One billionth of a second, In this technological age a number if things are measured in nanoseconds.
Including an
HTML tag inside another HTML tag. Nesting tags is a common practice used to combine layout or
design styles or techniques.
Part of the Domain Name that indicates that the company is an organization that provides a
network service - usually an
Internet Service Provider e.g.
www.enterprise.net
A responsible citizen of the
Internet.
Condition that occurs on the
Web when heavy traffic slows down
server response time.
Netscape Navigator /Mozilla/ (Often called just "Netscape") A World-Wide
Web browser from Netscape Communications Corporation. It features integrated support for sending electronic mail and reading
Usenet news, as well as RSA
encryption to allow secure communications for commercial applications such as exchanging credit card numbers with net retailers. It provides native inline JPEG
image display; display and interaction with documents as they load; multiple independent
windows. Netscape was designed with 14.4
kbps modem links in mind. You can
download Netscape Navigator for evaluation, or for unlimited use in academic or not-for-profit environments. You can also pay for it.
Network Etiquette. The generally accepted rules of behaviour associated with sending E-mails and
posting messages to newsgroups.
A network is basically a series of wires & cables that connects a number of computers.
Data is exchanged between computers via these cables. The maximum speed at which the data can be transmitted is called the
bandwidth.
A card that plugs into your PC and has a cable attached that is connected to a
network. The
NIC controls the flow of information from/to the PC and to/from the network.
An
operating system that controls the activities within a
network - providing services to all of the PC's using the network.
A term used to describe somebody who is new to the
Internet.
News groups are one of the many facilities available on the
Internet. Like most of the Internet, News groups are run voluntarily & co-operatively by people like you & me. A News group is centered on a discussion topic an example being rec.sport.soccer. Within these News groups several discussions or
Threads take place on themes within the discussion topic. A news group devoted to the great rock guitarists may have a thread on who is the best guitarist out of Clapton, Beck &
Page for instance. If you are having a problem getting something specific to work in a
spreadsheet there will definitely be a news group to which you can pose your problem & it won't take long to get many responses. Unfortunately news groups appear to be the vehicle for a majority of the more undesirable topics that pollute the Internet. If you see a particular News group of interest you can "subscribe" to it. Once this has been done you "post" your article & eventually it can be seen by anyone else who subscribes to the particular news group. The categories of News groups (represented by the first 3 or 4 characters of the name followed by a "". are): rec - recreational activities; biz - business related groups; comp - computers including technical discussion & support; soc - social issues; sci - scientific discussions; uk - groups of interest to us English, Scottish, Irish & Welsh; alt - Alternative groups.
Network Interface Card
A node is any device such as a PC that is connected to a
Network
A notebook is a PC that is about the same size as a sheet of A4 paper & about 5cm thick. The term Notebooks has superseded the term laptop that generally referred to a portable PC. The original laptops were bulky & quite heavy.
Short for
Windows NT.