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TOGY4W32 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bookmark (computer) | a user's reference to a page on the World Wide Web, usually in the form of a URL and a title or comment string.Most browsers store a list of bookmarks to allow you to quickly locate webpages you want to refer to again |
| Browser | a program that accesses and displays files and other data available on the Internet and other networks. Entering a website's URL in the address window of a browser will bring up that website in the browser's main window |
| Home page | 1) the opening or main page of a website, intended chiefly to greet visitors and provide information about the site or its owner; 2) the default page which loads in a user's browser, and which the user may specify |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language. It is the primary language used to construct the World Wide Web |
| Hypertext | a method of storing data through a computer program that allows a user to connect various documents (or webpages) via clickable cross-references known as “links," which are generally signified by pictures, icons, or underlined text |
| Network | a system containing any combination of computers, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunication cables or radio signals, and used to transmit or receive information |
| Search engine | a computer program that searches documents, especially on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or phrase and gives a list of documents in which they are found |
| Site | web site |
| Surf | to browse or search casually through a computer network or TV channels for information or entertainment |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator: an Internet address (eg consisting of the access protocol (http), the domain name (www.hmco.com), and optionally the path to a file or resource residing on that server (trade) |
| Communist regime | a ruling governmental system controlled by Communist Party members and operated under Communist principles |
| Coup (“koo") (1) | 1)unexpected, decisive, clever, and highly successful stroke of action; |
| Coup (“koo") (2) | 2) abbreviation of coup d'état (“koo dey-TAH”). A coup does not involve a mass uprising. Rather, in the typical coup, a small group of politicians or generals arrests the leaders, seizes the radio and television services, and proclaims itself in power. |
| Coup d'état | French for "stroke of the state” or “blow to the gov't |
| Glasnost (1) | a Russian word meaning "openness," which describes the policy of Mikhail Gorbachev, premier of the former Soviet Union. |
| Glasnost (2) | The term refers to a general loosening of the Soviet totalitarian control. It included making government dealings transparent, talking frankly about political/economic realities, and permitting criticism of government policies |
| Solidarity (1) | 1) union or fellowship arising from common interests, experiences, or responsibilities; |
| Solidarity (2) | 2) a labor union in Poland, independent of the gov't and of the Polish Communist party. Membership of several million in the early 1980s. Led by Lech Walesa. Played a major part in replacement of communism in Poland by a multiparty, democratic gov't |
| Strategic | 1) pertaining to strategy; intended to leave an enemy incapable of retaliation in war; 2) essential to the conduct of a war or to a battle strategy |
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