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52 Cards in this Set
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internet
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a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks
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world wide web
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computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
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ARPANET
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created by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the United States Department of Defense, was the world's first operational packet switching network, and the predecessor of the contemporary global Internet
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severer
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A server computer, sometimes called an enterprise server, is a computer system that provides essential services across a network, to private users inside a large organization or to public users in the internet.
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W3C( World Wide Web Consortium)
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is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web
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access provider
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company that offers its customers access to the Internet
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ISP(Internet service provide)
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s a company that offers its customers access to the Internet
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OSP(online service provider)
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has many member-only features such as IM or their own customizable version of the web
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internet backbone
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the principal data routes between large, strategically interconnected networks and core routers in the Internet
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IP(Internet Protocol) address
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is a numerical label that is assigned to devices participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes
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TLD(top-level domain)
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one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet
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domain name
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strings of letters and numbers that are used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet
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WWW(world wide web)
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computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
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web site
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a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web
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web 2.0
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commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web
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web browser
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a program used to view HTML documents
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home page
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the opening page of a web site
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downloading
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o receive data to a local system from a remote system, or to initiate such a data transfer
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URL(Uniform Resource Locator)
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the address of a web page on the world wide web
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link
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an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
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search engine
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a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
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subject directory
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An Internet research tool on the World Wide Web that organizes Internet resources by subject headings and subheadings. Subject directories are usually compiled by human beings who apply some selection criteria to resources included in the database
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multi-media
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transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)
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graphic
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an image that is generated by a computer
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JPEG(Joint Photographic Experts Group)
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s a commonly used method of lossy compression for photographic images. The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality
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GIF(Graphics Interchange Format)
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a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability
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thumbnail
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reduced-size versions of pictures, used to help in recognizing and organizing them, serving the same role for images as a normal text index does for words
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animation
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the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways
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streaming
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using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data
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podcast
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distribute over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
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search engine
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a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
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subject directory
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An Internet research tool on the World Wide Web that organizes Internet resources by subject headings and subheadings. Subject directories are usually compiled by human beings who apply some selection criteria to resources included in the database
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multi-media
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transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)
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search engine
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a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
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graphic
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an image that is generated by a computer
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subject directory
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An Internet research tool on the World Wide Web that organizes Internet resources by subject headings and subheadings. Subject directories are usually compiled by human beings who apply some selection criteria to resources included in the database
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JPEG(Joint Photographic Experts Group)
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s a commonly used method of lossy compression for photographic images. The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality
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multi-media
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transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)
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GIF(Graphics Interchange Format)
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a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability
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graphic
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an image that is generated by a computer
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thumbnail
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reduced-size versions of pictures, used to help in recognizing and organizing them, serving the same role for images as a normal text index does for words
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JPEG(Joint Photographic Experts Group)
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s a commonly used method of lossy compression for photographic images. The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality
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animation
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the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways
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GIF(Graphics Interchange Format)
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a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability
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streaming
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using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data
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thumbnail
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reduced-size versions of pictures, used to help in recognizing and organizing them, serving the same role for images as a normal text index does for words
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podcast
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distribute over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
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animation
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the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways
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streaming
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using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data
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podcast
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distribute over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
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virtual reality
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a hypothetical three-dimensional visual world created by a computer; user wears special goggles and fiber optic gloves etc., and can enter and move about in this world and interact with objects as if inside it
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plug-in
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plug into an outlet
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