline. On-line is also a Buzz word that indicates access to a computer network. (Back to Top of Page)   PC(Personal Computer): A generic term used to describe many kinds of small format personal computer systems found at schools, homes, and offices. Sometimes identified by the speed of the central processing board (486,6840,etc.). (Back to Top of Page)   POP - Point of Presence: actual site of an ISP or other service. (Back to Top of Page)   PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol: a type of Internet protocol that uses the serial (COM) port connection. (Back to Top of Page)   Protocol: A formal set of standards, rules, or formats for exchanging data that assures uniformity between computers and applications. (Back to Top of Page)   QuickTime: A software solution developed by Apple to allow the simulation of moving video throughout a variety of programs. Files are known as "Quick-Time Movies". (Back to Top of Page)   RAM: Random Access Memory, It is temporary memory storage area in a computer that can be changed. (Back to Top of Page)   RealTime: An application in which information is received and responded tp immediately. (Back to Top of Page)   Request For Comments (RFC): Online documents that have to do with technical standards for the Internet. Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) or Point to Point Protocol (PPP, a Dial-up IP) Internet connections Both allow a computer to connect to the Internet using a modem and telephone line. Users then navigate the Internet using software on their own computer. This is in contrast to using a Dialup Internet Connection, where a user is forced to navigate the Net using a text-based set of menus. (Back to Top of Page)   Satellite TV: Video and audio signals are relayed via a communication device that orbits around the earth. (Back to Top of Page)   Scanner: A device that uses a moving optical reader to store a page or photo for translation into digital (bitmap) information. (Back to Top of Page)   SLIP - Serial Line Internet Protocol: Predecessor of PPP. Allows a user to connect to the Internet directly over a high-speed modem. (Back to Top of Page)   Server: A computer with a special service function on a network, generally receiving and connecting incoming information traffic. (Back to Top of Page)   Signature file: Return address information such as name, phone number, and email address that users put at the bottom of email messages. (Back to Top of Page)   Spam: Slang for posting the same message to multiple newsgroups--frowned at on the Internet. (Back to Top of Page)   Synchronous Distance Education: Distance Education that takes place real time but in different locations, the virtual classroom. (Back to Top of Page)   T-1 (DS-1): High speed line capable of carrying 1.54 Mbps. T-1 has 24 voice circuits and can be divided into 12 ISDN lines (Back to Top of Page)   T-2 (DS-2): High speed line capable of carrying 6.312 Mbps. 96 voice circuits (Back to Top of Page)   T-3 (DS-3): High speed line capable of carrying 44.736 Mbps. 672 voice circuits (Back to Top of Page)   T-4 (DS-4): High speed line capable of carrying 274.176 Mbps. 4032 voice circuits (Back to Top of Page)   TCP: Transmission Control Protocol ---the BIG DADDIE of the Internet Protocols. TCP takes the Information to be transmitted by the application and passes it to the IP(Internet Protocol) to be transmitted. IP is responsible for getting a packet of information from one host to another, while TCP is responsible for making sure messages get from one host to another and that the messages are understood. (Back to Top of Page)   Telecommunication: The science of information transport using wire, radio, optical, or electromagnetic channels to transmit receive signals for voice or data communications using electrical means. (Back to Top of Page)   Teleconferencing: Interactive communication among people at two or more locations using telecommunications. (Back to Top of Page)   Telnet: It allows users to access computers and their data at thousands of places around the world, most often at libraries, universities, and government agencies. (Back to Top of Page)   TSS: Telecommunications Standardization Sector. The TSS develops technically-oriented international communications standards. All member countries of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), one of the specialized agencies of the United nations, can participate in the work of TSS. (Back to Top of Page)   Unix: A computer operating system commonly used on the Internet. (Back to Top of Page)   Uplink: The communication link from the transmitting earth station to the satellite. (Back to Top of Page)   Usenet Newsgroups: More than 10,000 topic-oriented message bases that can be read and posted to. Also called newsgroups, please visit at http://www.dejanews.com (Back to Top of Page)   URL: A Uniform Resource Locator is basically the address of any resource on the Internet. You type the URL in your browser and you are whizzed off to the appropriate site. e.g. http://ole.net/ole (Back to Top of Page)   Veronica: A computer program that helps Internauts find what theyOre looking for on gopher servers around the world. Instead of looking through menus, Veronica allows users to enter keywords to locate the gopher site that holds the information they want. (Back to Top of Page) Gopher to: veronica.scs.unr.edu   WAIS Wide Area Information Servers: These servers allow users to conduct full-text keyword searches in documents, databases, and libraries connected to the Internet. (Back to Top of Page)   WWW: World Wide Web--also known as WEB--this is the generic name given to all of the hypertext-based HTML documents on the Internet. A revolutionary Internet browsing system that allows point-and-click¥navigation of the Internet. The WWW is a spiderweb-like interconnection of millions of pieces of information located on computers around the world. Web documents use hypertext, which incorporates text and graphical links to other documents and files on Internet-connected computers. 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