Review : Computer Lexicon

New users of the Internet (and computers in general) find that one of the biggest barriers they must overcome is the extensive use of sometimes abstruse computer terminology and acronyms. While the Internet/computer lexicon, once understood, serves a very well defined purpose, attempting to decipher what a given term means can be a long and frustrating process. This brief assignment will encourage you to use some of the resources available on the Internet to improve your knowledge of computer terminology. Look up the following words at one of the locations suggested below:

Instant Web's Online Computing Dictionary
[http://www.instantweb.com/d/dictionary/index.html]

Magic Publishing's Acronym Listing
[http://www.magicpub.com/netprimer/acronyms.html]

NetLingo Internet Dictionary
[http://www.netlingo.com/]

Look up any unfamiliar word you find on the list below:

URL
EXE file
Firewall
Applet
IP Address
Plug-In
Remote Access
Server
Browser
Hard Drive
WYSIWYG
Javascript
ISP
PDF
RAM
Search Engine
ZIP