A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ActiveX
A Microsoft technology that allows small programs to run inside your browser.
Address Book
Part of your e-mail software where you store details of your friends' and contacts' e-mail addresses so you don't have to remember them!
ADSL
Another word for Broadband via a phone line, a high-speed internet connection. It receives digital information around 100 times faster than a normal modem and is "always-on".
Adware
A form of spyware which installs programs which generate advertising on your computer (often in the form of pop-up windows).
Alt
The letters at the start of the "alternative" user-originated newsgroups ranging from alt.bill-gates to alt.yoga
Alt Tag
The text which appears when you roll the mouse over a picture. This is the alt tag in HTML and is useful for people who view pages in text-only mode, or who are blind or visually impaired.
AltaVista
One of the original search engines on the internet. It can also search for pictures and has advanced search features.
Anchor
A technical term used for a link in a web page.
Animated GIF
A GIF is a type of image file and when it is animated it might blink, flash or have moving pictures.
Animation
Pictures which are combined in a certain way so they appear to move. Cartoons are animations.
Anonymous E-mail
If you do not want to show your real name or e-mail address you can create an "anonymous" e-mail account.
Anti-virus
Anti-virus software helps protect your computer from viruses.
Applet
A small program using the Java language that allows you to do more complicated things on web pages. For example, chat applets let you type in a window for your on-line buddies to read and reply to.
Application
Another word for computer program. For example, Word which is used for creating documents is a word processing application.
Archive
The place on a website where you find old articles, stories etc.
ASCII
A computer code that represents letters as numbers. For example, the letter A is ASCII code 65.
Attachment
A file which is 'attached' and sent with a standard text e-mail message. Often photographs or word documents are attached to e-mails.
Avatar
A picture or cartoon of yourself or a favourite character that you use to represent yourself in games or chat forums on the web.
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