B
Backbone
High level structure in a network. 
Bandwidth
Quantity of information that can be transferred by time unit ( bits, kilobits, megabits per second). 
Baud-rate
Transmission rate used to determined modem velocity.
BBS
Bulletin Board System. System that let you accesses the Internet.
BITNET
It means because It's Time Network, education network, created in.
Bps
It means bits per second that represents the real data rate transfer. 
Browser 
Program that let you navigates through the internet.

C
CGI
Common Gateway Interface, server application that let you processes requirements through the HTML pages. 
CMYK
It means Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black that is a color system. 
Cookies
Little programs that are installed in your computer, by others server, allowing these servers get some specific information. 
Cracker
Person who tries to invade third part systems, breaking the security, with the intention of damage. 
Cryptography
Is a technology to convert a message or file in a secret code, which let you send the message through the internet with security. 

D
Dial-up
Way to access a remote computer network using phone cables. 
DNS
Domain Name System, it uses TCP/IP protocol to store or get information about network. 
Domain Name
Name that represents numbers that represents a web address. Websitehouse.net is a domain name. 
Download
It is a file transfer from the internet (server) to your computer. 
Dpi
Means dots per inch that is related with image resolution. 

E 
Ethernet
System used to physical connection of local network, developed by Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) of Xerox (EUA). 

F
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions is a list of frequent question answered about any matter. 
FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a system used in optical fiber cables in local network (LAN) and metropolitan (MAN) networks. 
FidoNet
Global BBS network, based on FIDO protocol, linking computers via phone network.
Firewall
Program that controls the traffic between internet and internal net. 
Freeware
Means that something (software usually) is available for free. 
FTP
File Transfer Protocol is a kind of protocol used to transmit or receive files on the internet. 
FTP (anonymous)
See anonymous. 

G
Gateway
System that allows you interchange services between nets with different technologies, like BITNET and INTERNET. 
GIF
Graphic Interchange Format is graphic format used in pictures, but using little sources of colors that result a small file. 
Gopher
A system used to search and retrieve documents. 

H
Hacker
Person who tries to invade third part systems, breaking the security, with the intention of showing technical capability. 
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language, is a standard language to make web site pages. 
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol, protocol that allow transfer of information over the web. 

I 
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force, committee for internet resources developers. 
IP
Internet Protocol, responsible for data transfer between systems that use TCP/IP protocols. 
Intranet
Corporate networks that use structure and technology of internet. 
IRC
Internet Relay Chat, service that provides interchange and online writing messages among internet users. This is the popular Chat. 
ISAPI
Internet Server Application Program Interface, similar CGI is an application that works with the server and extends Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server) capabilities running machines with Windows NT. 
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network, digital phone system that let you send and receive voice and data simultaneously through the phone line. 
ISP
Internet Service Provider, company that provides access to the internet. 

J
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group, method of image compression world wide used. 
JAVA
Programming language used in internet that allows you to develop a lot of special applications.
JavaScript
HTML Scripts used in internet that allows you to develop a lot of special applications. 

K
Kermit
File transfer protocol between computers, keyword.
 

L
LAN
Local Area Network, local net consisting of computers in a same physical space. 
Link
As the name says, is the way pages and files are related in internet. 
Login
Is the name that the user is known to access protected or restricted area.

M
Mailing List
Is a list of e-mails (usually, used to send newsletters).
MAN
Metropolitan Area Network, is a network that reaches metropolitan area. 
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface, system used to connect musical and electronical instruments with the computers to record, edit or program.
MIME
Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions, method to link binary codes with the e-mail.
Modem
MOdulador/DEModulador, this is the hardware that lets you to use the phone line to be connected to the internet. It converts digital pulses into audio frequencies (analog) and vice versa. 
MPEG
Motion Pictures Experts Group, system of audio and video file compression. 
MP3
Abbreviation of Layer-3 Mpeg, system of audio file compression. 

