internet

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n.

[IN tur net]

a national or international network of computers and computer networks.

Many people are making connections over the Internet.

SYN.: computer network, *information superhighway, World Wide Web, the Web, the Net, medium, online network, cyberspace, *Infobahn, *virtual city, *virtual village, *global village.

WORD FIND

• abandoned Web site no longer maintained: ghost site, orphan annie

• ACK: chatting shorthand for ‘‘acknowledge address abreviation,’’ such as .com or .org, at end of URL: domain

• address, Web site: URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

• advertisement, Web page: banner ad, popup ad

• advertisement trading between Web sites: banner exchange

• AFK: chatting shorthand for ‘‘away from keyboard’’

• animation and computation program: applet

• articles, collection of related: newsgroup

• ASAP: chatting shorthand for ‘‘as soon as possible’’

• BAK: chatting shorthand for ‘‘back at the keyboard’’

• BBN: chatting shorthand for ‘‘bye bye now’’

• BBS: bulletin board system

• BCNU: chatting shorthand for ‘‘be seeing you’’

• BRB: chatting shorthand for ‘‘be right back’’ blinking line on computer screen marking

• next character location: cursor

• browse, search or move about on the Web: navigate, *surf, *cruise

• browsing aid: browser

• BTW: chatting shorthand for ‘‘by the way’’

• BWL: chatting shorthand for ‘‘bursting with laughter’’

• business deriving income via the Internet: e-business

• button that brings one to previous Web page: back button

• C&G: chatting shorthand for ‘‘chuckle and grin’’

• CNP: chatting shorthand for ‘‘continued in next post’’

• CYA: chatting shorthand for ‘‘see ya’’

• CYAL8R: chatting shorthand for ‘‘see ya later’’

• decoding of encrypted messages: decryption

• device for photographing hard documents or graphics and transmitting them on to the Intenet: scanner

• devious marketing trick using false keywords such as ‘‘sex’’ to draw search engines to a Web site: bait and switch

• café with computers and Internet access: cybercafé

• camera used to send video or pictures over Web: webcam

• Capital letters, e-mailing or chatting using all: shouting

• coding data into math for security: encryption

• coding mathematics used to secure transactions: cryptography

• college or other classroom learning over the Internet: distance learning

• commands for creating Web pages, formatting: HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)

• compressed file, Windows-based: Zip file, .zip file

• communications allowing direct contact, two-way: interactive

• connect to a network or Web site: log in, log on

• connected to server or Internet: online

• connector of networks, electronic: router

• conversations, online medium where users can have real time: chat room

• converse online in real time: chat; instant message

• correspondence, electronic: e-mail

• criminal destruction or disruption of Internet communications: cyberterrorism

• decompress or open a Zip file: unzip

• disconnected from server or Internet: offline

• discussion forum: newsgroup

• discussions, reading but not participating in: lurking

• e-mail which must be downloaded, file sometimes sent with: attachment

• failure of network resulting in frozen mouse or keyboard: crash; meltdown

• fight between two or more people, online: *flame war

• fighting verbally online: flaming

• file page, online: Web page

• fraud, online: cyberfraud

• FYEO: chatting shorthand for ‘‘for your eyes only’’

• FYI: chatting shorthand for ‘‘for your information’’

• GG: chatting shorthand for ‘‘gotta go’’

• G/S?: chatting shorthand for ‘‘gay or straight?’’

• IC: chatting shorthand for ‘‘I see’’

• identification file automatically created and stored on hard drive after visiting Web site: cookie

• identification marker used to legally protect original documents from unauthorized use: digital fingerprinting

• ILY: chatting shorthand for ‘‘I love you’’

• IM: chatting shorthand for ‘‘instant message’’

• IMHO: chatting shorthand for ‘‘in my humble opinion’’

• IMO: chatting shorthand for ‘‘in my opinion’’

• frequent traveler through: *cybernaut, *internaut

• identification number assigned to every computer on Internet: IP address

• identify person online from e-mail address, program or utility that can: finger

• FAQS: frequently asked questions

• format change, rewriting to create a: encoding

• handwriting recognition software: Graffiti

• head page of Web site: home page

• host computer, network’s: server

• image or the mechanism that creates it, standardized, compressed: JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group), .jpg

• image transformation effects: morphing

• inaccessible due to technical difficulty: down

• inexperienced newcomer to: *newbie

• interconnection of two or more computers: network

• junk e-mail, unwanted advertisements or: spam

• K: chatting shorthand for ‘‘kiss’’

• KIT: chatting shorthand for ‘‘keep in touch’’

• know-it-all, Internet: geek

• large or very powerful computer: mainframe, Cray

• L8R: chatting shorthand for ‘‘later’’

• lettering style: font

• library of stored files: archive

• link leading directly to a favorite site: bookmark

• link made up of glowing text or graphics that when clicked leads directly to another Web page or site: hyperlink, hotlink

• links to related documents, text system used to create: hypertext

• list of options to choose on screen: menu, drop-down menu

• log of Web sites recently visited: history list

• LOL: chatting shorthand for ‘‘laughing out loud’’

• loss of data during transmission: bitloss

• M/F?: chatting shorthand for ‘‘male or female?’’

