An abbreviation for "laughing out loud", LOL is used in various online communications such as e-mail messages, chats or postings to groups. LOL usually denotes a humorous reaction to somethi [..]

Linux is an open source computer operating system, often found on web servers.

Another name for a smiley, an emoticon is a sequence of keyboard characters used to punctuate a message or posting by expressing the writer's emotional state. For example: :-)   a smile :-(   sad [..]

A cookie is a file sent to a web browser by a web server that is used to record one's activities on a website. For instance, when you buy items from a site and place them in a so-called virtual s [..]

A computer that has been secretly infected by a malicious software program is known as a zombie. Hackers can then take remote control of the computer, using it to send out huge amounts of spam or to l [..]

YouTube, a website owned by Google, is the most popular video-sharing site on the Web. Learn more: The "You" in YouTube

Online directories, such as Yahoo!, are good at identifying general information. Like a card catalog in a library, they classify websites into categories, such as accounting firms, English universitie [..]

See: World Wide Web

A worm is human-made software program created specifically to wreak mischief on personal computers and networks. This virus got its name because it burrows into a computer's memory and hard drive [..]

The exact definition of the World Wide Web (popularly known as the Web) varies, depending on whom you ask. Three common descriptions are: 1. A collection of resources (Gopher, FTP, http, telnet, Usene [..]