Internet Vocabulary

When a website was published or last updated. Helps you decide if the information is relevant and current.

A way of hiding sensitive information. Uses complex math formulas to turn private data into gibberish that only the intended party can translate.

The domain extension of a commercial website. You should look for clues to help you determine if the site is a credible source of information such as information about the author, the date of publication, and the overall look of the site (are there misspellings and severe grammar mistakes).

A website consisting of articles or posts, typically associated with a single person or organization.

Copying files from a remote computer to your own computer.

Refers to a type of online scam where criminals pose as representatives of legitimate businesses or organizations in order to induce individuals to disclose personal financial information.

An information system on the internet that allows documents and other resources to be connected to other documents with hypertext links.

A specific target to any place on the internet, much like a street address.

A path to another web page. Typically, but not always, they appear as being underlined and blue in color.

A legal device that gives the creator of a literary, artistic, or other creative work the sole right to publish and sell that work.

The software program that allows us to navigate the internet by translating computer code into words, pictures, videos, and music.

A special website that searches for other websites.

The doctrine that brief excerpts of copyrighted material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim.

The notation at the end of a web address that specifies an internet category or country code.

A browser feature that stores the path to a certain website.

What should be determined about a website by examining the authors credentials and the date of publication, as well as other factors, to determine if the content is reliable.

Domain extension that indicates the site is from a college or university. Should be a reliable source of information.

The global system of millions of computers that can talk to each other.

Copying files from your computer to a remote computer.

Commercial transactions conducted on the internet.