HP Compaq Presario,Presario 5116 Quick Start Manual page 167

This protocol commands the Web server to
locate the Web site you requested and
transmit the Web site to your computer.
You communicate a request to your
computer by using the keyboard or mouse.
You type the Web site address (URL) in the
address box of the browser, or click a
hyperlink on a Web page. Your computer
communicates the request to the Web
server by using hypertext transfer protocol.
The Web server communicates the request
to other servers and computers connected
to the Web. Throughout the world, servers
and computers recognize the same
protocol. Their common language makes
the World Wide Web possible. See URL,
browser, hyperlink, and server.
An embedded link to another
document or Web site. When you position
the cursor over a hyperlink (coloured text
or image), a small hand
When you click on the hyperlink, the
browser displays the new document or
Web site. See HTML.
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A small picture that represents a
menu command, file, program, tool, or
peripheral.
A computer program that
responds to you as if you were having a
conversation. You give instructions; the
computer performs an action (or requests
additional information). Computer games
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is displayed.
and multimedia tutorials are interactive
programs.
A means of communication
between two entities. A person and a
computer interface through an operating
system (OS). Two computers interface
through protocol. Computers on the Web
use hypertext transfer protocol (http://).
See OS and http://.
A worldwide collection of
computer networks that are interconnected
so that users can share electronic
information.
See Microsoft Internet
Explorer.
resembles a typewriter keyboard, but is
equipped with special buttons programmed
to connect to the Internet.
company that provides access to the
Internet. To use the service, you need the
ISP software, a user name, a password, and
access phone number(s).
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The hinged plastic case in
which CDs are often stored.
The pieces of paper that
can be inserted into the jewel case to help
identify the contents of the CD stored in
the case.
A keyboard that
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