Host A computer with full two-way access to other computers on the Internet. A simple computer language used to create pages on the Internet. A little picture, usually clickable, used to represent a program, object or action. It was created to extend the capabilities of the Web by allowing programs to be associated with Web pages that can run on a Web client computer when the page is accessed. In hypertext documents, a link is the connection from one document to another.
Links are always a different colour than the text so that they stand out.
Listserv An electronic discussion group. There are thousands of listservs on a variety of topics which you can join through an e-mail account. The listserv sends you the discussions in an e-mail format. Listserv is also the name of the computer program which manages the listserv. Lurker A visitor to a newsgroup or online service who only reads other people's post but never post his or her own messages, thus remaining anonymous.