Internet Class Vocabulary

WHAT IS HOSTING: HOSTING IS LIKE HOSTING A BLOG WHICH IS A WEBSITE THAT OFFER YOU SPACE TO PUBLISH YOUR BLOG ONLINE FOR FREE OR AT A COST.

BLOGOSPHERE-IS THE COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY OF ALL BLOGS.

BLOGGERS- ARE THE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF THAT CREATE BLOGS FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO READ AND COMMENT ON.

BLOGGING- ARE PEOPLE THAT DONT CREATE BLOGS, BUT LOOK THOUGH BLOGS TO READ AND COMMENT ON

COOKIES- THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF COOKIES CALLED (TRACKING COOKIES, BROWSING COOKIES,AND HTTP COOKIES) WHICH IS A SMALL PIECE OF TEXT STORED ON A USER'S COMPUTER BY A WEB BROWSER

DAVID FILO AND JERRY YANG- THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE THE CO-FOUNDERS OF YAHOO

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE— IS SOFTWARE WHOSE SOURCE CODE IS PUBLISHED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, ENABLING ANYONE TO COPY, OR EDIT WITHOUT PAYING A FEE

SPAM -IS A TYPE OF SPAM TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE OPEN NATURE OF COMMENTS IN BLOGGING SITES BY REPEATEDLY PLACING COMMENTS TO VARIOUS BLOG POSTS THAT PROVIDES NOTHING MORE THAN A LINK TO THE SPAMMER'S COMMERCIAL WEBSITE. SOMETIMES LEAVING A VIRUS.

WEB ROBOT, BOT, SPIDER- THESE ARE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO TRACK DOWN WEBPAGES.

POP-"Post Office Protocol, an Internet email protocol"

IMAP-The Internet Message Access ProtocoL; WHICH IS AN APPLICATION LAYER INTERNET PROTOCOL THAT ALLOWS AN EMAIL CLIENT TO ACCESS EMAIL ON A REMOTE MAIL SERVER.IMAP supports both on-line and off-line modes of operation, according to Wikipedia

ASK JEEVES-THAT IS NOW CURRENTLY CALLED ASK.COM; WHICH IS ONE OF THE MANY SEARCH ENIGINE THAT ALLOWS TO YOU SEARCH A QUESTION.