To skip around the World Wide Web from site to site looking for the best bits. TIA Abbreviation for Thanks In Advance. TLA Three Letter Abbreviation. Upload Often confused with download - uploading a file is to load it from your computer to a remote one. Try thinking of the remote computer as being in the top of an ivory tower, so that information flows up from you when you upload it.
Most people do a LOT more downloading than uploading.
URL Uniform Resource Locator. An address of a resource on the net, such as A URL is something you can type into the Location box in your web browser. There are many thousands covering almost every subject you can think of. UUCP Unix to Unix Copy Program. A technical term you are unlikely to need.