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NCSA |
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(National Center for Supercomputing
Applications) - One of the five
original centers in the
Supercomputer Centers Program and a
unit of the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. It was founded
in 1986, and is responsible for
developing Mosaic, the web browser
responsible for launching the
multibillion dollar dot-com
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Netiquette |
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The desired mode of manners and
conduct for the Internet. |
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Netizen |
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term referring to a citizen of the
Internet, or someone who uses
networked resources. The term
connotes civic responsibility and
participation. |
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Network |
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A network is
created any time 2 or more
computers are connected
together to share resources.
When 2 or more networks are
connected, it becomes an
internet. |
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Network
Solutions |
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Network Solutions was the
company that had exclusive
right to distribute the
.com, .net and .org, so no
matter who you get your
domain from it will have
originally come from Network
Solutions. Today there are
many other companies who do
the same thing. |
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Newsgroup |
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The name for
a discussion group on
USENET. |
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NNTP |
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(Network
News Transfer Protocol)
- The protocol used by
client and server
software to move a
USENET posting over a
TCP/IP network. Most
common web browsers use
an NNTP connection to
participate in
newsgroups. |
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Node |
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Any
single computer
connected to a network. |
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