Web Server: A web server provides internet pages for other computers through the internet.
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Web Hosting: A web hosting service is a type of internt hosting service that allows individuals and organisations to make their website accessible via the world wide web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server or leased for use.
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FTP (File Transfer Protocol): FTP is the commonest protocol for the movement of files across the internet. Users can access a server holding the required file and request that it will be downloaded to them;
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ISP (Internet Service Provider): An organisation that has deirect links to the interntet and accepts transmissions from users over dial-up or broadband connections, and passes these onto the internet.
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Search Engine: A search engine is an application accessed over the internet that maintains the indexes of webpages. Users wanting information on a particular topic will access the search engine using the internet and submit a topic or a list of topic
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Cache: A cache is a store of recently accessed web pages and the images they contain, kept by a browser. Because transmitting more information than is strictly necessary over the internet is inefficinent.
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Cookies: Cookies are small files places on the haed drive of a users computer by a website that he or she has visited. On a subsequent visit to the same site, the cookie detected and the site knows that the user has visited before.
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Portal: A portal is a website designed to be the one that a user will want to visit first when accessing the web. There are obvious commerical advantages for a portal in attracting as many users as possible, because they can sell advertising on site.
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Website: A website is a collection of webpages at the same domain, often with a common theme and usually maintained by a single individual or organisation.
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Webpage: A webpage is a 'document' accessed in a browser. It will generally contain text and graphics and may well contain audio or video.
