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What we want to do...
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Tech-talk term
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Spelled out
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exchange messages
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email
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Electronic Mail
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POP
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Post Office Protocol
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SMTP
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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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IM
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Instant messages, Instant Messaging
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move files around
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FTP
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File Transfer Protocol
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prepare and share web documents
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WWW
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World Wide Web
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prepare and share web documents
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URL
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Uniform Resource Locator
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HTTP
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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HTML
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Hypertext Transfer Markup Language
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XML
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Extensible Markup Language
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CSS
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Cascading Style Sheet
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PDF
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Portable Document Format
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enable disparate computers to communicate
wih each other across the globe
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TCP/IP
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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
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IP (Address)
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Internet Protocol Address,
eg 64.5.64.21
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DNS
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Domain Name Service
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Internet Shopping Do's
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Do's
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Before you enter any sensitive personal information (Credit Card Numbers, Social Security Number) make sure the site you're on is using a Secure Certificate. You can quickly check to see if the page you're on is secure by looking in the lower right of your browser and verify that the small lock icon is closed.
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