Typically a network comprised of two or more LANs, a WAN is a network that is not compressed into one geographic location, but rather spread out over a larger area.
A program that displays Web pages from the Internet.
A basic unit that the Web uses to display information (including text, pictures, animation, audio, and video clips). A Web page can also contain hyperlinks to the same page or to other Web pages (on the same or a different Web server).
A computer or a program running on a computer that provides information to a Web browser program.
A setting that determines whether colors look warm (reddish) or cool (bluish). Measured in degrees Kelvin, with warm white points having lower temperatures than cool white points.
A run of blank spaces, tab characters, or both.
A character that represents a range of characters in a regular expression. For example, an asterisk stands for any individual character.
Software that replicates like a virus but without attaching itself to other software. It may be benign or malicious. Compare to Trojan horse and virus.
The process of locking a disk so that it cannot be erased, have its name changed, have files copied to it or duplicated from it, or have files or folders it contains moved to the Desktop or trash.