Browser
A browser is a software program that a computer needs in order to view a web page on the Internet. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator are examples of browsers. 
 
CGI Script
CGI script refers to Common Gateway Interface script programs that are run on a server when called by a browser. A CGI script can keep track of user-generated data from a form or shopping cart, and process it to perform tasks like sending an appropriate web-page, transmitting an email, or initiating a credit card charge. 
 
Domain Name
In order to make web pages easily accessible and avoid needing to remember their true numerical addresses (URLs), a system was developed permitting the retrieval of web pages using unique easy-to-remember common names: domain names.
 
Domain Name Registry
In order to maintain the uniqueness of domain names, each domain name must be registered with an appropriate domain name registry (NIC), which will verify that the name is not already in use.

Email Program
An email program is a software program that a computer uses to compose, send and receive email, via an Internet Service Provider. Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Communicator and Eudora all are examples of generic email programs.  They can be used interchangeably with a variety of different ISP's and can handle email in rich formats just like web pages, including pictures, graphics, sounds and other features within the body of the email, as well as multiple files attached to an email. 
 
In contrast, some ISP's (like America Online) provide their own proprietary email programs that do NOT possess the capabilities of the generic email programs.  Often they cannot include pictures, sounds or other features within the body of the email or transmit multiple file attachments. 

Home Page 
The first or entry page of a website is frequently referred to as a Home Page.
 
HTML
HTML is an abbreviation for HyperText Markup Language, which is the programming language that was created for coding web pages and controls the format, appearance and other characteristics of the content displayed in a web page.
 
Internet
The Internet is a communications network created by the U.S. Defense Dept. in 1969, but presently maintained by numerous private companies including MCI, GTE, Sprint, etc. The Internet now consists of countless interconnected networks and computers around the world.
 
Internet Search Engines and Directories
Internet search engines and directories are online services that function like a phone directory for the Internet and are used when trying to find a website for which the domain name is unknown.
 
Internet Service Provider
An Internet Service Provider (ISP) is a commercial company that provides computer users with access to the Internet for which they typically charge a monthly fee.
 
Internet Verification Service
Internet verification services certify the identity of a website that is using a secure server, by issuing a secure site certificate, after completing a process to formally verify the identity and legal status of the site's owner. 
 
Java
Java is a cross-platform programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. By definition, Java programs can run on any processor, which makes Java an ideal tool for use with the web, since the web must operate on many different processors.

JavaScript
JavaScript is a scripting language, developed by Netscape, which operates in a web browser after a web page has loaded. JavaScript enables considerably more flexibility in website design beyond what is possible in HTML alone, and can be used to provide animation or  interactivity on a web page.
 

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