Tutorial 1: Browser Basics Flashcards
Bookmarks toolbar
In Firefox, a toolbar of buttons that provide links to saved shortcuts to Web pages that you visit frequently. WEB 35
Command bar
In Internet Explorer, the toolbar that includes buttons and menu options for working safely and effectively in the browser and includes options for printing. WEB 3
cookie
A small text file that a Web server saved on the hard drive of a user’s computer that is running a Web browser; the Web server reads the cookie when the user revisits the Web site. WEB 22, WEB 55
copyright
The legal right granted by a government to the author, creator, or other owner of an original work to control the reproduction, distribution, and sale of the tangible form of that work for a specific length of time as provided in the copyright law. WEB 29, WEB 62
fair use
A provision in the U.S. copyright law that allows a limited amount of copyrighted information to be used for such purposes as news reporting, research, and scholarship. WEB 29, WEB 62
favorite
In Internet Explorer, a stored shortcut containing the URL of a Web page so you can return to the page later without having to remember the URL or search for the page again. WEB 2, WEB 16
Favorites bar
In Internet Explorer, a toolbar that includes buttons that provide links to saved shortcuts to Web pages that you visit frequently. WEB 2
Favorites Center
In Internet Explorer, a pane that you use to organize and display links to your preferred Web sites, RSS feeds, and recently visited sites. WEB 2
file transfer protocol (FTP)
That part of the TCP/IP protocol set that includes rules for formatting, ordering, and error-checking files sent across a network. WEB 7, WEB 39, WEB 444, WEB A10
Firefox button
A button at the top of the Firefox program window that opens a menu with options for all the main functions and features in the Firefox browser. WEB 34, WEB 37, WEB 53
first-party cookie
A cookie placed on a user’s computer by the Web site being visited. WEB 22, WEB 55
Full Screen mode (Firefox)
The browser view in Firefox that temporarily hides the program window—the Firefox button, the Navigation toolbar, and any toolbars as well as the Windows taskbar—leaving only the Web page visible on the screen. WEB 38, WEB 39
Full screen mode (IE)
The browser view in Internet Explorer that temporarily hides the program window—the title bar, the Navigation bar, the menu bar, and any toolbars as well as the Windows taskbar—leaving only the Web page visible on the screen. WEB 6
gigabyte (GB)
A unit of measure for file sizes; it is 1,073,741,824 bytes or 8,589,934,592 bits. WEB 21
home page
(1) The main page that all of the pages on a particular Web site are organized around and to which they link back; (2) the page that opens when you start a Web browser program; (3) the page that a particular Web browser loads the first time it is run. Home pages under the second and third definitions also are called start pages. WEB 3
HTML anchor tag
A tag that enables Web designers to link HTML documents to each other. WEB 4, WEB 36
HTML document
A text file that includes HTML tags that indicate how a Web browser should format the text. WEB 4, WEB 36, WEB A16