THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, May 21, 1995 TAG: 9505200299
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D1 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 35 lines
Browser: generic term for programs that allow a person to
navigate and view documents on the Web.
Home page: the first page of a Web site or document, an
electronic front door that often includes an index to further
information.
HTML: hypertext markup language, the programming code to create
links that are activated by a mouse or cursor clicked on a
highlighted word.
HTTP: hypertext transfer protocol, programming that acts as an
electronic agreement between computers that allow them to form the
Web.
Internet: the global network of computer networks.
PPP or SLIP: point-to-point protocol or serial line Internet
protocol, an agreed-upon transmission standard for packaging and
exchanging data, needed for using Web-browsing software to view
graphics.
URL: uniform resource locator, an address on the Web.
World Wide Web: an information space on the Internet, unified by
a common addressing system and distinguished by documents capable of
being linked from one computer to another.
KEYWORDS: WORLD WIDE WEB GLOSSARY by CNB