Cookie - a string of letters and numbers that Web servers sometimes attempt to store on your computer. This can be useful, allowing you to customize a Web page to your settings, or letting an e-commerce site remember your credit card number. Cookies cannot be used to transmit viruses, but they CAN be used to track your computer and collect personal information about you, usually in order to send you personalized junk mail. Your computer connects at a set speed via a modem connected to a telephone line. Of course, if your computer is on the phone, you can't be - prompting many people to get second telephone lines.
Dialup connections are notoriously slow.
Most dialup connections are 56.6 kbps , 33.6 kbps, or 28.8 kbps, though some are considerably slower. Directory - an online catalog of Web sites of a particular category, such as dentistry Web sites. While more limited in scope than search engines , they give more targeted, accurate results. Domain - the name of a Web site. It's a convention that makes the Internet easier to use.