Basic WWW Terms

browser - An Internet search tool, such as Mosaic or lynx; browsers are distinguished from other search tools (like Archie) in that browsers enable you to search through hypertext links.lynx - A Web browser, text-based rather than graphical. hypertext - A form of electronic documentation with built-in links to other documents, themselves frequently hypertext, and so on. URL (Uniform Resource Locator) - Roughly, the address of something on the Internet, including information about how to go about accessing something on the Internet. Used by Web browser tools.WWW (World Wide Web) - The overarching term for the sum of all the hypertext documents that a linked together via a special protocol called Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).members of the mailing list. 

Basic Mail List Terms

mailing lists - are groups of individuals who contact each other via e-mail to discuss specific topicsLISTSERV - A program designed to copy and distribute a single piece of e-mail submitted by one member to the other members

LISTSERVS

Listservs are discussion forums arranged around a given topic. To sign onto a listserv discussion forum you use your e-mail system. The concept is similar to that of subscribing to a magazine. You address your message to the listserv address and ask the listserv to add you to their subscription list.     Example: Subscribing to the listserv discussion group Literacy               TO: listserv@nysernet.org (listserv address)               SUBJ: (leave this line blank)               MESSAGE: subscribe LITERACY firstname lastname     That's all there is to it. You will then receive instructions on how to use the listserv. Note that there is a difference between the listserver address and the address you will use to hold discussions on the list. The listserver address is used to subscribe and unsubscribe from the discussion forum. The address used to post comments to the list is called the list address, and is different from the listserver address--the list address will be sent to you with the welcome  message. For a list of listservs appropriate for adult education and community based organizations contact: 

This page was taken from:Eland, Tom. MN/SD Regional Adult Literacy Resource Center, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN. October 1995
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