Button located on the browser toolbar that returns you to the previous page

Internet site that allows you to post messages for others to read; usually organized around a particular topic, such as music or sports

Short-range wireless protocol for connecting different types of digital devices

Destructive program that destroys or harms data on a computer; can be loaded onto a computer and run without the computer owner's knowledge

Form of protection for certain works (books, articles, music, plays, movie scripts, artwork) granted by the U.S. government that states how the work may be legally used or copied

Internet address in alphabetic form, such as .gov or .edu, that can give you some insight into the purpose of the site

Selling and buying of products on the Internet

Electronic transfer of messages

Rules pertaining to the use of a small portion of a copyrighted work for educational purposes

Moral standards or values that describe how people should behave

Browser feature that allows you to create a list of links for sites

Hardware and software used to help prevent unauthorized users from accessing your data

Button in an application window that allows you to return to the page that was just left

Small application that you can load and run on a web page

Worldwide area where products are bought and sold

Accessing computers or networks without proper permission

Browser feature that shows you a list of links for sites you have visited recently

Button that allows you to return to the home page or starting point

Text, button, or graphic in an electronic document that, when clicked, takes you to a new location

Finding out as much personal information about a person so as to impersonate that person by using his or her credit cards and damaging that person's good name

Allows users who are online to key text messages that are displayed almost instantly for others in a chat room

Web of computer networks that spans the world

Company that provides customer connections to the Internet

Word that is typed into a search text box so you can search for information on either the Web or a single site

A company's customers or potential customers

Geographical area in which a company sells products

Rules for proper online behavior

One computer linked to one or more other computers

Main list of results returned after an online search that is not influenced by advertising dollars

Turning individual words into phrases by using quotation marks when conducting an online search

Using material created by another person and claiming it as your own

Document that tells how personal data collected by a company will be used

Measure of how much work can be done in a certain amount of time

Database object that displays certain data that meet the set criteria

Answer to a query

Scheme used to take money under false pretenses or for a product that does not work as advertised

Browser feature that allows you to look for information related to a word or term

Powerful computer that stores files for the Internet

Unsolicited e-mail messages sent to many addresses; "junk" e-mail

Advertising links returned from an online search that are located at the right side (or sometimes at the top) of the results; sponsored by companies that want to sell products

Main part of a search word that is referenced when related words with different endings or tenses are included in the search

Address for a website

Program that lets you find and view web pages

Another name for a wireless connection to the Internet

Online encyclopedia that can be edited by nearly anyone in the world, allowing people with different backgrounds and knowledge to collaborate and research together

System of computers on the Internet that can handle documents formatted in HTML; typically called "the Web"