2 FORD'S INTERNET GLOSSARY

If you clicked your way over here from the new users page, you might want to click your way back, and come over to this page after you finish reading the internet history... OK...take me back!

First some fun. Perhaps you have seen one of the symbols below and wondered what it meant? They are called Emoticons or "smileys" and some are easy to figure out, some are not. I have taken the liberty of making some additions to the Emoticons list. I have had many of my "Emoti-People" copied by other webmasters (best form of flattery) so I have created some Emoti-Animals, and Emoti-Items to keep the others company. For obvious reasons, this material is not copywrited. Use it as you will. Got an addition to this glossary? Send it via email... Thanx..jf fordpub@2fords.net

NOTE: Just got in a batch of more "Emoticons". They are in red untill I have a chance to check for duplicates.

Computer Users:

C):-)Man wearing a bowler
}:-) Man wearing a toupee
{:-)Man wearing a bad toupee
B-)Person wearing sunglasses
B:-)Per

son wearing sunglasses pushed up on forehead
O-) Person wearing scuba mask
8-| A startled person
:`-(A crying person
[:-)A person wearing headphones
%-|Someone has been working all night
%-)Person with broken glasses
}:-(Bull headed user
X-)Person with closed eyes
:-))Person with double chin
:*) Drunk individual
<:-IDunce
( :I Egghead
*:-)A flower child
:-WPerson with forked tongue
<<<<(:-)Hat salesman
(-: A left-handed person
:-{}Woman with too much lipstick
+<:-|A priest or nun
:-{) Mustached man
:-? Pipe smoker
P-) Pirate
+-:-)A religious person
`:-) A person with one eyebrow shaved off
%-)A person who has stared at a monitor for 15 hours
:-Q A cigarette smoker
:<) User from an Ivy League School
*<:-)User wearing a ski cap with tassle
:-) }A man with a beard

Individual Users:

=|:-)=Abe Lincoln
C|:-=Charlie Chaplin
P-) Colonel Klink (Hogan's Heroes)
|:[' Groucho Marx
:--) Jamie Farr (Clinger from M*A*S*H)

Children:

:`( A crying child
:-{#}Child with braces
<:) A little devil
K:P A child with a propeller beenie
C|:) A child wearing a cap
@:] Baby
:) Child smiley
3:] Pet smiley

More Users:

:-[ Dracula
O :-)Angel
*:o)Bozo the Clown!
:-E Bucktoothed vampire
{o-)Cyclops
}:> Devil
(8-oMr. Bill!
[:] A robot
*<:-)>Santa Claus
I) Mutant Ninja Turtle
:@) A little pig
C=:-)Chef
<|-) Chinese person
<|-( Chinese person who doesn't like these kind of jokes

Emotions:

>-< Absolutely livid!!
:-|| Anger
>:-(Angry, annoyed
:-t Cross
;-( Crying
<:-( Disappointed
>:->Feeling devilish
:-(Frowning
:-| Grim
;-) Happy tears
:-[ Pouting
:-c Real unhappy
:-C Really bummed
8D Really Happy!
:-@ Screaming
=:o Shocked
:-* Sour

Comments for online conversation or email:

:-X A big kiss!
:-Y A quiet aside
:-) Basic smiley
:^D"Great! I like it!"
||-) Handshake accepted
||*( Handshake offered
:-, "Hmmmm."
|-I I'm asleep
:| I'm bored
:-" I'm pursing my lips
&-| I'm tearful
:-& I'm tongue tied
->>>>>--Just teasing, or tickling (a feather)
:-C Just totally unbelieving
:-T Keeping a straight face
:-x Kiss kiss
:-D Laughing
:-# My lips are sealed
:-P My tongue is hanging out in anticipation
:-P Nyahhhh!
:-* Oops!
<---Referring to self
:-D Said with a smile
:-V Shouted
:-/ Skeptical
:-> Smartalec
(O-<Smells fishy
:-w Speaks with forked tongue
:-v Speaking
:-r Sticking tongue out
:-o Uh oh!
:-) With a smile
;-) With a wink
:-o Wow!
:-o Yawn

Miscellaneous Symbols:

