The greater the bandwidth the more information that can be transferred at one time. It's a bit like your garden hose – the fatter the hose the more water can flow through it at any one time. The [..]

Most churches already have broadband. In a nutshell it's like getting your Internet connection through a large hose pipe (see bandwidth). It makes using the Internet much faster than with a stand [..]

Software for viewing web pages. Browsers (or Internet Browsers) are normally free. The most popular browser is made by Microsoft and called Internet Explorer. If you have a PC it will already be on yo [..]

A term coined by William Gibson in his novel "Neuromancer" to refer to a near-future computer network where users mentally travel through matrices of information. The term is now used to des [..]

The process of copying a file from the Internet onto your computer. For example, you can download a Word file. Even if you disconnect from the Internet you can still access the downloaded Word file as [..]

Similar to normal post there is a ‘from address’ and a ‘to address’ but rather than a postman everything is handled electronically. FAQ Acronym for Frequently Asked Questions.

Used to stop unwanted access to either a computer or a network. Most modern computers come with a firewall. Make sure yours is correctly enabled.

Acronym for File Transfer Protocol. A method of transferring files from one computer to another. If you run your own website by buying server space you will probably need to learn about FTP. If you us [..]

Acronym for Graphic Interchange Format. Images come in a variety of formats (similarly, movies can come as Blu-ray, DVDs, VHS tapes or Betamax tapes). GIF is one of the main image formats for use on t [..]

Home Page can either refer to the first web page you come to at a website (e.g. the WELCOME page) or the document displayed when you first open your browser.