The address of an item on the Internet, such as a Web page address, an ISP address, a specific user's E-Mail address, etc. (See URL).
AOL-America On Line
This communication network is a large supplier of information, providing services to approximately three million users. AOL provides connection to the Internet, E-Mail service, newsgroups, up-to-date information on sports, news, and much more. (See network).
Animation
The creation of the illusion of motion on a computer or a TV screen by playing a series of images, one after the other, at a very fast rate. (See multimedia.)
Anonymous FTP
In order to download FTP files from a computer with public libraries (pub), when you hook up to the computer you need to type in "anonymous" in the username field and your E-Mail address in the password field. (See password, FTP, username, login.)
Anonymous post
A computer "message" sent via an anonymous server to a newsgroup, in such a way that information on the sender cannot be accessed. (See Usenet, anonymous server.)
Anonymous server
An Internet computer that allows for the sending of anonymous messages to newsgroups. The sender transfers his/her message to the server. The server then erases the sender's name and transfers the message to the recipient. (See Usenet, anonymous post, E-Mail.)
Application
A program that performs a specific task. For example, Eudora is a program designed to send and receive E-Mail. Word is a program used for word processing, etc.
ARC
A program for file compression. ARC is a relatively old program, and today there are better programs available on the market, but many Internet files are still compressed using ARC. If a file ends with the letters "arc", it means the file was compressed by ARC. (See compression, data comprssion).
Archie
A search engine that searches for FTP files in databases scattered throughout the Internet, according the file's name and the name of the FTP site where it is located.
(See FTP, search engine.)
Archive
A compressed directory (in order to save storage space) that includes one or more computer files. (See compression, data compression.)
ARPANET-Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
In the 1970s, the ARPANET agency was created. ARPANET connected the biggest computers in the United States (computers at academic, military and government institutions) to each other for research and military purposes. This network set the foundation for the Internet. (See network).
Article
A letter written to a Usenet newsgroup is called an article. There are two kinds of articles:
1. original article- a letter on a new subject
2. follow-up posts- responses to previously-written articles
(See newsgroup, Usenet.)
ASCII- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
This is the world-wide standard for the code used by almost all computers to represent up to 128 characters. (See binary file.)
Attached document
A file attached to an E-Mail message. The file can include text, graphics, video, etc.
