the rise of the world wide web Flashcards
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developed by the US military for defense purposes, this was first global network with packet switching
APRANET
a central high speed network that connects smaller, independent networks
backbone
a predecessor to modern websites, these were early online communities that users could dial into using a modem
BBS (Bulletin Board System)
a text file created by web sites which contains personal information about an end user
cookie
the unique name which identifies a web site.
domain name
transfer a file or files from a remote computer to the user’s computer
download
the term for buying and selling goods and services over the world wide web
e-commerce
a document cross-reference technique enabling the retrieval of a related document or resource simply by clicking on an underlined word or image.
hyperlink
any electronic cross-referencing document first prophesized by Vannevar Bush in 1945
hypertext
the coding or tagging syntax used to write documents for web browsers
HTML
the address which specifies the location of a file on the Internet
URL
to transfer a file from a local computer to a remote computer
upload
a global hypertext system operating on the Internet that enables electronic communication of text and multimedia.
WWW (world wide web)
an organization which develops specifications and guidelines for the World Wide Web.
W3C (world wide web consortium)
a unit of transmission speed equal to the number of times a signal changes state per second. For signals with only two possible states one baud is equivalent to one bit per second.
Baud
