Text formatted with links that enable you to jump from one place on the Web to another. Internet Access Provider A company that provides or sells you an Internet connection. The address of a computer on the Internet. A group of computers connected together and managed by a server computer. Link, Hypertext A connection to another Web site or another part of the same site.
Links appear on Web pages as differently colored, underlined, or highlighted text.
Links can also be represented by a graphic button, picture, or be embedded in an image map. Lynx A text-based Web browser developed at the University of Kansas. Lynx is most often used with dialup shell Internet accounts. Mirror sites help Web users access popular information by providing them with an alternative connection site. Modem A device for connecting a computer to a telephone line, so that data can be transmitted.