UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 4, Page TT-8
September 21, 1995
TechTalk
Glossary

Internet: A collection of computer networks linking universities,
corporations and government agencies around the world.

World Wide Web (WWW, W3 or the Web, for short): A client-server system
that combines all the resources available on the Internet. From one
Web document, you can access information on the Web, Gopher servers
and FTP servers.

Server: A computer that provides a service for a client computer. For
example, a server might store programs another computer can use, or it
can send information to another computer.

Client: A program that allows you access to information stored on
server computers. A Web client is also called a browser.

Browser: A program that displays and can retrieve documents from Web
servers.

FTP (file transfer protocol): A tool for transferring files from one
computer to another.

Gopher: A program that uses a series of menus to locate information on
the Internet. Information on Gopher can be a menu, a document, an
index or a telnet connection.

Home page: Entry-point for a Web site; also, a page that an individual
designates as his or her own main page.

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language): The language used to prepare
documents for the Web.

Hypermedia: Extends the concept of hypertext to many types of
information, including images, sounds and animation.

Hypertext: Text that offers a visual cue that the text you are viewing
is a link to related information.

Hypertext link: Text, icons or images in a document that offer a
visual cue that you can link to related information. The cue can be a
different color, bold or underlined text, buttons or graphics. You
move from document to document in the Web by following a hypertext
link.

Link: A reference to another Web document; links are highlighted in
some way on the browser page.

Lynx: A browser program for viewing Web information on computers
without graphics capability.

Netscape: A browser program that lets you find, view and retrieve
information on the Web, including graphics.

Telnet: A program that allows you to log in to a remote computer.

URL (Uniform Resource Locator): An address for information; also
called a "Universal Resource Locator."

http (hypertext transfer protocol): a protocol that transfers
multimedia across the Internet so you can display formatted text,
pictures, sound, movies, etc. with your Web browser.