In this format, graphics and text can be displayed and printed from any PC or from any operating system eg. Windows, Mac, UNIX, DOS, irrespective of what software was used to create the original graphics and text. Bookmark A method of accessing your favourite sites. Browser Browsers are software programs that enable you to view WWW documents. Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mosaic, Macweb, and Netcruiser are examples of browsers that enable you to view text and images and many other WWW features.
Most browsers show text and graphics or images, some however are only text based.
Cookie A small file from a website that lets the website know where you have been. The connection most often used by the home user to connect to the Internet. It connects your desktop computer to your host computer over standard telephone lines. Email or Electronic mail Describes electronically transmitted messages from one computer to another, anywhere in the world. This process happens instanteously and costs less money than it would if you mailed a letter or made a telephone call.