Compaq Evo Notebook PC n115 Users Guide Evo Notebook N115 - Page 114

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Glossary http:// This protocol commands the Web server to locate the Web site you requested and transmit the Web site to your computer. hyperlink An embedded link to another document. When you pass the cursor over a link (usually highlighted text or an image), a small hand with a pointed index finger is displayed. When you click the link, the document to which it points is automatically transferred to your computer-no matter where on the Internet the file is stored. See also HTML. I icon A small picture that represents a menu command, file, program, tool, or peripheral. interactive A computer program that responds to you as if you were having a conversation. You give instructions; the computer performs an action or requests additional information. Computer games, multimedia, and tutorials are interactive programs. interface A means of communication between two entities. A person and a computer interface through a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Two computers interface through a network or Internet connection. Internet A worldwide collection of computer networks that are interconnected so that users can share electronic information. Internet Explorer See Microsoft Internet Explorer. Internet keyboard A keyboard that resembles a typewriter keyboard, but is equipped with special buttons programmed to connect to the Internet. 8 Users Guide

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Users Guide
Glossary
http://
This protocol commands
the Web server to locate the Web
site you requested and transmit
the Web site to your computer.
hyperlink
An embedded link to
another document. When you
pass the cursor over a link
(usually highlighted text or an
image), a small hand with a
pointed index finger is
displayed. When you click the
link, the document to which it
points is automatically
transferred to your
computer—no matter where on
the Internet the file is stored.
See also
HTML.
I
icon
A small picture that
represents a menu command,
file, program, tool, or peripheral.
interactive
A computer
program that responds to you as
if you were having a
conversation. You give
instructions; the computer
performs an action or requests
additional information.
Computer games, multimedia,
and tutorials are interactive
programs.
interface
A means of
communication between two
entities. A person and a
computer interface through a
monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
Two computers interface
through a network or Internet
connection.
Internet
A worldwide
collection of computer networks
that are interconnected so that
users can share electronic
information.
Internet Explorer
See
Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Internet keyboard
A
keyboard that resembles a
typewriter keyboard, but is
equipped with special buttons
programmed to connect to the
Internet.