Internet CBT Glossary
America Online Glossary

AOL

Browser

Certificate number

Certificate password

Electronic mail

Favorite Places

FlashSession

FTP

Gopher

Home page

Hypertext

Internet

Keyword

Newsgroup

Online profile

Online

Posting

Screen name

Thread

URL

Web browser

WebCrawler

World Wide Web


America Online:  A private online service that can be reached using a modem or a direct (TCP/IP) Internet connection.


Certificate number: A number that you use to register with America Online.  The certificate number is included in your software kit.


Certificate password: America Online provides this password in your software kit.  It is to be used during your initial sign on to AOL.


Electronic mail: (E-mail) Personal messages sent or received via a computer.


FTP: File Transfer Protocol.  The primary method for transferring files over the Internet.


Home page: A startup page of a Web site;  a hypertext document on the Internet that contains information and links.  To access a home page, you need a Web browser.


Internet: A world-wide network of networks that allows sharing and transferring information.


Newsgroup: An online, public "bulletin board" where you can find articles and discussions on a particular topic.


Online: When a computer or device is connected to a network (e.g. AOL or the Internet).


Online profile: A file in which screen name owners can enter personal information, such as their "real" name, location, occupation, etc.


Posting: An article sent to a newsgroup;  or, the act of sending an article to a newsgroup.


Screen name: Identifies users on AOL.  Screen names are used when signing on and when posting messages and electronic mail.


Thread:  A series of postings in a newsgroup that together form an online discussion.


URL: Uniform Resource Locator- The form of the site address that reveals the name of the server where the site's files are stored, the file's directory path, and its file name.   For example: http://www.whitehouse.gov/info/pres_bio.html.


Web browser: Software that enables viewing hypertext documents on the Web.


World Wide Web:  An information retrieval system that allows you to access information located on computers connected to the Internet using an interactive user interface.


Gopher:  Internet public database browsing and searching program.


WebCrawler:  An Internet search tool, owned and operated by AOL, that allows searches by document title and content.


Favorite Places:  A user maintained file which contains names of frequently visited areas in AOL and provides for direct access to those areas.


FlashSessions:  An AOL feature which enables scheduled automatic transfers of mail and files between your PC and AOL.


Hypertext:  Describes a type of interactive online navigation functionality. Links (URLs) embedded in words or phrases allow the user to select text and immediately display related information and multimedia material.


Keyword:  An AOL search feature located in the Go To menu.