Index
Of Internet Terms
- A -
Acceptable Use Policy
|
access number | ACK | Active X | address | address book | AFK
| agent | AI | alt |
AltaVista
| America Online
| anonymous FTP
| API
|
applet | application | Application Program Interface | Archie | archive site | ARPANET | artificial intelligence |
ASCII | attached file | AUP | authentication
- B -
backbone
| bandwidth
| bang | barfmail | BASIC
| baud | BBS | bcc: | beta | bible | binary | bit | BITNET | bookmark |
boot | bounce | bounce message | box | bozo filter | bps | browser | browser war | BTW | bug | bulletin board system |
byte
- C -
C
| C++ | cascade
| cc:
| CD | Central Processing Unit
| CGI
| chat
| chat history | chatter's block
| checksum
|
churn
| churning | client
| client-server model | clipboard | collision detection | commercial online service | Common Gateway Interface | compile
| compression | Compuserve | computer literacy
| congestion
| connection | cookies | coopetition
| copy protection
| CPU | cracker |
crossload
| cross-posting
| crunch
| CU-SeeMe | cube | cyberpunk
|
cyberspace
- D -
daemon | data encryption key
| Data Encryption Standard
| database | dedicated line
| delivery receipt
| delurk
| DES | dial-up | digerati | DNS
| domain name | Domain Name System
| domainism
| DOS
| download
| download charges
|
drag
| dump
- E -
ecash | eform |
Electronic Frontier Foundation
| email | email address
| email never-neverland | email overload
|
emoticon | encryption
| Ethernet
| Excite
| execute
| eyeballs
- F -
facilitated chat
| FAQ
| FidoNet | file compression
| file transfer
| File Transfer Protocol | finger
| firewall
| flame
|
flame bait | flame on/flame off
| flame war
| flash session
| flat-file
| font
| forum
| forwarding | frame
| freenet
| freeware
| fried
|
FTP | FUD
| FWIW | FYI
- G -
garbage
| Get a real computer! | GIF | GIGO
| glitch
| Golden Rule of Netiquette
| Gopher | go word
| Graphics Interchange Format
| grep
| GUI
| guru
- H -
hacker | handle | hang | hardwired | Hello World!
| hit
| holy wars
| home page
| hosed
| host
| HotBot
| HTML
| HTTP |
hype
| hyperlink
| hypertext
| Hypertext Markup Language
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- I -
icon | iconographer
| identity hacking | IMHO
| inbox
| infobahn | information superhighway | Infoseek
| install
|
Integrated Services Digital Network
| Internet
| Internet Explorer
| Internet Relay Chat
| Internet Service Provider
|
Internet Society
| InterNIC | interoperability
| intranet | IP address
| IRC
| ISDN
| ISOC
| ISP
- J -
jack in
| Java
| JavaScript
| Joint Photographic Experts Group
| JPEG
- K -
Kermit | kill file
|
kluge | knowbie
|
knowbot
- L -
LAN | leased line | line noise | link | list server | Local Area Network | LOL | loop
| lurk
- M -
machine | machine language
| mailbomb
| mailing list
| mainframe
| matrix
| Mbone
| meltdown
| menu
| message header
| MIME
| mirror site
| mission critical
| modem
| modem mantra
| moderator
| mods | moof | MorF?
| Mosaic
|
MUD | Multi-User Dungeon | Multicast Backbone
| Multimedia Gulch |
multiplexor
| Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
| multitasking
- N -
nanosecond | nastygram
| Navigator
| NDA
| Netiquette
| netlag
| netnews
| network
| net.god
| net lingo
| net.police
|
net surfing
| newbie
| newsgroup
| Non-Disclosure Agreement
| NSFnet | nuke
- O -
objects | Object Oriented Programming | offline | online | OOP
| operating system | orthogonal | outbox
- P -
packet | packet sniffing
| parse
| password
| path
| PC
| Perl | personal computer
| PGP
| PING
| plug-ins
| Point of Presence
| Point-to-Point Protocol
| POP
| post
| postmaster
| power newbie
| PPP | Pretty Good Privacy | Prodigy
|
program | programming language | protocol
- Q -
query
| queue
- R -
RAM | random access memory | README file | read receipts | Real Soon Now
| recursive | refresh | remote login |
render | response time | RFC
| Rich Text Format
| root | root directory | ROTFL
| router
| RSN | RTF | RTFM
- S -
scroll bar
| scrolling
| search engine | security | SeniorNet | Serial Line Internet Protocol
| server
| shareware |
shouting | shovelware
| SIG
| sig
| Silicon Alley
| Silicon Valley
| SLIP
| smiley | SNA
| snail mail | sneakernet
| SoHo | spam
| spool
| sprayer | stage directions | status bar | subroutine
| subscribe | surf | surge protector | sysadmin
|
sysop | Systems Network Architecture
- T -
T1
| T3
| TCP/IP
| telecommunications
| telecommuting
| teledildonics
| telnet
| text box
| thrash
| thread
| tile
| title bar | toggle
| token ring
| toolbar
| TOSsed out
| traffic
| triple-dub
| Trojan horse
| tweak
- U -
Unicode | Uniform Resource Locator
| UNIX
| upload
| urban legend
| URL
| USENET | user
| user ID | utility
| UUCP
|
uuencode
- V -
virtual
| Virtual Reality Markup Language
| virus
| VRML
- W -
WAIS
| wannabee
| webliography
| webmaster
| wetware
| whois
| Wide Area
Network | window
| Windows
| Wintel
|
wired
| wizard | wizzywig | World Wide Web | worm | WRT |
WWW | WYSIWYG
- X - - Y -
Yahoo | YMMV
- Z -