@-,-'--A rose
*->----Long stemmed flower
><>< Argyle socks
<--([- Cupid's Bow and arrow
@}-}---Sword
@}-- Dagger

Abbreviations:

ADN Any Day Now
AFAIKAs Far As I Know
AOL America OnLine
BBS Bulletin Board System
BTW By The Way
CIS Compuserve Information Service
CI$ Compuserve Information $ervice
CU See you
CUL8RSee you later
DIIK Darned If I Know
ESADEat Spam And Die
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FITB Fill In The Blank
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FWIWFor What It's Worth
FYA For Your Amusement
FYI For Your Information
<g> Grin (a suffix to signify a joke)
GA Go Ahead (you turn, usually in a conference)
<gd&r>Grinning, ducking and running (a suffix to signify a joke at someone's expense)
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIWISTGee, I Wish That I had Said That
HHOK Ha Ha, Only Kidding
HHOS Ha Ha, Only Serious
HW or H/WHardware
IAE In Any Event
IC I see
IMO In My Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHOIn My Not So Humble Opinion
IO or I/OInput/Output
IOW In Other Words
KISSKeep It Simple, Stupid
L8R Later
LOL Laugh out Loud
LSTYDLife Stinks Then You Die
MOSSMember of some sex
MOTASMember of the alternate sex
MOTOSMember of the other sex
MOTSSMember of the same sex
O&O Over & Out
OIC Oh, I see
OS or O/SOperating System
OTOHOn The Other Hand
POV Point Of View
ROFL Rolling On the Floor Laughing
RSN Real Soon Now
RTM Read The Manual
SO Significant Other
SW or S/WSoftware
TANJ There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFLThere Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TBD To Be Determined
TBS To Be Supplied
TIA Thanks In Advance
TNX Thanks
TNXE6Thanks a million
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTBOMKTo The Best of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTUL Talk To you Later
<vbg> Very big grin
WYSIWYGWhat You See Is What You Get
WYSINOT or WYSINWYGWhat You See Is NOT what you get

EMOTI-ANIMALS

) ----- Cheshire cat

='.'= ------Kitty Kat (submitted by Jeni

=-.'=------- Winking Cat (submitted by Jeni

=-.-= ------ Sleeping Cat (submitted by Jeni

3:-o ----- Cow

8) ----- Frog

8:] ----- Gorilla

8 =o) ----- Mickey Mouse (submitted by Alan Hughes)

:@) ----- Pig

3:*> ----- Rudolph the reindeer

EMOTI-ITEMS

(:::[]:::) ----- Band-aide

\~/ ----- Full glasS

\_/ ----- Glass empty

**** -----Popcorn

&&&& -----Pretzels

@-`-,--- ----- Rose

EMOTI-PEOPLE

=|:-) ----- Abraham Lincoln

:-=) ----- Adolph Hitler

(-: ----- Australian

{:-0 {:-D {:-| {:-) ----- Barbershop Quartet

d:-) ----- Baseball player

B-) ----- Batman

*:o) ----- Bozo the Clown

P-) ----- Colonel Klink

o) ----- Cyclops

]:-> ----- Devil

:$) ----- Donald Trump

%;-.)-{8 ----- Dolly Parton

5:-) ----- Elvis Presley

=:-H ----- Football player

7:-) ----- Fred Flintstone

8=:-) ----- Galloping Gourmet

4:-) ----- George Washington

<<<<(:-) ----- Hat salesman

:###) ----- Jimmy Durante

:) ----- Midget

8(:-) ----- Mousketeer

8-0 ----- Mr. Bill

:-: ----- Mutant

:?) ----- Philosopher

%\v ----- Picasso

+:-) ----- Priest

=:-) ----- Punk-rocker

+-(:-) ----- Religious leader

7:^] ----- Ronald Reagan

<[ ;-)> ----- Santa

(-::-) ----- Siamese twins

=):-) ----- Uncle Sam

-=#:-) ----- Wizard

EMOTI-CONS

:%)% ----- Acne

:-s ----- after a BIZARRE comment

%-) ----- after staring at the terminal for 36 hours

':-) ----- accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows

:-| ----- Ambivalent

O:-) ----- Angelic

>:( ----- Angry

|-I ----- Asleep

:-(=) ----- Big teeth

|-O ----- Birth

:-X ----- Big wet kiss!

