The Internet & The Web

FTP

The acronym for File Transfer Protocol, FTP is a standard protocol that lets us exchanges files through the Internet's TCP/IP protocol. FTP is usually used for data transfer from or to a server through the Internet.

Plug-Ins

It can be either hardware or software, but the point is that this component can, as the name suggests, just plug in to an existing computer system. For example, certain computer mouse (mice?) can be used immediately after plugging it in.

Filters

Software programs that limit or block certain data from being accessed. Predetermined criteria is used by the filter to choose which data to block. Parents often use this to control the information available in the Internet to their children.

Internet Security Suite

A set of various utilities related to protecting the security of your computer. It can include:

1. Antivirus 
2. Personal Firewalls 
3. Spam Blockers
4. Popup Blockers.. and many more...

Wiki
A website that is maintained through the contribution of a collaboration of authors. Anybody can add to, edit, or even delete the content of other authors. It uses a simple WYSIWYG text editor and can be edited through browser interface. This website is powered by the software of the same name, "Wiki", which in Hawaii means "fast."

JavaScript

JavaScript is a scripting language used at large by websites to increase the interactivity of sites. Developed by Netscape, it adds a lot of functions to a single web page

Applets

A small application with the purpose of conducting a certain task. It can only run under the control of a bigger program, not from the OS. It provides interactivity and is embedded into HTML pages.

HTML

The Acronym for HyperText Markup Language, HTML is the most common markup language or protocol for webpages. It is basically a set of tags used to develop structured hypertext documents.

URL

The acronym for Uniform Resource Locator, URL is the global address of websites on the Internet. It tells the computer where a certain resource is located and how to retrieve the data (documents, etc.).

It starts with a protocol identifier (eg. http://) followed by the resource's name (eg. www.blogspot.com).