N 
Newsgroups
Message area, structured by subjects making part of Usenet. 
NFS
Network File System, allow to use files from long distance machines. 
NIS
Network Information System, service used by Unix administrators to manage database distributed through the network. 
Node
Any device, including servers and workstations, linked to the network. 
NOC
Network Operations Center, is a center (technical and administrative) responsible for managing some operational network features (as access, root, etc…).

O
OLE
Object Linking and Embedding 
Is a way to add files as objects into others files. 
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection is an international standardization to allow communication among different computer manufactures. 
 

P
Pageview
Page solicited by click or any other command. Is a measurement unit of visited page. 
Ping
Packet Internet Group, is a program TCP/IP used to test the reach of a network. 
Plug-Ins
Support source to execute some king of programs. 
PN
Peer networks, is an inter-connection point of same level network to assure the effective and organized root. 
POP
Point-of-Presence / Post Office Protocol (PP), is a kind link by internet service providers to be used with modems, to avoid international phone calls when connected in internet. 
Port
It is a physical channel for a device output and input. 
Postmaster
Responsible for a mail in one server or domain. 
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol let one computer use the protocol TCP/IP with one normal phone line.  One of the most known protocol to access via serial interface. 
Protocol
Description of message formats and some rules that the computers must follow to change information. 

Q
Quicklink
Communication program that can connect with BBS system.

R
RGB
Red, Green, Blue, system of color, that generates colors from red, green and blue. 
Rooter 
Device responsible for driving communication packs through the network. 

S
Script
Programming languages which codes are interpreted in real time. For example, the browser interprets HTML, JavaScript and Vbscripts. 
Shareware
Software normally available to be tested before buying, after being tested should be paid and registered. 
SLIP
Serial Line Internet Protocol is a serial protocol used in internet to remote dial access. 
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, protocol used to transfer e-mails among computers, as part of the TCP/IP protocols family. 
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol is used to monitor and control services and devices in a TCP/IP network. Is used by RNP. 
SSL
Secure Socket Layer, communication Standard used to allow security information transfer through the internet. 
SSI
Server-Side Includes, HTML language processed by the server before it is sent. 
SYSOP
SYStems Operator, person who is responsible for operation and maintenance of BBS or ISP. 
 

T
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, protocol used for communicating through the internet. 
Telnet
Internet protocols that lets the connection among computers. Used to search database. 
TLAs
Three-Letter Acronyms used to identify internet terms.
Transceiver
Device used to connect a node in a local network. 

U 
UDP
User Datagram Protocol, is a protocol from the family of TCP/IP, used with applications like SNMP network management and DNS.
UNIX
Operating System that allows few users share the resources from the same computer simultaneously.
URL
Uniform Resource Locator, is the code to find a web address. 
For example, http://www.websitehouse.net 
Usenet
USEer NETwork, a system group that changes information and do chats on line through the internet. 
UUEE
Unix to Unix Encode, a tool to transfer e-mail files. 
UUCP
Unix-to-Unix CoPy, are some programs to communicate between Unix systems. Allows you to transfer files, execute commands and e-mail. 

V
Veronica
Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerized Archives, research tool in the GopherSpace, searching by key words or subject. 
VRML
Virtual Reality Modeling Language, is a system that allows browsing through the 3D environment, since the browse used supports it. 

W 
Waffle
Is a program that allows a BBS became a USENET site. 
WAIS
Wide Area Information Server, is a service that allows searching information in distributed database. 
WAN
Wide Area Network is a long distance network, linking computers distributed in different areas. 
Webmaster
Operational manager of the web site ("SysOp"). 
Website
Pages located in a server address in internet. 
Whois
A system that let you access a database about Internet information’s, like domain names owners. 
WWW
World Wide Web or W3, based on hypertexts, integrates a lot of services, between links. It is the internet. 
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get, related to software that shows in the scream exactly the way you will get after the job done. 

X
XMODEM
A kind of communicating protocol. 

Z
Zip
Extension used by files that store compressed data.