(:-D ----- Blabber mouth

!-( ----- Black eye

:-{} ----- Blowing a kiss

\-o ----- Bored

(:^( ----- broken nose

}:-( ----- bull headed

:-c ----- Bummed out

:() ------ Can't stop talking

:*) ----- Clowning

:-) ----- Comedy

:' ----- Crying

:'-) ----- Crying with joy

:'-( ----- Crying sadly

*-( ----- Cyclops got poked in the eye

8-# ----- Death

:-9 ----- Delicious, yummy

:-> ----- Devilish

;-> ----- Devilish wink

-== ----- doused candle (to end a flame)

:-( ----- Drama

:~) ----- Drunk

:*) ----- drunk

:-} ----- drunk

<:I ----- Dunce

<:-( ----- dunce

<:-) ----- dumb questions

:-6 ----- Exhausted, wiped out

>- ----- Female

o== or *== ----- flame on!!!

8:-) ----- Glasses on forehead

{:-) ----- hair parted in the middle

:-) ----- Happy

:-| ----- "have an ordinary day"

|-) ----- Hee hee

|-D ----- Ho ho

( o ) ( o ) ----- Hooters

B-) ----- Horn-rims

^5 ----- High five

:-, ----- "Hmmmm."

((((name)))) ----- Hug

(()):** ----- Hugs and kisses

:-I ----- Indifferent

8 ----- Infinity

%-) ----- In love

(:-* ----- Kissing

C:-) ----- large brain capacity

8) ----- Large eyes

:-) :-) :-) -----Loud guffaw

:-# ----- Lips are sealed

:-D ----- Laughing out loud

>:-< ----- Mad

:-) :-( :-) :-( ----- manic depressive

:~/ ----- Mixed up

(-) ----- Needs a haircut

8:] ----- Normal smiling face except that User is a gorilla

:/) ----- not funny

#:-o ----- "Oh, nooooooo!"

,-) ----- one eye winking

#-) ------ Partied all night

:-# ----- punched in the mouth

-:-( ----- punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile)

:-/ or :-\ ----- Puzzled

:-@ ----- Screaming

:-o ----- Surprised

:O ----- Shouting

=:-0 ----- Scared

:-O ----- Shocked

:) ----- Smile

=) ----- Smile

=o) ----- Smile

=O) ----- Smile

:o) ----- Smile

:O) ----- Smile

(-_-) ----- Secret smile

:-Q ----- Smoker

:-7 ----- Smokes a pipe

:-# ----- Smiley with braces

:-Y ----- Speak with forked tongue

:-P ----- Sticking tongue out

:-r ----- sticking tongue out

8-) ----- sunglasses

B:-) ----- sunglasses on head

8-| ----- Suspense

:-v ----- Talking

(:>-< ----- thief: hands up!

^ ---- Thumbs up

:-& ---- Tongue tied

@:I ----- Turban

:-\ ---- Undecided

:-( ----- Unhappy or Grumpy

%*@:-( ----- User is Hung over

%*} ----- User is Very drunk

%+{ ----- User Lost a fight

:-)) ----- User has Double chin

:-))) ----- User is Very overweight

%-\ ----- User is Hungover

:-)X ----- User is Wearing a bowtie

:-)} ----- User has goatee/beard

&.(.. ------ User is Crying

&:-) ----- User has Curly hair

:------------) ----- User is big liar

:-/ ----- User is Skeptical

:-9 ----- User is Licking lips

(00) ------ User is Mooning you

:-? ------ User is Smoking a pipe

(:)-) ----- User Likes to scuba dive

:-@ ----- User is Extremely angry

(:+) ----- User is Big nose

:-C ----- User is Bummed out

(:-$ ----- User is Ill

:-E ----- User is Bucktooth

(:-& ----- User is Angry

:-I ----- User is Thinking

:-[ ----- User is pouting

:-` ----- User is spitting out chewingtobacco

(:<) ----- User is blabber mouth

:-e ----- User is disappointed

*!#*!^*&:-) ----- User is schizophrenic

:=) ----- User has two noses

:>) ----- User has big nose

:-{ ----- User has mustache

:-{} ----- User has heavy lipstick

:^) ----- User has broken nose

-:-) ----- User has mohawk

.-] ----- User has one eye

.-) ----- User has one eye

:-% ----- User has beard

:-o ----- User singing national anthem

:-t ----- User is cross

:- ----- User is male

:-)8 ----- User is well dressed

:-D ----- User talks too much

:-# ----- User's lips are sealed.

