Glossary (Compiled from Microsoft Internet Assistant Help)

Internet
A network of networks that share a set of protocols, such as TCP/IP and FTP. The Internet has grown from a network of U.S. government and university servers to an international network that encompasses commercial organizations as well. It wasn't until the World Wide Web was established in the early 1990s that the Internet became versatile and easy to use, and its popularity is now expanding at an exponential rate.

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
Internet standard for transferring data among networked computers.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
A software standard that allows the movement of files from one computer on the Internet to another.You can use Internet Assistant to copy files from FTP servers, but you cannot use it to post files to FTP servers.
URLs of files on FTP servers begin with the string ftp://

example : ftp://ftp.metu.edu.tr

WWW (World Wide Web)
A group of Internet servers that share a set of protocols, such as HTTP, and conventions, such as HTML. Using Web browsing software, you can activate hyperlinks in Web documents and jump from one location to another in any order you choose. You can also open documents on Web servers that contain many types of information-not just text, but sound, animations, video, etc. If your computer is capable, you can view these videos and play back the sound files. For further information, see http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html.

examples :	http://genc.ceng.metu.edu.tr
		http://144.122.71.49
		http://www.metu.edu.tr

gopher
An interface that allows access to resources on the Internet. Gopher servers contain menus that list categories of information to choose from. Gopher menus have the same function as hyperlinks in Web documents. You can access gopher servers using Internet Assistant.
URLs of files on gopher servers begin with the string gopher://

example : gopher://gopher.metu.edu.tr

URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
Identifies the full path of a document, graphic, or other file to locate it on the Internet. In a Web document, the destination of a hyperlink is often a URL.
The first part of a URL identifies the server type or transfer protocol, followed by a colon and double forward slashes. Some examples of URLs are given below.

	http://www.someones.homepage/default.html
	ftp://ftp.server.somewhere/ftp.file
	gopher://server.name


Browser
Software that interprets the markup of HTML files posted on the World Wide Web, formats them into Web pages, and displays them to the user. Browsers can also play sound or video files embedded in Web documents if you have the necessary hardware. Internet Assistant is both a browser and an HTML editor.

Examples :	Netscape Navigator,
		Microsoft Internet Assistant,
		Cello,
		Mosaic


HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
A system of marking up, or tagging, a document so it can be published on the World Wide Web. Using a generic markup language allows a single text file to be displayed on multiple computer platforms by many types of display software, or browsers. Internet Assistant supports HTML level 2.0 as well as some commonly used tags that are not yet part of the HTML specification.
You incorporate HTML markup in a document to define the function (as distinct from the appearance) of different text elements. The appearance of these text elements is not defined at the authoring stage; formatting is applied when a browser decides how it is going to display the text elements.

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
World Wide Web standard for transferring data between Web servers and clients. URLs of files on Web servers begin with the string http://


Hyperlink (hypertext link)
Hyperlinks are the "hot spots" that connect Web documents to other files on the Internet. Hyperlinks can connect to a location within the same file, or to a document on a server halfway around the world. Hyperlinks can be used to display text and graphics, and-with the necessary hardware support and software viewers installed-video, sound, animation, and even files from productivity applications such as spreadsheets and word processors.
Hyperlinks are created with the HTML anchor element. The locations they lead to are specified by the HREF attribute of the anchor element.

Microsoft Internet Assistant supports HTTP, FTP, and gopher file transfer formats; it does not support the formats listed below. You will not be able to activate any hyperlinks to these types of files, nor can you access them through the Open URL command on the File menu.
* Electronic mail
* Telnet
* Usenet news groups
* WAIS