instant messaging | a kind of e-mail where both people are online at the same time | |
chat room | an online conversation between a group of people on topics chosen | |
newsgroup | a website where people with shared interests can get news and information | |
e-commerce | all kinds of business done on the Internet | |
attachment | files you send at the same time as e-mail messages | |
browsing | looking at different websites, with no particular goal | |
surfing the Web | moving from one website or one page to another, usually looking for sth | |
graphic images | terchincal term for pictures, icons, diagrams, etc. | |
Internet Service Provider | a company that offers users access to the Internet and services, usually for a monthly fee | |
downloading | bringing files to your computer from the Internet | |
uploading | sending files from your computer to the Internet or to another Internet user | |
spam | unwanted advertisements and other material sent to you by e-mail from companies | |
cookies | programme sent from the Internet to computer, can follow and record websites you visit | |
offensive material | material such as pornography, or extreme political views, or encouraging hate/violence vs. people | |
to bookmark | to put a website in a list of websites you can access immediately | |
to subscribe to | to become a member of | |
to screen out | to prevent from reaching you | |
server | central computer that distributes e-mail/other services to a group of users | |
to be down | to be not working | |
to hack into | to access sth illegally | |
anti-virus software | protection against computer viruses | |
to bounce | to come back /e.g. e-mail when it cannot reach the given address | |
garbled | series of meaningless letters and numbers | |