Megabyte - One million bytes or characters of data. An interface used to convert audio from a musical instrument into digital data. It can then be reconverted to audio by your sound card. An improvement on the Internet mail system standards that allow binary files to be sent as e-mail through the Internet. Mirror - A Web or Ftp server that provides copies of the same files as another server.
Mirrors spread the load for more popular sites.
A person who uses the Internet. Network - A group of machines connected together so they can transmit information to one another. Any person new to the Internet. Ping - A computer program that checks to see whether you can communicate with another computer on the Internet. It sends a short message to which the other computer automatically responds.