| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Distance learning | the electronic transmission of lessons over geographical distances |
| Electronic mail | the electronic preparation and sending of messages, documents, or images; the use of a computer network to send and receive messages |
| Fax | a facsimile machine; the document generated by such a machine |
| Hacker | a term used for a person who illegally tries to access and sometimes damage the files on a remote system, using telecommunications technology |
| Home page | the first page of a Web site that contains general information as well as links to other related pages |
| Hub | a central connecting device in a network that joins communications lines together in a star configuration |
| Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) | the programming language used to write content for the World Wide Web |
| Internet | a vast network of computers linked to one another |
| Intranet | a company's private Web |
| Local Area Network (LAN) | a computer network that covers a small area |
| Modem | a device that lets your computer communicate through standard telephone lines for connection to the Internet, other modems, or communications devices |
| Network | computers that are connected |
| Online | connected and ready to receive and/or transmit data |
| Protocol | the rules that must be observed for two electronic devices to communicate with each other |
| Snail mail | United States Postal Service mail |
| Telecommunications | communication between individual computer users, facilitated by the use of a computer, modem, and telephone line |
| Theme | a format or design template for creating Web pages |
| Uniform Resource Locator (URL) | Internet address that identifies hypertext documents |
| Virus | a hidden, and often destructive, computer program that can infect or spread to other computer systems |
| World Wide Web (WWW) | a subset of the Internet; a system of computers that share information by means of hypertext links |
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