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GLOSSARY






                  F  Bookmark: A way of storing your favorite websites on the Internet. Browsers like Internet
                         Explorer let you to categorize your bookmarks into folders.


                  F  Browser: Software program that allows users to access the Internet.



                  F  Cookie: Cookies are text files with small pieces of data (a username and password) that
                         are used to identify your computer.



                  F  DPI: DPI (Dots Per Inch) is a way to measure the resolution of display and printing.



                  F  Firewall: A firewall is a network security device or software that monitors incoming and
                         outgoing network traffic.


                  F  HTTP: The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) enables html documents to be read on the
                         Internet.

                  F  IP Address: An IP (Internet Protocol) address is a unique address that identifies a device
                         on the internet or a local network.



                  F   Hypertext: Hypertext may include multimedia like text, images, sound, and video.


                  F  Web Server: A web server is software or a computer on which a web server is installed
                         that makes your website accessible on the Internet.


                  F  Cyber Crime: Cyber crime is a criminal activity carried out by means of computers or the
                         Internet.


                  F  Website: A website is a collection of web pages which are interlinked with each other and
                         contains related information.

                  F  DNS: The Domain Name System (DNS) is a database in which Internet domain names are
                         located and translated into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.


                  F  Phishing: Phishing is a cyber crime in which an e-mail that falsely claims to be from a
                         trusted organisation is sent to a user to steal data.


                  F  URL: Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is  a unique address of every web page of a website.
                         We can use this URL to access any web page from anywhere in the world.



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