The unique name of an address on the Internet. Together with other elements, domain names make up Web addresses . E-Mail Electronic mail sent very fast using the Internet for delivery. FTP is protocol for transferring binary data or text over the Internet. HTML allows a person to define what goes in a Web page , what the page does, and how it looks in a Web browser , as well as what the words say, how to draw the pictures or play the sounds, where the links go and more.
Hyperlinks tie information on the Web together, making it easy to jump between connected Web pages .
Internet Protocol Internet Protocol. The address which tells the router where to send the data. The standard unit of information that is sent over the Internet. When you click on a hyperlink , the information on the Web page you want is broken up into little packets, sent over the wires and networks that make up the Internet, and reassembled in your computer so you can see them on your Web browser . See the Multimedia Showcase for more information and the most popular plug-ins.