Introduction to the World Wide Web
	Instructor: Lindsay Grace

Week 1 Vocabulary

Fundamental Computer Terms

Operating System
Application Program / Application
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Clock Speed
Instruction Set
Word Size

Moore’s Law
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Read-only Memory (ROM)
Storage Devices (Hard Drive, Flash memory)

Bit
Byte
Error Checking Bit (8th)
Kilobytes (KB)
Megabytes (MB)
Gigabytes (GB, GIG)

File

Dots Per Inch (DPI)
Scanner
Printer

Internet Terminology

Internetworked Networks= Internet
Local Area Network (LAN)
Heterarchical Network
Hierarchical Network
Robust Network

Internet Host
Dynamic Routing
Routers
Internet Protocol Address (IP address)

Domain Name Server (DNS)
DNS Address
Top Level Domain Name (TLD)
“Institutional” Name
Sub domain

Bits per second (BPS)
kbp/s, mbps

Download
Upload

Client (consumer) / Server (producer) model

Application Service Providers (ASP)

Versionless Software

Internet Service Providers (ISP)

Web Terminology

Web Browser
Hypertext
Hyper Links
Web Page

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)