Internet Basics Vocabulary

worldwide collection of networks which allow people to communicate and share information quickly and easily

• Internet

• Network

• World Wide Web (WWW)

• Website

two or more computers linked together which share and exchange information

• World Wide Web (WWW)

• Network

• Web page

• Internet

portion of the Internet consisting of computer sites containing billions of documents called web pages

• Web Browser

• Social Media

• Server

• World Wide Web (WWW)

single web document which opens in a browser

• Web Page

• Internet

• Web Address

• Home Page

collection of web pages which have a common theme or focus

• Web Browser

• Website

• Server

• Network

allows equipment such as fax machines, printers and files to be served to multiple computers

• Social media

• Web Address

• Domain Name

• Server

companies which provide Internet connections for a fee

• Hacker

• Internet Service Providers (ISP)

• Web Address

• Fire Wall

websites used to share, post and exchange information in an informal format through several differing channels

• Internet

• Website

• Social Media

• Home Page

software program retrieving and presenting data using the Internet

• Firewall

• Web Browser

• Host Name

• Web Address

web page which automatically opens when the web browser is opened

• Home Page

• Web Browser

• Top-level Domain

• Bookmarks