BO61 - Exchanging Information

Uniform Resource Locator...

... shows a route to a file server.

for example:

http://www.thewebsite.co.uk/thepage

is a route to the file called 'thepage' on the server called 'thewebsite'

Internet Service Provider...

...is a company that connects a user to the internet.

Radio Frequency Identification...

...is used to tag goods or pets

Global Positioning Systems...

...use satellites to allow GPS devices to work out where they are.

A peeipheral such as a printer is said to be online when it is connected to a network or to the internet and is ready for use

are the names given to the addressed of comptuers on a network or on the internet.

An itergrated circuit that carries all the functions of a CPU

Central Processing Unit

Hypertext Markup Language...

... a set of instructions used to tell a web browser how to display a web page.

A collection of pages of information stored on servers and accessed via the internet.

A collection of pages about related topics or information and accessed from the same or related servers.

A software application that allows users to view text, images and other features on web pages and to navigate between websites and pages.

is desgined to search for inforamtion on the WWW and show users that results so that they can navigate to the information.

Using video cameras, microphones, speakers and monitors to hols business conversatinos over the internet between two or more people.

Real-time text-based messages sent between two people

Users log in and exchange text-based messages with one or more people

A computer connected to the internet that sends/receives and stores email messages.

An electronic message is made which includes the address of the person who sent the email and the recipients address - carry atttachments with other forms of information.

A peice of code that directs a user to another page or place on a page.

A computer that holds webpages or other files and allows access to theses by others over a network or the internet

A computer that holds webpages or other files and allows access to theses by others over a network or the internet