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| account |
Sometimes when you want to do something on your computer on the internet, the website asks you to make an account. You do this by choosing a name for yourself and a password. The name you choose is called your "user name." When you make an account, the website remembers who you are every time you go to it and put in your user name and your password. [1/5 definitions] |
| browser |
A browser is a computer program that helps you explore the internet. When you want to go on the internet, the first thing you do is to open your browser. Your browser lets you visit different websites, play games, watch videos, and find all kinds of information online. |
| chat |
When you chat, you have a conversation with one or more people by writing messages on a computer or phone and sending them over the internet. The messages appear right after they are sent, so it's easy for other people to write back quickly. [2/4 definitions] |
| cyberbully |
a person who posts hurtful electronic messages on the internet with the intent of bullying another person. |
| digital citizen |
a person who uses the internet to connect with society and the world. Digital citizens often use the internet to do things like getting and sending messages, posting or displaying information, playing games, or shopping. |
| dot |
We use the word "dot" when we pronounce the punctuation mark used in an internet address. [1/5 definitions] |
| download |
When you download something from the internet, you put it onto your own computer. When you download something, like a song or a game, it becomes part of your computer's memory. Now you can play the song or game whenever you want without using the internet. You can download things from the internet onto other kinds of things like a music player, tablet, or phone too. |
| internet |
the world's largest computer network, which is made of millions of computers that are linked together. Some parts of the internet are the World Wide Web, electronic mail, and chat rooms. |
| newbie |
(informal) someone who is new to something, especially playing computer games or using the internet. |
| newsgroup |
a discussion group on a computer network such as the Internet in which people leave messages for each other on topics they are all interested in. |
| site |
"Site" is a short way of saying "website." A website is where you can go on a computer to learn things, play games, shop, look at pictures, and do many other things using the internet. [1/3 definitions] |
| slash |
a punctuation mark (/). It has the meaning of "or" as in "and/or" or "per" as in "miles/hour." This mark is also used to show division in math and to separate parts of an internet address. [1/5 definitions] |
| uniform resource locator |
an address identifying the location of a file on the Internet, commonly called a URL. A URL consists of the computer on which the file is located and the file's location on that computer. |
| World Wide Web |
a part of the Internet. The World Wide Web is made of documents called "pages" that are linked to each other. |
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