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14 Cards in this Set
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Internet
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a collection of interconnected networks, all freely exchanging information.
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Internet Protocol (IP)
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a communication standard that enables traffic to be routed from one network to another as needed.
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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
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the widely used transport layer protocol that most internet applications use with IP.
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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
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an assigned address on the internet for each computer.
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Internet Service Provider (ISP)
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any company that provides people or organizations with access to the internet.
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world wide web
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a collection of tens of thousands of independently owned computers that work together as one in an internet service.
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Hypertext markup language (HTML)
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the standard page description language for web pages.
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XML
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the markup language for web documents containing structured information, including words, pictures, and other elements.
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web browser
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software that creates a unique, hypermedia based menu on a computer screen, providing a graphical interface to the web.
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applet
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a small program embedded in web pages.
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meta search engine
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a tool that submits keywords to several engines and returns the results from all search engines queried.
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java
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an object oriented programming language from Sun Microsystems based on C++ that allows small programs (applets) to be embedded within an HTML document.
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push technology
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the automatic transmission of information over the internet rather that making users search for it with their browsers.
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intranet
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an internal corporate network built using internet and world wide web standards and products.
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