:-* ----- User just ate a sour pickle

:-)-{8 ----- User is a big girl

:-s ----- User after a BIZARRE comment

:-o ----- User is surprised

:-{ ----- User has a mustache

:-6 ----- User after eating something sour

:-0 ----- User is an orator

:-#| ----- User with bushy mustache

:-} ----- User wears lipstick

::-) ----- User wears glasses

:<| ----- User attends an Ivy League school

<|-)= ----- User is chinese

=:-) ----- User is a hosehead

%-) ----- User is cross-eyed

#-) ----- User partied all night

@-) ----- User is Cyclops

|-) ----- User is asleep (boredom)

0-) ----- User wearing scuba mask

8-) ----- User wears glasses

B-| ----- User is wearing cheap sunglasses

g-) ----- Smiley with ponce-nez glasses

o-) ----- User is a cyclops

P-) ----- User is getting fresh

[:-) ----- User is listening to Walkman radio

[:|] ----- User is a robot

::-) ----- wears glasses

(8-) ----- Wears glasses

@:-) ----- wavy hair

[:-) ----- wearing a walkman

{(:-) ----- wearing toupee

$-) ----- Won the lottery

:-O ----- Wow!

,-} ----- Wry and winking

8-) ----- wide-eyed

;) ----- Wink

'-) ----- Wink

;-) ----- Winking

(@ @) ----- You're kidding!

|-P ----- Yuk

|-() ----- Yawning

Acronyms

*G* ----- giggle or grin

*H* ----- hug

*K* ----- kiss

*S* ----- Sob

*W* ----- wink

Here are a few TLA's (three letter acronyms). If you have some more, email them to me and I'll put them here.

AFAIK ----- as far as I know

AFK ----- away from keyboard

AKA ----- Also Known As

ASAP ----- as soon as possible

BTW ----- By the way

BBL ----- be back later

BBS ----- be back soon

BEG ----- big evil grin

BF ----- boy friend

BRB ----- be right back

BWL ----- bursting with laughter

C&G ----- chuckle and grin

CID ----- crying in disgrace

CNP ----- continue in next post

CSG ----- chuckle snicker grin

CYA ----- see ya

CYAL8R ----- see ya later

DLTBBB ----- don't let the bed bugs bite

EG ----- evil grin

EMSG ----- email message

FYI ----- For your information

FAQ ----- Frequently Asked Questions

FUBAR ----- Fouled Up Beyond All Repair (insert your own "f" word)

FWIW ----- For What It's Worth

GF ----- girl friend

GFN ----- gone for now

GMBO ----- giggling my butt off

GMTA ----- great minds think alike

GTSY ----- glad to see you

H&K ----- hug and kiss

HAGN ----- have a good night

HAG1 ----- have a good one

HHIS ----- hanging head in shame

IC ----- I see

IYKWIM ----- If You Know What I Mean

IGP ----- I gotta pee

IMO ----- in my opinion

IMHO ----- In my honest (or humble) opinion

IRL ----- in real life

IWALY ----- I will always love you

JK ----- just kidding

JMO ----- just my opinion

JTLYK ----- just to let you know

KIT ----- keep in touch

KMA ----- kiss my a--

KMB ----- kiss my butt

KOTC ----- kiss on the cheek

KOTL ----- kiss on the lips

LOL ----- Laughing out loud

LMAO ----- Laughing my a-- off

L8R ----- later

L8R G8R ----- later gator

LHM ----- Lord help me

LHU ----- Lord help us

LMBO ----- laughing my butt off

LMHO ----- laughing my head off

LSHMBB ----- laughing so hard my belly is bouncing

LSHMBH ----- laughing so hard my belly hurts

LTNS ----- long time no see

LTS ----- laughing to self

LUWAMH ----- love you with all my heart

LY ----- love ya

NETUA ----- Nobody ever tells us anything

NTA ----- Non-Technical Acronym

OBTW ----- Oh, by the way

OIC ----- Oh, I see

OK ----- abbreviation of oll korrect (all correct)

