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Bookmark - your way of returning quickly to a web site of your choice. Your browser (see below) has a feature where you can record a bookmark for a web site. These bookmarks are stored in a file that is always available to you if you are using the same computer.
Browser - a software package like Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer that allows you to view web pages. You are using a browser right now to view this web page.
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.
Go Button - a part of your browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer) that shows you a list of 10 or so of the web pages you have just visited. In order to return to a web site, click on the one you want. Look for the Go Button on the bar of icons across the top.
Homepage - the opening page for a web site. For large web sites, the homepage usually provides a directory and a means of searching the web site.
Links - text in a web site that you can click on to get additional information or to move to another web site. For example, you just clicked on a link to get to this glossary of terms. When you visit a link, you can use the Back Button to return.
Search button - a part of your browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer) that allows you to bring up search engines such as Google, Excite! Yahoo or Alta Vista. Look for the search button up on the bar of icons across the top, usually near the middle.
Search engines - tools (sometimes called webcrawlers) that help you find information on the web. You may search using key words or by subject. Commercial search engines include: Google, Excite!, Alta Vista, InfoSeek, Yahoo! or Lycos.
Search String - the terms that you use to do a search. For example, if you are searching for information on recycling plastics, you might enter the string, "recycling, plastics" or "recycling plastics" or "recycling AND plastics". Some search engines also will accept questions such as "How do I recycle plastics?".
Surfing - a way of exploring the web by following one link to the next. From your starting point, you may surf far afield.
Server - a computer somewhere in the world that is turned on 24 hours a day that contains web files that you can look at. For example, a server in Dubuque is providing this web site for you.
URL - stands for Uniform Resource Locator. This means the web address. For example, www.epa.gov is the URL for EPA's web site. See a Beginners Guide to URLs for everything you wanted to know - and more.
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