| instant messaging | a king of e-mail where both people are online at the same time |
| chat rooms | an online conversation between a group of people on topics chosen by them |
| newsgroups | a website where people with shared interests can get news and information |
| attachments | files you send at the same time as e-mail messages |
| e-commerce | all kinds of business done on the Internet |
| browsing | looking at different websites, with no particular goal |
| surfing the Web | moving form one webside or one web page to another, usually looking for sth |
| graphic images | technical term for pictures , icons, diagrams... |
| ISP - Internet Service Provider | a company that offers users access to the Internet and services such as news, e-mail, shopping sites |
| 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 send to you by e-mail from companies |
| cookies | a kind of program that is sent from the Internet to your computer, often without your knowledge |
| offensive material | material such as pornography or extreme political views, or amterial that encourages hate&violence |
| to bookmark | to put in a list of website 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 and 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 to sb (about an e-mail) |
| to be garbled | to be just a series of meaningless letters and numbers |
| undelete | opposite of delete |
| upload | opposite of download |
| outbox | opposite of inbox |
| offline | opposite of online |
| uninstall | opposite of install |
| to update | uaktualniać |
| e-signatures | a way of identifying yourself on the Internet with a unique code or name |
| e-learning | taking courses over the Internet |
| e-enabled | means that all the study materials can be accessed and worked with through the Internet |
| e-books | books which you can buy from the Internet or CD-ROM, and which you can then read on your computer |
| dotcom economy | it refers to Internet companies, whose web addresses typically end in .com |