Relier Pairs Cutting Edge Tech MatchingVersion en ligne Key terms and their definitions par Claudia Ponce 1 Online chat 2 search engine 3 message board 4 http 5 protocol 6 URL 7 Boolean search 8 hostname 9 email 10 domain type of search allowing users to combine keywords with operators (or modifiers) such as AND, NOT and OR to further produce more relevant results. a subdivision of the Internet consisting of computers or sites usually with a common purpose (as providing commercial information) and denoted in Internet addresses by a unique abbreviation (as com for commercial sites or gov for government sites) messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network. an Internet site where people can post and read messages (threads), usually on a specific topic or area of interest. a program that searches for and identifies items in a database that correspond to keywords or characters specified by the user, used especially for finding particular sites on the World Wide Web. a label that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network and that is used to identify the device in various forms of electronic communication, such as the World Wide Web. (Uniform Resource Locator) the address of a World Wide Web page. Industry or international standards or rules for the exchange of data over a computer network (hypertext transfer protocol) -rules for transferring text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia files on the World Wide Web Internet area where you can send and receive text messages instantly with any number of people at one time