Universal Resource Locator. The address that specifies the precise location of a resource on the Internet
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WWW
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World Wide Web. The collection of hypertext documents that made the resources of the Internet accessible to the general public
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deprecated
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an HTML feature that is being phased out and which might not be supported in future browsers
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protocol
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a set of rules defining how information is exchanged between two devices
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domain name
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an IP address expressed in letters instead of numbers, usually reflecting the name of the business represented by the Web site
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Web page
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a document on the Web
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ISP
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Internet Service Provider
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IP address
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an assigned series of numbers, separated by periods, that designates an address on the Internet
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FTP
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File Transfer Protocol. Used to control how files are transferred from server to server
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HTML
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Hypertext Markup Language. The language you use to create a web page
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hyperlink
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a link that you can activate, usually with a mouse click, to open a document or other resource
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network
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a structure linking computers and other devices together for the purpose of sharing resources such as printers and files
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XHTML
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Extensible Hypertext Markup Language. A stricter version of HTML designed to confront some of the problems associated with the different and competing versions of
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Web browser
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a program that retrieves a Web page from a Web server and renders it or changes it into a graphical format
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Web site
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a collection of web pages that work together
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server
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a computer or other device that makes a resource available on a network
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Web client
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a device on a network, such as a computer, that requests the resources from the server
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HTTP
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The communication protocol used to transfer Web pages from a Web server to a Web browser
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hypertext
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text that contains links to other documents or resources
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Internet
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the largest Wide Area Network in existence, which spans the globe and provides users access to the WWW and other important resources
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Web server
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a computer that stores Web pages and makes them available on a network