password
URL
Your username in a chat room. A screen name should never say who you really are or give any personal information.
virus
Messages you can exchange back and forth with a friend through a special program. It’s like a private chat room.
Just like your home address, this group of letters and numbers takes your computer to a specific place on the Internet. It usually looks like www.iKeepSafe.org or http://www.iKeepSafe.org
pop-up
(Uniform Resource Locator): This is just another way to say Internet address. The URL for the Internet Keep Safe Coalition Web site is www.iKeepSafe.org (Caps don’t matter; they’re just for fun.)
A hidden computer program that sneaks into your computer through e-mail or the Internet. Viruses can really hurt your computer, and you can accidentally send them on to other people without even knowing it! To help keep viruses off your computer, don’t open e-mail from people you don’t know, and never click on a pop-up ad
A secret word that only you and your parents should know. You use it to check your e-mail and log into Web sites. Parents are really good at helping you remember passwords.
Instant messaging
An ad that pops up on your computer, trying to get you to click on it. Pop-ups are tricks—they usually offer something that sounds great but really isn’t. Never click on pop-ups.
Short for Web-log. A Web site where you can post a personal journal.
Screen name
Internet address
blog
