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Telephone and Cable Lines: These help in establishing
                                                     a link between the different computers and the servers.



                        Modem:  It  stands  for  Modulator Demodulator.
                        Modem  transfers  digital  information  over  telephone
                        lines and vice-versa.



                                         Web Browser: It is a software program which helps the user in
                                         opening and displaying the different web pages. The different
                                         types of web browsers are Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc.


                        ISP:  It  stands  for  Internet Service  Provider.  It  is  a

                        company that provides Internet access on payment of a
                        monthly fee. Some of the ISPs are Airtel, Vi (Vodafone
                        Idea),  BSNL  (Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited),  MTNL
                        (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited.), Jio, etc.
                   Clickipedia



                    Wi-Fi  is  a  popular  wireless  networking  technology  to  provide  wireless
                    high-speed Internet and network connections.


                      COMMON TERMS

                  URL


                  It  stands  for  Uniform  Resource  Locater.  It  is  the  address  of  a  website,  such  as
                  www.google.com, www.rediffmail.com.
                  Hyperlink

                  It is a link on a text or on an image, which on clicking takes the user to another

                  location.  These  are  highlighted  and  underlined  text  which  changes  the  mouse
                  pointer to a hand pointer (        ) when mouse pointer is placed over these links.

                  Offline

                  When the user works on a system without the Internet connection then it is called
                  offline.
                  Online

                  When the user works on a system with the Internet connection then it is called online.





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