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Mobile Internet PC User’s Guide
Presario 2700 Series
Glossary
HTML
The standard language
for documents designed for
viewing on the Internet with a
browser. Tags embedded in the
documents mark the location of
other electronic files—including
text, graphics, audio, and video
files. Click on the links
to jump from one document to
another. Documents formatted
for a browser can be identified
by the file extension .htm or
.html. See also hyperlink.
http://
This protocol commands
the Web server to locate the Web
site you requested and transmit
the Web site to your computer.
hyperlink
An embedded link to
another document. When you
pass the cursor over a link
(usually highlighted text or an
image), a small hand with a
pointed index finger is
displayed. When you click the
link, the document to which it
points is automatically
transferred to your
computer—no matter where on
the Internet the file is stored.
See also HTML.
I
icon
A small picture that
represents a menu command,
file, program, tool, or peripheral.
interactive
A computer
program that responds to you as
if you were having a
conversation. You give
instructions; the computer
performs an action or requests
additional information.
Computer games, multimedia,
and tutorials are interactive
programs.
interface
A means of
communication between two
entities. A person and a
computer interface through a
monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
Two computers interface
through a network or Internet
connection.
Internet
A worldwide
collection of computer networks
that are interconnected so that
users can share electronic
information.
Internet Explorer
See
Microsoft Internet Explorer.