OL ----- old lady(wife, girlfriend)

OM ----- old man(husband, boyfriend)

OTOH ----- On The Other Hand

OTTOMH ----- off the top of my head

PDS ----- please don't shoot

PM ----- private message

PMJI ----- Pardon My Jumping In (Another way for PMFJI)

PMFJI ----- pardon me for jumping in

PMP ----- peed my pants

POAHF ----- put on a happy face

POOF ----- I have left the chat

PS ----- Post Script

QSL ----- reply

QSO ----- conversation

QT ----- cutie

RE ----- Hi Again (same as re's)

ROFL ----- Rolling on the floor laughing

ROFLAPMP ----- ...and peed my pants

ROFLMAO ----- ...my a$$ off

ROFLMAOAY ----- ......at you

ROFLMAOWTIME ----- .......with tears in my eyes

ROFLUTS ----- ...unable to speak

ROTFL ----- Roll on The Floor Laughing

RTF ----- Read The FAQ

RTFM ----- Read The Flaming Manual (insert your own "f" word)

RTSM ----- read the stupid manual

SETE ----- smiling ear to ear

SHID ----- slaps head in disgust

SNAFU ----- Situation Normal, All Fouled Up (insert your own "f" word)

SO ----- significant other

SOHF ----- Sense Of Humor Failure

SPAM ----- Stupid Persons' AdvertiseMent

SWAK ----- sealed with a kiss

SWL ----- screaming with laghter

SYS ----- see you soon

TA ----- thanks again

TIA ----- Thanks In Advance

TOY ----- thinking of you

TPTB ----- The Powers That Be

TTFN ----- ta ta for now

TTYL ----- talk to you later

TX ----- Thanx

WB ----- welcome back

WRT ----- With Respect To

WTF ----- What (or Who) The Flip? (insert your own "f" word)

WTH ----- what (or who) the heck?

WYSIWYG ----- What You See Is What You Get

YBS ----- you'll be sorry

YG ----- young gentleman

YL ----- young lady

YM ----- young man

YMMV ----- Your Mileage May Vary

YWIA ----- You're welcome in advance

INTERNET GLOSSARY

Alias----- An alternate lable for a program on your computer. Usually dropped on the desktop for easy access.

Anchor--- A type of link, usually located on the same page as its reference point.

Archie, Veronica, Jughead---- These are all search mechanisms for finding information, files and data bases on the internet. They work with varying degrees of success, depending on the service you use and the time of day you try to browse. Want to be the talk of the next computer meeting? Here's one for you. Veronica is actually an acronym for Very Easy Rodent Orientated Netwide Index to Computerized Archives.

BBS (Bulletin Board Service)----- Electronic discussion groups, software libraries and electronic mail available for a monthly fee through a dial-up connection. The pre-emptor of the commercial on-line services.

Backbone----- The top level in a network. Essentially, all networks connected to the backbone are guaranteed to be inter-connected.

Baud---- A unit of measurement of the speed information is passing through your modem, to and from your computer.

Bit----- A binary digit, a zero or one. Eight bits make one byte, whose 256 possible combinations are used to represent 256 different characters (10 digits, 26 uppercase andlowercase letters, and all common special characters) .

Bookmarks---- Also called "favorites". This is a list of web sites you keep to return to without having to type the url again.

Browser--- A browser is any program used to view material prepared for the World Wide Web. We recommend using Netscape 2.0 or higher. If you are on Windows 95, you should have Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher already on your computer. We still recommend Netscape, but since each person has different preferences, you might try I.E. and see if it will work for you. These browsers allow you to view enhancements such as tables, color backgrounds, and centered text.

CGI--- Common Gateway Interface is the specification for how a server should communicate with server gateway programs. In most cases when you reply to an automatic posting bulletin board, you are using a CGI script.

DCE---- Data Communication Equipment. A technical name to give to your com port, or modem.

