New English words related to the internet

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ABEND

 nounused in the subject line of emails to warn people that they will soon lose their connection to the Internet

access number

 nounthe telephone number that is used to connect to an Internet service provider

account name

 nounthe name of a user on a network or Internet system

address

 nouncomputing a series of lettersnumbers, and symbols that show you where to find a particular website on the Internet

anonymous FTP

 nounanonymous file transfer protocol: a set of rules for moving computer files from one computer to another, especially over the Internet, without having to say who you are or use a password

blind certificate

 nouna way of checking who has visited a company’s website that shows the user’s system but not his or her name

blogosphere

 nounthe imaginary place on the Internet where people’s blogs go so that other people can read them and react to them

Bluetooth

type of radio technology that makes it possible for electroniccommunication to exist between mobile phones, the Internet, and computers

bookmark

 nouncomputing an electronic way of marking an Internet website so that you can easily find it again

Boolean

 adjectivea Boolean search is one using the words ‘and’, ‘or’, and ‘not’ to find a word or combination of words using an Internet search engine. For example you could ask to search for ‘car or automobile’, or ‘New York and not New York state’.

Boolean operator

 nounword such as ‘and’, ‘or’, or ‘not’ used in a Boolean search on the Internet

bounce rate

 nounmeasurement of the number of people who leave a website after they lookat only one page

broadband

 nountype of connection to the Internet that allows you to receive or send a lot of information very quickly

browser

 nouncomputing a computer program that allows you to look at and search through information on the Internet

browsing

 nounthe activity of looking at websites on the Internet in no particular order

callback

 nouna system in which a remote computer calls back the computer that has just called its number when trying to connect to the Internet, so that only the correct person can use the Internet

certificate authority

 nouna computer or company on the Internet that provides or checks digital certificates to prove that a company is who it claims it is

chat room

 nounan area on the Internet or a computer network where people can exchange messages

click rate

 nounthe number of times a website is visited in a particular period of time

clickstream

 nounthe series of clicks of a computer mouse that someone makes when they look at websites on the Internet