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Select the first letter of the word from the list above to jump to appropriate section of the glossary or type the term on which you want to search.
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HotBot- a popular search engine on the World Wide Web.
Hotmail- a free browser-based email service hosted by Microsoft that allows a user to send and receive email from any location in the world.
hourglass icon- in Windows, the cursor changes to an hourglass while the program is processing, indicating that the user must wait for the function to complete. The hourglass is the equivalent of the watch icon in the Macintosh operating system.
HTML- (HyperText Markup Language) the coding language developed by Tim Berners-Lee, which is readable by a Web browser, used to create Web pages on the Internet.
HTTP- (HyperText Transfer Protocol) the protocol that allows the transfer of many documents on the World Wide Web. This is the familiar http:// seen at the beginning of many URLs.
hub- a center or origin point for devices containing many ports comprising a network.
Human Click- realtime, interactive chat program available to Website managers and webmasters allowing visitors to ask questions about products, services etc. without having to first register. A visitor simply clicks an icon on the site and an audio/visual alert lets the business know a user is making contact.
hyperlink- sometimes simply referred to as link, a component of a Web page that when clicked with the mouse, takes the user to another Web page. A hyperlink may be displayed as a common URL such as www.dell.com, it may appear as a name such as Dell, or it may be contained in a graphic image or photograph. When appearing as text, it is usually displayed in a color different than that of the main body of text. When the mouse cursor is directed over the link, the arrow usually changes to the hand icon.
hypermedia- hyperlinks on a Website that connect a user to video, sound and enhanced graphics.
hypertext- any onscreen text containing links to other pages or files not necessarily of the same or even similar formats. For example, a computerized tutorial for learning how to use a typewriter might contain hypertext. After introducing a particular concept, the tutorial might prompt the user to “see lesson 7 for more information” and provide a link to that lesson. Web pages are classic examples of documents that use hypertext. see hyperlink.
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A few words from Tech Support:
"When you have a tech on the phone walking you through changing a setting, read the paper. We don't actually mean for you to do anything. We just love to hear ourselves talk."
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