Download
This means transferring files from someone else's computer to yours via and Internet connection. Useful for selling informational products on the Internet.

Upload
This means transferring files from your computer onto someone else's Internet connection.  The most common upload is for publishing web sites

HTML
Hypertext Mark-Up Language - this is a kind of 'code' used to write web pages.  It is your browsers job to turn this code into the web site that you see on your screen.

Portal
Just another name for a Search Engine.  A portal is a web site that makes a huge amount of informational available

Search Engine
Is a web site which indexes other web site, click here for more information

Dial-Up
The names for a Windows application that dials-up a connection to the Internet through a modem

Link
A clickable symbol, word or text which takes the user from one location to another. Also called a hyper-link

Plug-In
Is a small computer application or programme which an be downloaded to your computer.  One of the most common is Adobe Reader

Zip
Zip files are 'compressed'. It is a common way of making files smaller so that they take up less space on the Internet or as file attachments to e-mails.  They can be unzipped back to their regular size by the recipient provided they have the correct application.  One of the most common is WinZip which can be downloaded free of charge

Bandwidth
This is the measure used to determine the amount of data that can be transferred through a modem at any time.  ISDN and Broadband have high Bandwidth

Cookies
Are files that some web sites place on the hard disk of your computer.  This allows that site to recognise you when you return and to know your preferences etc.

KPPS
Kilobits per second - a measure of the speed of your modem