HTML
Hypertext Markup Language - The page-coding language for the World Wide Web.
HTML browser
A browser used to traverse the Internet, such as Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
http
Hypertext Transfer Protocol - The protocol carry world-wide-web (www) traffic between a
www browser computer and the www server being accessed.
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol - The protocol handle errors and control messages at
the IP layer. ICMP is actually part of the IP protocol.
Internet address
An IP address is assigned in blocks of numbers to user organizations accessing the
Internet. These addresses are established by the United States Department
of Defense's Network Information Center. Duplicate addresses can cause major problems
on the network, but the NIC trusts organizations to use individual
addresses responsibly. Each address is a 32-bit address in the form of x.x.x.x where x is an
eight- bit number from 0 to 255. There are three classes: A, B and C, depending on how
many computers on the site are likely to be connected.
Internet Protocol (IP)
The network layer protocol for the Internet protocol suite
IP address
The 32-bit address assigned to hosts that want to participate in a TCP/IP Internet.
ISP
Internet service provider - A company allows home and corporate users to connect to the
Internet.
MAC
Media Access Control Layer - A sub-layer of the Data Link Layer (Layer 2) of the ISO OSI
Model responsible for media control.
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