To click on the right-button of a computer mouse that has two or more buttons. Any program on the Internet that allows users to search for material on the Web or at a specific Web site. A host computer that is linked to other computers over a network. A corporation may have one server through which users have access to the Internet, e-mail, data files, databases, and software programs. A computer that hosts Web sites is also frequently called a server.
Many users consider spam to be an offensive and intrusive form of junk mail.
A selective list of Web sites or other information sorted by subject. A protocol used by some computer systems to log on to a remote computer. A thread is usually used in the context of newsgroups and listservs and usually contains a common or slowly evolving subject line. For example, a company may upload a demo of its new software onto the Web so that users can then download the software onto their individual computers. An enormous set of electronic bulletin boards that maintain newsgroup discussions on more than ten thousand topics.