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WEB GLOSSARY

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Unix

Multi-user computer operating system. The Internet and the World Wide Web grew up on Unix, and these days Unix is still the most common operating system for servers on the Internet.

Upload

Sending files from your computer to another computer through the Internet. For example, sending email is uploading a file to the SMTP server of your ISP. When you have a personal home page, you must upload your HTML files to the Web server that hosts your Web site.

URL - Uniform Resource Locator

Address of any resource on the World Wide Web.

Usenet

World-wide decentralized distribution system of newsgroups. Newsgroups (discussion groups would be a more accurate name) cover almost every human proclivity. No one can really count the number of newsgroups because not all Usenet machines are connected to the Internet, however, there are at least 15,000 newsgroups available through the Internet.

User ID

Unique identifier that you must enter every time you want to access a particular service on the Internet. The user ID is always accompanied by a password.

Uuencoding - Unix to Unix Encoding

Method for converting binary files (non-textual files) to ASCII files (text), so you can also send graphic pictures to your friends via email.

Veronica

Acronym for "Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerized Archives."

VRML - Virtual Reality Modeling Language

Method for creating 3D environments on the Web. On a VRML page, it is possible to move around through a virtual room, pick up things, open a door etc. To see VRML pages your need a VRML plug-in for your browser.

WAIS - Wide Area Information Server

Distributed information retrieval system that allows you to search huge amounts of information using keywords.

WAN - Wide Area Network

Any internet or network that covers more than one single building. See also LAN.

Webmaster

The person who is responsible for the Web server (usually the sysadmin).

Whois

Program that queries the InterNIC's database of domain names.

World Wide Web

An Internet client-server system to distribute information, based upon the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). Also known as WWW, W3 or the Web. Created at CERN in Geveva, Switzerland in 1991 by Dr. Tim Berners-Lee.

56 Kbps modem standard from US Robotics.

Xmodem

Error control software protocol used to transfer files between modems. Sends data in blocks of 128 bytes.

Ymodem

Error control software protocol used to transfer files between modems. Based on the Xmodem protocol. Sends data in blocks of 1,024 bytes.

Zmodem

Error control software protocol used to transfer files between modems. Based on Xmodem and Ymodem protocols (but faster!). Sends data in blocks of 1,024 bytes. Zmodem has the ability to recover from a partially transfer.


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