Blog

Blog is short for web log. A web log is a journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site.

Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface. CGI allows HTML pages to interact with programming applications.

Extranet

An extranet is a private network that uses the Internet protocols and the public telecommunication system to securely share part of a business's information or operations with suppliers, vendors, partners, customers, or other businesses. An extranet can be viewed as part of a company's intranet that is extended to users outside the company. An extranet requires security and privacy.

Forum

An online discussion group, where participants with common interests can exchange open messages.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

The authoring software language used on the Internet's World Wide Web. HTML is used for creating World Wide Web pages.

Internet

A worldwide network of computer networks. It is an interconnection of large and small networks around the globe.

Internet Browser

Software to navigate the Internet (Eg: Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox)

Intranet

An internal use, private network inside an organisation that uses the same kind of software which would also be found on the Internet.

IP Address

Each machine connected to the Internet has an address known as an Internet Protocol address (IP address). The IP address takes the form of four numbers separated by dots, for example: 123.45.67.890

Newsgroups

A public place where messages are posted for public consumption and response. The most available distribution of newsgroups is USENET which contains over ten thousand unique newsgroups covering practically every human proclivity. The names of newsgroups are comprised of a string of words separated by periods, such as "rec.humor.funny" or "misc.jobs.offered". The first word (ie "rec" or "misc") represents the top level category of newsgroups.

Peer-to-Peer (P2P)

Peer-to-peer is a type of Internet network allowing a group of computer users with the same networking program to connect with each other for the purposes of directly accessing files from one another's hard drives.

Portable Document Format (PDF)

A file format that has captured all the elements of a printed document as an electronic image that you can view, navigate, print, or forward to someone else. PDF files are created using Adobe Acrobat or similar products. To view and use the files, you need the free Acrobat Reader, which you can easily download. The document can not be altered with a word processor, which makes them more professional.

Server

A host computer on a network that holds information (eg, Web sites) and responds to requests for information from it (eg, links to another Web page). The term server is also used to refer to the software that makes the act of serving information possible.

Skype

Skype (pronounced to rhyme with ripe) is a peer-to-peer internet telephony (VoIP) network. The network is provided by all combined users of the free desktop software application. Skype users can speak to other Skype users for free, call traditional telephone numbers for a fee (SkypeOut), receive calls from traditional phones (SkypeIn), and receive voicemail messages.

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol: A collection of protocols that define the basic workings of the features of the Internet.

World Wide Web

a system of Internet servers that support specially formatted documents. The documents are formatted in a language called HTML (HyperText Markup Language) that supports links to other documents, as well as graphics, audio, and video files. This means you can jump from one document to another simply by clicking on hot spots. Not all Internet servers are part of the World Wide Web.