Basic Terms Basic Terms
Net-Etiquette: The correct way to behave when using the Internet. Here's a link to Peter Crispin's Lesson on Netiquette
AUP: Defines the kinds of network traffic or activities that are permitted on a particular network.
For example, look at the
SCLS Acceptable Use Policy for patrons. See also the AUP for SCLS staff.
Frequently Asked Questions lists. Almost every service on the Internet has an FAQ. (When I did a search on the term " FAQ," I got over 700,000 hits!) Look for these and read them; everyone who's come before you has probably had the same questions. For example, hers a link to the World Wide Web FAQ.
Uniform Resource Locator. This is a naming scheme for specifying how and where to find any Internet server resource. A code that precedes the address lists the type of service (file, ftp, http, telnet, gopher), and the remainder gives the location and pathname. For example, the URL www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/demoweb/url-primer.html points to the file url-primer in the directory named demoweb, on the web server named ncsa.uiuc.edu. For more information on URL's, take a look at Beginner's Guide to HTML A new language is VRML, or Virtual Reality Modeling Language, a common language to specify 3-D scene description and hyperlinks. Click here to learn More about VRML.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocal. Refers to the agreed upon set of rules that govern communication on the Internet. Here's a link to a FAQ on TCP/IP issues.
Sites on the World Wide Web that allow users to search for information on the Internet. These fall roughly into two categories: those that classify sites, providing numerous lists, and those that actually index information from various sites and will respond to a search entered by the user. To start you out, we have created a list of various Search Engines for you to use.
Internet "culture' is full of terms and acronyms. Here are links to some sites that can provide more definition.
Updated: March 12, 1996