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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] |
| article |
An article is something you can read in a magazine or newspaper. You can also find articles on a website or in some kinds of books. An article talks about real things. It is not a story that the writer has made up. An article is not usually very long. Sometimes it can fit on just one part of a page. A newspaper has many articles. [1/3 definitions] |
| blog |
a journal posted on a website that someone regularly write entries in. When people have a blog, they write about personal experiences or opinions, or about particular topics they have special knowledge of or are interested in. The word "blog" is a short form of "Web log." |
| post1 |
A post is a message or picture that someone has put up on a website so that other people can read it or look at it. [2/5 definitions] |
| 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] |
| subscribe |
If you subscribe to something like a website or magazine, you become a member or special user of it. You often pay a fee to join. If you pay a fee, you get privileges that people who are not subscribed do not get. |
| user |
A user is a person who uses a computer, or uses a particular tool or website on a computer. [1/2 definitions] |
| web page |
a document belonging to a website on the World Wide Web. |
| website |
a location on the World Wide Web. A website contains a home page and other pages that are linked to the home page. |
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