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COMMON INTERNET TERMS YOU NEED TO

KNOW

ARPANet --(Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) -- The

precursor to the Internet. Developed in the late 60’s and

early 70’s by the US Department of Defense as an experiment in

wide-area-networking that would survive a nuclear war.

APPSShort for Applications

“programs for mobile devices”

Attachment --Something added to an e-mail. File – Pictures etc

• BBS --(Bulletin Board System) -- A computerized meeting and announcement system that allows people to carry on discussions, upload and download files, and make announcements without the people being connected to the computer at the same time. Replaced by FACEBOOK -- PINTEREST

• BLOG--Short for web log. A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links. A blog is often a mixture of what is happening in a person's life and what is happening on the Web, a kind of hybrid diary/guide site, although there are as many unique types of blogs as there are people CARINGBRIDGE - FACEBOOK

• BPS --(Bits-Per-Second) -- A measurement of how fast data is moved from one place to another. A 10/100 mb ethernet card can move 10,000 or 100,000 million bits per second. 1GB network card is 1 billion bits per second.

• Bookmark/Favorite --A way to get to a site without having to type it in. Retains previous location/URL

CABLE MODEM- Refers to coax cable installed by cable television companies that also carry internet data/signals for internet use and speed

CLOUD COMPUTINGUsing computer resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over the internet) USING EXTERNAL STORAGE – SKYDRIVE, GOOGLE DRIVE, DROPBOX

• Congestion --When too many people are trying to do the same thing at the same time

• Cyberspace --Term is currently used to describe the whole range of information resources available through computer networks.

• Dial Up --A temporary, as opposed to dedicated, connection between machines established over a telephone line using modems

• Domain --A group of computers and devices on a network that are administered as a unit with common rules and procedures

• Domain Name Server --The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain Names always have 2 or more parts, separated by dots.

• www.Edgertonpublic.com

Download --to load or transfer (a program, file, etc.), from a central computer to another computer or terminal

• Ethernet --A very common method of networking computers in a LAN. Ethernet will handle 10,000,000/100,000,000/1 billion bits-per-second and can be used with almost any kind of computer

Email -- (Electronic Mail) -- Messages, usually text, sent from one person to another via computer. E-mail can also be sent automatically to a large number of addresses

• File Server A computer that stores files for access by other computers

• Fiberoptics – Glass strands of communication lines used by telecommunication companies for data and voice transmissions. Very fast and thickness of a human hair

• FTP (File Transfer Protocol) -- A very common method of moving files between two Internet sites. FTP is a special way to login to another Internet site for the purposes of retrieving and/or sending files.

• GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) -- A common format for image files, especially suitable for images containing large areas of the same color. GIF format does not store photographic images as well as JPEG.

Computer Hacker• Computer hacking is broadly defined as

intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access

• Home Page Several meanings. Originally, the web page that your browser is set to use when it starts up. The more common meaning refers to the main web page for a business, organization, person or simply the main page out of a collection of web pages

• http --(HyperText Transfer Protocol) -- The protocol for moving hypertext files across the Internet. HTTP is the most important protocol used in the World Wide Web

• https: -- Secure HTTP transmissions. (Financial, personal)

• HTML -- (HyperText Markup Language) -- The coding language used to create Hypertext documents for use on the World Wide Web.

• Internet The vast collection of inter-connected networks that all use the TCP/IP protocols and that evolved from the ARPANET of the late 60’s and early 70’s. The Internet now connects roughly 100 million independent networks into a vast global internet

• Java Java is a network-oriented programming language invented by Sun Microsystems. Using small Java programs (called "Applets"), Web pages can include functions such as animations, calculators, and other fancy tricks

• JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) -- JPEG is most commonly mentioned as a format for image files. LESS memory required

• Link -- An HTML tag used to indicate the relationship between documents

• Network -- Any time you connect 2 or more computers together so that they can share resources, you have a computer network. Connect 2 or more networks together and you have an internet

• POP -- (Point of Presence, also Post Office Protocol) -- Two commonly used meanings: Point of Presence and Post Office Protocol. A Point of Presence usually means a city or location where a network can be connected to, often with dial up phone lines

Plug-in

• Additional software required by a web browser to perform a particular function.

• Examples of plug-ins – Adobe Flash, Reader, Java, Quicktime, Windows Media Player

• Router -- A special-purpose computer/device (or software package) that handles the connection between 2 or more networks. Routers spend all their time looking at the destination addresses of the packets passing through them and deciding which route to send them on

• SPAM – Unsolicited email. Sent by mass mailings by companies who want to have people subscribe to their services

Social MediaSites that allow for social interaction through online

messaging

• SPYWARE – Files (mini-programs/software) that is written to reside on unsuspecting and unprotected computers. Usually affects system software and slows performance of your computer. Can be difficult to get rid of. Usually obtained at game sites or other “free” sites that people may try to access. Some spyware is very “sneaky” and makes you believe that you have already been infected.

• Search Engine -- A program on the Internet that allows users to search for files and information.. Google, yahoo, MSN, BING

• TCP/IP -- (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) -- This is the suite of protocols that defines the Internet. Originally designed for the UNIX operating system. To be truly on the Internet, your computer must have TCP/IP software. IP addressing very important. Each computer requires one. Devices on the internet require IP addresses.

• URL -- (Uniform Resource Locator) -- The standard way to give the address of any resource on the Internet that is part of the World Wide Web (WWW)

• Virus -- Program written by someone that usually causes damage to or prevents software from working properly. Usually thought to be destructive and malicious. Can be spread through security “holes” in email software or operating system

• Creeper gained access independently through a modem and copied itself to the remote system where the message, 'I'M THE CREEPER : CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.' was displayed. The Reaper program, itself a virus, was created to delete Creeper

1974 * Rabbit virus appears infecting other machines via multiplication. Named for the speed at which it clogged the system with copies of itself, reducing system performance, before reaching a threshold and crashing

A program called Elk Cloner, written for Apple II systems and created by Richard Skrenta. Apple II was seen as particularly vulnerable due to the storage of its operating system on Floppy disk

• The term 'virus' is coined by Frederick Cohen in describing self-replicating computer programs. In 1984 Cohen uses the phrase "computer virus" – as suggested by his teacher Leonard Adleman – to describe the operation of such programs in terms of "infection"

January 1986: The Brain boot sector virus (aka Pakistani flu) is released to the wild. Brain is considered the first IBM PC compatible virus, and the program responsible for the first IBM PC compatible virus epidemic.

• Web Page Software -- Software used to make web pages. Many software packages today allow for Web page creation. Microsoft Frontpage, Wordpress, Dreamweaver

• Web Browser -- A program such as Firefox Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Puffin (app) and others that are used to view pages on the World Wide Web

• .COM - Company • .GOV - government • .EDU - education/college• .ORG - Organization • .MIL – Military• .Net -- Network

Windows 8 – Current Microsoft operating system

Touch driven interface for Smartphones/Tablet integration

October 2012 Windows 10 release date 2015

Hot SpotA device that allows laptops, tablets and other connected devices linked to the 4G LTE network with this Verizon Jetpack

Cybersecurity• The activity or process, ability or

capability, or state whereby information and communications systems and the information contained therein are protected from and/or defended against damage, unauthorized use or modification, or exploitation