DTE---- Data Terminal Equipment. A technical name to give to your computer.

Dot ae---- United Arab Emirates.

Dot au---- Australia

Dot br---- Brazil

Dot ca---- Canada

Dot cr---- Costa Rica

Dot com---- Commercial Enterprises end in .com - The The PUB (fordpub.com) is a commercial enterprise.

Dot de---- Germany

Dot es---- Spain

Dot fr---- France

Dot net----- Networks end in .net - The 2 Fords Network is a small but growing network with its home offices located in San Patricio County, just outside the town of Aransas Pass. We have a network of towns that connect to the internet through us, including, in alphabetical order, Aransas Pass, Bayside, City by the Sea, Corpus Christi, Estes, Fulton, Gregory, Ingleside, Ingleside on the Bay, Odem, Port Aransas, Portland, Rockport, Sinton, Taft, Woodsboro.

Dot org---- Non-Profit Groups end in .org - Any non-profit group can have its own address ending with .org.

Dot edu---- Schools end in .edu - Any school, public or private can have its own address ending with .edu.

Dot mil---- Military Groups end in .mil - Navel Station Ingleside could have its own address ending with .mil.

Dot gov---- Government Agencies end in .gov - Most likely, the IRS has its own address ending in .gov.

Data----- Numbers or characters. When data is interpreted by a data processing system, it takes on meaning and becomes information.

Dedicated Line----- A telephone line used exclusively to connect two locations - for example, to connect a host to the backbone.

Dial-up----- A connection between computers established over a phone line using modems.

Digital Data----- Data represented in binary form, consisting of nothingmore than zeros and ones.

Domain names---- Above are a lot of domain names. The most common, and higest level is .com. Domain names with only two letters represent various countries. They are listed above also. The domain name is your own personal address on the Web. No two addresses can be the same.

Download---- Retrieving information from the Internet is called downloading. Each time you go to a page on the internet, you are downloading the information to your computer. You can actually download a set of pages to your hard drive and then, off line do your browsing at a much faster access rate.

Emoticons---- (noun) A figure created with the symbols on the keyboard. Read with the head tilted to the left. Used to convey the spirit in which a line of text it typed. Also known as "smileys". Sometimes called "emotions" by the un-informed.

E-mail address---- A domain based address by which a user receives mail. Here at the 2 Fords Network, your email address through our domain is <yourusername@2fords.net>. Always use all lower case with no spaces.

Electronic Mail----- Also known as "e-mail," these are messages passed from one computer user to another through computer networks or via modems over telephone lines.

FCC---- The Federal Communications Commision. A regulative government body that governs the rules of all broadcast mediums, including the internet.

FTP----- File Transfer Protocol. A common method of moving files between internet sites, and on intranets between computers.

FAQ---- Frequently asked questions.

Firewall---- Used to separate a local network form the outside world. Usually used as a security measure.

GIF---- Graphic Interchange Format is a format for storing image files used on the Web.

HREF---- Hypertext Reference. The address of the destination of a hypertext link.

HTML---- Hypertext Markup Language. The document formatting language understood by all computers on the web. Used to create Home Pages.

HTTP---- Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The protocol used to transfer hypertext.

Home Page---- These sites on the internet can contain text, images, sounds, even moving pictures. Home pages contain hyper text links that can lead you to other pages. Here at the 2 Fords Network, non-commercial home pages are offered to our on-line customers at no charge. The service of page construction is also offered free for non-commercial pages. Sometimes a home page is all that is involved and is the entire site, in some cases where there is a large multiple site, the home page refers to the first log on page on the site and is used to welcome visitors and acts as a secure gateway to the entire site. At the 2 Fords Network, the home page is the first page that comes up with the logo and page counter. From that main entrance page, you can choose various pages to transfer to such as this one within the site.

Host----- A computer connected to a network. The host computer may interface with a single user or with dozens through an internal network.

Hypertext---- a hypertext document is any document that contains hypertext links to other documents.

IE---- Short for Internet Expolorer. Developed by Microsoft, this browser comes packaged with all Window's 95 programs.

