Chapter 17: Vocab Flashcards
WORLD WIDE WEB
operating within the Internet, it allows users to interact with the billions if documents stored on computers across the Net
INTERNET
a mass communication system of millions of networked computers and databases all over the world
WEB SITE
a “page” on the World Wide Web that may contain text, images, audio, and video
ARCHIVES
files of older stories
NONPARTISAN
free from party ties or bias
NEWSGROUP
Internet discussion forum
DISSIDENT
person or group that disagrees with established systems
EXTREMIST GROUP
organization that promotes ideas that are farthest from the political center
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
things that people create, such as songs, movies, books, poetry, art, and software
COPYRIGHT
the owner’s exclusive right to control, publish, and sell an original work
REVENUE
the income that a government collects for public use