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Here are some definitions for terms often used on the Internet and here on STWM.
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All sites listed here on STWM have and access rating. This rating tells how much is required from you to view the site. The three ratings are:
Free - Nothing is required of you may surf the site freely.
Register - You must give some information about yourself in order to have access to the site.
Paid Service - You must pay to get access to this site.
By The Way
Common Gateway Interface - A CGI is program the returns HTML. CGI's are used to achieve dynamic information on the web. Common examples would be searches and online shopping.
A small piece of information, saved to your computer, by a web server. Web sites use these cookies so that they can identify you and store unique information about you.
Each site listed here on STWM has a cookies rating. The three ratings are:
No - this site does not set any cookies.
Optional - this site does set cookies, but if they are denied the site is still accessible.
Required - this site does set cookies, and will not function unless you accept them.
See Also: Should You Accept Cookies From Strangers?
A site, such as Yahoo, where people have grouped Internet sites into categories. Direcotries differ from search engines in that search engines use computers to search the Internet while directories try and catalog it.
For your Information
In My Humble Opinion
Used on this site to indicate the personal opinion of the reviewer.
The Internet is a global network of computers. Many other services are provided based on the infrastructure of the Internet. These serves include HTTP (WWW), SMTP/POP3 (e-mail), FTP (File transfer), etc.
An intranet differs from the Internet in that an intranet is a private network. An intranet functions in the same way as the Internet only access to it is limited to a select group (ie. all employees of a large company).
A search program that does not search the web on it's own, instead it queries numerous other search engines and compiles their results.
A portal is meant to be a starting point from which you explore the web. Most portals offer news, lots of links and other information.
Web site that uses computers to search the Internet.
See: Directory
Ta Ta For Now
A group of related web sites that link to each other. Webrings allow a user to find many sites on a related topic.
Every person has a worldview. Your worldview determines how you interpret everything you encounter in life. For instance when an athiest analyzes a fossil he filters all the facts through his worldview. Because he believes there is no God then the facts can not point to creation. Therefore they must evidence evolution.
See: Summit Ministry's Worldview chart for a summary of common worldviews.
World Wide Web
The WWW is comprised of all the HTML pages you generally see when you log on to the Internet. The WWW differs from the Internet in that the WWW is only one component of the Internet.
See: Internet