Internet Terms & Definitions

 

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Uniform Resource Locator
URL for short. A URL contains the exact location of a file somewhere on the Internet, along with the format that file is in.

UNIX
An operating system (OS) used on many Internet server computers.

upload
To transfer files from your computer to another computer on the Internet. Uploading is commonly done using an FTP program.

URL
Uniform Resource Locator. A URL is an Internet "address." All URLs follow the same structure. The first part, before the two slashes, is the protocol. HTTP is the protocol used on the Web, so all Web addresses begin with http. What follows is the name of the server, and then the path. The path refers to the name of the file or folder that has the information you are looking for.

Usenet news
The official name of a part of the Internet that allows you to participate in about 15,000 different discussion groups on every topic imaginable.

user
Anyone, like you, who uses the Internet.

username
The name of a particular user on a host computer or server.