Uniform Resource Locator. In short, an
Internet Address. More specifically, a standardized naming or addressing system for documents and media accessible over the Internet. For example, the
URL,
http://
www.BrokenSky.com, indicates the type of document it is (a
Hypertext Transfer
Protocol document denoted by "http://") and the address of the computer on which the specific
web site can be found (
www.brokensky.com).
Used for connecting peripherals to a PC (up to 127) off of a single port with the devices in a daisy chain
A
Multitasking Operating System developed in 1969. There are many variants of Unix. Written in the C
Programming Language it is very portable - running on a number of different computers. Unix is the main operating system used by
Internet host computers.
To send
files from your own PC to another computer via a
network or using a
modem or across a
LAN. Opposite of
download.
Uniform Resource Locater.
Universal Serial Bus.
Usenet
News groups are one of the many facilities available on the
Internet. Like most of the Internet, Usenet 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.
Each user that is permitted to use a computer can be allocated an identification code that uniquely identifies them to the computer. Normally the user will first be asked to enter this code - their userid followed by their
password when they Log on to the computer. My Userid to get onto the
Internet is jenko.
An
application program that you would use on your PC to perform a variety of different housekeeping tasks including: Checking for Viruses; Detecting potential problems on your system; Backing up your vital
files; Removing unused files; Repairing damaged files