If a term is mentioned in class which is not on this list, email the instructor for an extra point toward your final grade. More and more companies are providing free access to the web, though the user must be able to tolerate the banner ads which they appear while you access. Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, a technology to deliver high- bandwidth connections to the Internet over regular phone lines.
Actual speed is determined by how many bit s at a time the modem can transmit.
Board System, the name given to a message system where information on a topic is posted electronically so that those with access to it can read, reply to, and post messages, e.g. Usenet newsgroups. Microsoft Internet Explorer refers to this feature as Favorites. The two premiere browsers today are Netscape Communicator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Also see server . See Netscape Communicator .