Vocabulary

e-mail

Definition: messages sent and received electronically (as between terminals linked by telephone lines or microwave relays).
Context: Each day, the staff makes a list of that day's e-mail.

modem

Definition: A device that converts information from your computer into signals that can travel through telephone lines.
Context: A modem takes information from your computer and turns it into a signal that can travel through the telephone lines.

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Definition: The address of a Web page, which allows people to find the page on the Internet.
Context: A Web page address is called a URL; that is an acronym that stands for uniform resource locator.

animation

Definition: A series of still pictures that appear to be moving.
Context: Some Web sites have graphics that move on the screen called animation.

scanner

Definition: A device that allows one to convert pictures into images on the computer.
Context: You can also use a scanner to turn pictures into images on the computer that you can put on your Web site.

Revolution

Definition: A sudden, radical, or complete change.
Context: Revolution of technology has changed the way we work, travel and communicate.

Navigate

Definition: To steer a course through a medium.
Context: Sailors used to have to navigate using a compass and by figuring out where they were in relationship to the stars.