World Wide Web: the collection of the millions of Web sites and Web pages that together form the Web of information that allows a user to see a graphical view of the Internet and the infor-mation it contains.

Computer that stores the collection of Web pages that make up a Web site.

Collection of Web pages from one person or company that link together with hypertext links to form a home that users can visit on the Internet.

Utility software that is required to control the modem when connecting to the Internet under MS-DOS or Windows 3. Windows 95 has its own version of this utility built in.

A CCITT standard for data compression, requiring V.42. Under ideal conditions, V42bis can provide up to fourfold com-pression.

Software that lets you view Web pages stored on the Internet or on your computer

Single file stored on a Web server that contains formatted text, graphics and hypertext links to other pages on the Internet. A Web page is created using HTML codes.

The CCITT standard for data transmission at 14,400 bps and several slower rates.

A CCITT standard for error control. It's based on a European error control standard called IAP M, which also can use MNP Classes 2-4.

The most popular collection of newsgroups.