@ - This symbol is used for e-mail addresses. It means "at" and seperates the user *ID from the domain.

Animation - is a method for displaying several different frames in rapid succession to give the illusion of movement.

Attaching a file - Adding a file to an e-mail message, such as video, sound, or a word processing file.

CD Rom - a CD ROM is a disk which contains graphics, pictures, movies, or text information.

Click on means you point at something on the screen with your mouse pointer - a picture, icon, or hypertext link - and press down on the mouse button.

Clip Art is a drawing program that has been saved on a CD ROM, hard drive, computer program.

Cursor. The cursor is usually a blinking box or line on your computer screen. It indicates where the next character you type in will be inserted.

Domain. The part of an e-mail address that describes where the user's address computer is located.

Downloading. Copying a file from another computer to your computer.

E-Mail. Electronic mail or notes that are sent from one computer to another.

File. Think of a file like a folder on your computer that can hold documents, programs, pictures or other types of computer data.

Floppy disks. This is a flexible plastic covered disk that is inserted to a computer's floppy drive and used to transfer or store information. A floppy disk will hold 2 mb worth of information.

Graphics. Graphics are the visual information on a doucment that isn't text. Graphics many include clip art, drawings, photographs, and video.

Hard disks. This is a magnetic disk that stores information and is permanently installed in your computer. Hard disks can hold much more information than floppy disks.

Highlighted means that a word or phase is marked so that it stands out. The word might be in italics or bold.

Home page. The first page you see when you visit a Web site. A home page often acts a table of contents for a Web site.

HTML. Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML is the language of the World Wide Web. All pages are written using HTML.

Hypertext. The term hyperstext refers to computer-based texts that may be organized in multiple ways.

Internet. An interconnected computer network. Information from computers around the world travels on this network.

Internet Protocol (IP). The rules or protocals for addressing information on the Internet. Every computer on the Internet has an IP address.

Key pals. Friends who meet on-line and talk to each other using their computer keyboards.

Mouse. A mouse is a hand-held device used to move the cursor (the blinking line or arrow that tells your where you are) around the computer screen.

Multimedia. Multimedia refers to an integration of text, graphics, animation, voice, music, movies, or motion video into a computer program.

Network is a group of computers joined by data-carrying links.

Search service. A web site that helps you search for information in the World Wide Web.

URL. Uniform Resource Locator. The address for the Web page. Every Web page has a URL.

Web browser. A program that helps you navigate the World Wide Web. The two most used are Netscape and Internet Explorer.

Web Page. A single page on the World Wide Web. A web page can include words, pictures, sounds, video and links to other sites.

WWW is the abbreviation for the World Wide Web.