• magazine, electronic: e-zine

• mail downloading tool and clock setter: bot, autobot

• mailing list server: Listserve

• mail sorter used to block unwanted advertisements: mail filter mailing to a single recipient to wreak havoc on server, intentional mass: flooding, mail bomb

• mail that is undeliverable, to return: bounce

• manners, online: *netiquette

• medium, computer: cyberspace

• meeting with participants on video, Internet: video conferencing

• message medium: bulletin board

• message, put up a: post

• miniaturized picture clicked on to display a larger version: thumbnail

• money, electronic: *cybercash, e-money

• motion picture file: MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group)

• multimedia links allowing the downloading of graphics, videos, or audio files: hypermedia

• music storage and transmission in digital format, standard of: MP3

• music (MP3 files) downloading and trading application: Napster

• network confined to a single building or floor: LAN (Local Area Network)

• network computer providing multiple services, such as e-mail, for other computers: host

• network of discussion groups called newsgroups: USENET

• network, in-house company: intranet

• network, individual computer connected to a: node

• network, international: World Wide Web, the Web

• networking method used in small areas: ethernet

• netgroups, giant network of: Usenet

• NTMY: chatting shorthand for ‘‘nice to meet you’’

• OIC: chatting shorthand for ‘‘oh, I see’’

• OMG: chatting shorthand for ‘‘oh my god!’’

• online journal or forum with links to communicate with participants: blog, Web log

• overloaded data path resulting in no or slow response from server: congestion

• PM: chatting shorthand for ‘‘private message’’

• PMJI: chatting shorthand for ‘‘pardon my jumping in’’

• portion of data transmitted or received, one: packet

• programming wizard: *hacker, *cracker

• protocol for transmission and reception, data: HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)

• protocol of Internet, standard communications: TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet)

• record of activity on a Web site: log

• reload Web page for updated content: refresh

• representation or picture of specific item that is clicked to activate program or link: icon

• ROTF: chatting shorthand for ‘‘rolling on the floor’’

• screen portion one must scroll down to see: below the fold

• screen presentation without toolbars, menus, borders: kiosk mode; presentation mode

• search system: search engine

• searches new Internet resources, program that: crawler, bot, spider

• section of a Web page, separate or divided: frame

• sex on, pseudo: *cybersex

• sexual materials found on: *cyberporn

• shopping mall, online: e-mall

• simulation: virtual

• simulation of reality: virtual reality

• software copying, illegal: piracy

• software, free: shareware

• stealing a Web page and its files for unauthorized use: pagejacking

• storage disk, data and graphics: Zip Disk

• storage and shrinkage, data: compression

• store, compress multiple files as one: archive

• storehouse of related data: database

• store of Web files on hard drive used for quicker access to previously visited Web sites: cache

• symbols illustrating sender’s emotional state, shorthand: emoticons

• SYS: chatting shorthand for ‘‘see you soon’’

• talk medium and meeting place: chat room

• talking with others online in real time: chatting, instant messaging

• television online service: WebTV

• transfer file from another’s computer to yours: download

• transfer file to another’s computer from yours: upload

• transmission channel using fiber-optic or coaxial cable, high speed, high capacity: broadband

• transmission circuit superior to regular phone circuit: DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)

• transmission service via telephone lines: dial-up

• TTYL: chatting shorthand for ‘‘talk to you later’’

• video data transfer technique, live: streaming

• Web sites, related and linked: Web ring

• virus disguised as a program, hard drive-erasing: Trojan Horse

• viruses, program that weeds out: anti-virus

• virus-safe programming language used for Internet use: Java

• virus, self-replicating: worm

• visits to Web site, tallied: hits

• WB: chatting shorthand for ‘‘welcome back’’

• Web site architect or graphics designer: Web designer

• Web site manager: Webmaster

• wire-free Internet access: wireless

• wireless Internet access unit: wi-fi

• WWW: World Wide Web

see computer