A Web browser is client software that resides on your computer and through which you request information from the Internet. Software on the Web site's "host" computer (also known as the "server") interprets your requests and sends the Web page information back to your browser. It is your browser which interp [..]

Cable television systems provide Internet access as a high-speed service to home users, through the same cables that provide television service. Because of its high- speed transfer of massive amounts of data, it provides smooth real- time video and other exciting capabilities for home users. Unlike TV, Internet access is a two-way communication.

Digital Subscriber Link (DSL) is a new telecommunications technology that permits high-speed digital Internet access over standard telephone lines. It is expected to largely supplant ISDN in the future, at least for business users not too distant from their telephone company's central office.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a method of sending files from one computer to another using the Internet. It requires special "FTP client" software that is available for free from numerous places on the Internet. Some browsers also support FTP transfers. FTP is faster than e-mail for sending large or many files.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the coding used in Web pages that tells your browser how to display the page on your monitor.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the telecommunication "language" used by the Internet to transfer Web pages from one computer to another.

A home page is the main page of a Web site. It tells you what kind of information is contained on the Web site and who or what organization maintains the site. It provides links or an index to other features of the site and includes announcements of new information.

Hyperlinks are a major source of the Web's power and fascination. "Hypertext" is a word or phrase, usually colored and underlined, which constitutes a hyperlink. By clicking on the hyperlink you are requesting another Web page which may be on an Internet-connected computer anywhere in the world. Some hyperlinks are not underl [..]

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is fast, digital Internet access over standard telephone lines. Standard ISDN service provides two communication channels which may be joined to provide communication at up to 128,000 bps, or more than four times faster than a 28,800 bps modem connection.

An imagemap is a picture or image which is hyperlinked to a number of different Web pages. The page you request depends on the part of the image that you click on. Imagemaps are frequently used for graphical navigation bars and buttons, instead of or in addition to hypertext links.