A collective term applied to the various programs, such as Yahoo and WebCrawler that look for information in response to a query made by a user. A number of search engines have been developed for the WWW to help locate files on the Internet. A hardware interface used to connect a device such as a modem or printer to the computer . Serial refers to the sending and receiving of data one bit at a time.
Serial ports use handshaking .
It is an older standard than the alternative, PPP . In relation to the Internet , this is a company that offers end users access to the Internet. A good service provider will offer a local point of presence so that users can dial in for the cost of a local phone call shareware A category of software that users can try out for a specified period of time so they can evaluate it before whipping out their credit cards. This is an extremely popular method of distributing software via bulletin boards , on-line services, and the Internet . Silicon Chip A term used to refer to any of the integrated circuits inside a computer , used to handle or process data .