This glossary is only a tiny subset of net.speak, all the various terms and phrases that people regularly use on Internet. The 2nd edition just came out in December 1993, and is available from the MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02142. What follows is a glossary of some of the more common phrases you'll likely run into. But it's only a small subset of net.speak. As I Know.
Computers store all information as binary numbers.
ANSI Computers use several different methods for deciding how to put information on your screen and how your keyboard interacts with the screen. To use it properly, you will first have to turn it on, or enable it, in your communications software. Started in 1969 with funds from the Defense Department's Advanced Projects Research Agency. In the U.S., the backbone of the Internet is often considered the NSFNet, a government funded link between a handful of supercomputer sites across the country. The speed at which modems transfer data.