ISP---- Internet Service Provider. That is what The 2 Fords Network is. We and others like us provide your connection to the internet over standard analog and 56K digital telephone lines. The maximum speed, or baud rate, is limited to the quality of phone lines in your area, the speed of your modem, and the ram and datapath of your computer.

JPEG---- Joint Photographic Experts Group is another image format used on the Web.

Kbps----- Kilo bits per second. Data transmission is measured in bits per second. For example, a data transfer rate of 14.4Kbps is sufficient to transfer about two paragraphs in one second, pretty slow by today's digital standards.

Kilo----- One thousand.

Link---- A HREF to another page or another location on the same page. Usually any text underlined on a web page is a link. Also, if your mouse pointer turns into a pointing finger, it is a link. Clicking on the mouse will take you from the page you are on, to the page the link is "pointing to".

Mbps----- Mega bits per second, or one million bits per second.

Mailing Lists---- Another information exchange mechanism that allows members with common interests to send virtual mass mailings.

Mega----- One million.

MIME---- Microsoft Internet Mail Extension

Modem----- An electronic device that converts digital data to an audio signal and then back again, for transmission over a phone line.

Mosaic---- A web browser developed at University of Illinois by the National Center for Supercomputing. It brings together text with sounds and images and is available in both Mac and Dos versions.

Netetiquette---- The way you should conduct yourself while on the net. Just the same as you would if you were with the person you are talking to in person. (Well most of us anyway.) Click here for more information on Netetiquette.

Netscape---- A popular internet browser. The 2 Fords Network furnishes you with a copy of Netscape 2.0 at no charge. Newer versions, or "upgrades" are free and can be obtained on-line at http://www.netscape.com.

Network----- A group of computers linked by wires.

Newsgroups---- Internet users are arranged according to areas of interest. Newsgroups serve as bulletin boards dedicated to those interests, where you can read, post and respond to messages and articles about all sorts of topics.

On-line Services----- Companies providing content, electronic mail and discussion groups (chat rooms) through dial-up for a monthly fee,usually augmented by hourly charges after five, ten or fifteen hours ofuse. Examples include Compuserve, Prodigy and America Online.

PPP---- Point to Point Protocol is software that allows you to turn a dial-up telephone connection into an Internet connection.

Packet---- A unit of data sent across a network.

Protocol---- A language for intercomputer communication.

Server---- A computer that shares its resources with other computers on the network.

Search engines---- Places to go to search for specific topics on the web. Some examples are Excite, Lycos, Yahoo, WebCrawler, Info Seek to name a few.

Shell---- The Unix shell is the program that interprets the commands typed at the terminal. A shell can also be used to run simple script programs called shell scripts.

SLIP---- Serial Line Internet Protocol is software that allows you to turn a dial-up telephone connection into an Internet connection. It is less stable than a PPP connection.

TCP/IP---- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol is the basic communication protocol that is the foundation fo the Internet. All other protocols (http, ftp and Gopher) are built on top of TCP/IP.

Telnet---- It is a program called Terminal Emulation Protocol that allows you to make a terminal connection to other computers on the Internet. You must run a telnet client (program) on your computer and connect to a telnet server (computer) on the other.

Upload---- Sending information to the web is uploading. If you have a home page, it had to be uploaded to the host before it could be viewed by others.

URL----- Universal Resource Locator. The address or place on the web where a page is located. To get more technical, the url includes the following. The first part (http://) (gopher://) tells the computer which language to use to send and receive data. If the first part is followed by www the search will be on the world wide web. If not, the search is confined to the name of the machine on which the data is stored (mit.edu/) (gopher.uc.edu/). The last part (notes/go.html) (lists/see.html) gives you the name of the document you want to see.

Web---- Short for World Wide Web, a user friendly internet service that brings a wide variety of information to your fingertips and helps you send business or personal messages out to the world.

W.W.W.---- If you are reading this, you are truley a "newbie" and are about to begin your tour of the World Wide Web.

Web TV---- A method of connecting to the internet, using a box similar to a cable box, and your television. Recently purchased by Microsoft. This might be a good idea, except you can't watch tv while browsing the web. Or am I the only one that does that?

W3---- Not gaining in popularity, but another way of saying www or world wide web.

Yahoo---- A search engine located at http://www.yahoo.com