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browsers
plug-in
home page
hot spot
Web server
host
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML)
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Internet Protocol address (IP)
domain name
path
directory/folder
file
file extension
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Telnet
Gopher
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
chat room
newsgroup