Bandwidth A measure of the amount of data that can be sent across a connection per unit of time. The amount of bandwidth a Web server requires depends on the applications that will be running on the Web server. Simple HTML Web pages do not require a large amount of bandwidth, but full-motion video requires a large amount of bandwidth. BBS Bulletin board service. A system offering information accessed by a modem.
Users can post and read messages or upload and download files.
Bookmark A pointer to a particular web page. Most browsers allow the user to reference favorite sites as bookmarks so that they may return to them easily. The local application you use to connect to an Internet server. Cache Disk space used for storing and accessing data for rapid retrieval. CGI Common Gateway Interface - the specification for how browsers communicate with web servers.