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 |