The standard language that World Wide Web clients and servers use to communicate. Hypermedia - Hypertext that includes or links to other forms of media. Hypertext - Text that, when selected, has the ability to present connected documents. Internet - A collection of thousands of connected computer networks. It is the end result of millions of computers that all use the same protocol to communicate over both high and low-speed data lines.
Many large corporations have Intranets for their employees.
An extension of the public telephone network designed to carry digitized voice calls, or data from one subscriber to another. JAVA - A language developed by Sun Microsystems that allows World Wide Web pages to contain code that is executed on the browser. Plug-ins allow computers to play audio and video. Search Engines - A search engine is a tool to help people locate information available via the World Wide Web. By typing in key words, users can find numerous websites that contain the information sought.