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`The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Wide Web
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`helper See viewers.
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`history list A list of Web document's that you've seen in the current
`session (some browsers’ history lists also show documents from previous
`sessions). You can return to a document by selecting it in the history
`list.
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`1. The Web document your browser displays when you
`home page
`start the program. 2. A sort of "main page” at a Web site. Personally, I
`don't like this second definition, but there's not much I can do about
`It.
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`host A computer connected directly to the Internet. A service provider’s
`computer is a host, as are computers with permanent connections. Com-
`puters with dial—in terminal connections are not; they are terminals
`connected to the service provider's host. Computers with dial-in direct
`connections‘ can be thought of as ”sort of” hosts. They act like a host
`while connected.
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`hotlist A list of bookmarks, URLs of Web documents you want to save
`for future use. You can return to a particular document by selecting it
`from the list.
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`HTML HyperText Markup Language. The basic "coding” system used
`to create Web documents.
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`HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol. The data-transmission protocol
`used to transfer Web documents across the Internet.
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`HTTPD HyperText Transfer Protocol Daemon. A Web server program,
`See also daemon.
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`hyperlink See link.
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`hypermedia Loosely used to mean a hypertext document that con-
`tains, or has links to, other types of media, such as pictures, sound,
`video, and so on.
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`hypertext An computerized document that contains links to other
`documents. These links may work when you type a number, select a
`link and press Enter, click on the link with the mouse, click on a
`button, select from a list of documents, and so on.
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`IAP Internet Access Provider, another term for service provider.
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`index documents A Web document that lets you search some kind of
`database.
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`index servers A special program, accessed through an index document
`that lets you search some kind of database.
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`inline images A picture inside a Web document. These graphics must
`be .GIF or .XBM format files.
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`Internet The term internet spelled with a small i refers to networks
`connected to one another. The Internet is not the only internet; it's
`simply the largest.
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`JPEG A compressed graphic format often found on the Web.
`kiosk mode A special mode—present in Mosaic, AIR Mosaic, and
`05/2 Warp’s WebExp1orer—that lets you remove most or all controls
`(toolbar buttons, URL bar, and menu options) from the browser, so the
`program may be run in a public place. It's also very handy for making
`room for a document. (In Web Navigator, it's called presentation mode.)
`Line Mode browser A very simple text-based browser available for
`most computer systems used by service providers.
`link A connection between two Web documents. Links are generally
`pieces of text or pictures that, when clicked on, make the browser
`request and display another Web document.
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`linked image An image that is not in a Web document (that's an
`inline image), but is ”connected” to a document by a link.
`Lynx Probably the best text-based Web browser, available for most
`systems used by service providers.
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`MacWeb A Macintosh Web browser, from EINet.
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`mail robot An e-mail system that automatically carries out some sort
`of procedure for you. The system that retrieves Web documents and
`e-mails them to you is a mail robot.
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`mailto: URL This URL makes a browser's e-mail window appear (if
`that browser has mailto: support). You can type the mailto: URL into a
`URL text box, in the same way you'd type a normal document URL
`into a text box. Or you can click on a link in which a Web author has
`placed a mailto: URL.
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