Finding a site 4. Safe surfing 5. Extras Glossary Web Beginners 5. Here's a list of some common terms and jargon that you may encounter in relation to the World Wide Web. They store things like what you entered in a form so that you don't have to enter the same items every time.
Hyperlinks usually appear as blue, underlined text.
Internet Explorer, also called MSIE, or IE, is the Web browser built into most versions of the AOL software. It is popular on the Web because it works for all computer platforms, meaning anyone can download the same piece of software and use it. Portals give guided access to the Web as they provide users with search engines, email, notice boards, editorial content or other information such as the latest news headlines, weather reports or sports results. On the World Wide Web, this has come to mean a Web page where you can search the entire Web, or a large directory of registered Web sites. There are some search engines that do other things, like search newsgroups or even phone books.