 | Absolute Link: Hyperlinks that include the
complete URL, which is the domain name, pathname (if used), and a
filename.
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 | URL: Abbreviation for uniform resource
locator. Address referring to the location of a file on the
Internet.
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 | Internet Browser: The software used to view, manage, and
access web pages by interpreting hypertext and hyperlinks. The
two most common browsers are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet
Explorer |
 | Cookie: A message given to a web browser by a
web server. This message is saved as a text file locally on your
hard drive. |
 | Directory: Web
site that focuses on listing web pages or sites by specific
categories. Commonly called "human based" search
engine.
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 | Search Engine:
Software that searches an index or database and returns relevant
matches based on the information typed into a query.
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 | Static IP address: An IP address that remains
constant, or the same, every time a person logs on to the Internet.
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 | Stemming: Stemming is the ability for a search
engine to search for variations of a word based on it's root.
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 | JPEG or Jpeg: Abbreviation for Joint
Photographic Experts Group. A type of graphic image commonly
used on web sites. JPEGs can contain millions of colors and are
displayed in the most commonly used browsers. |