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 * 5th Grade Technology Vocabulary**

Directions: Please use the links at the bottom of this page to research definitions for the following technology terms. Then describe and provide examples in your own words the following terms based upon what you've learned and experienced. To add your information, after logging in to the wiki using your name and password, choose to edit this page. Remember to click where you want your typing to go.

Words:

__Internet: A way of World Wide communication transported by satelite.

World Wide Web__the (WWW) is how we communicate ( Example: Email is world wide).

__network:Lots of computers connected to share information

WAN vs. LAN: LAN stands for Local Area Network, and WAN stands for Wide Area NEtwork

domain name: The abreviasion that goes after the IP address (domain name: __ An example of a domain name is www.hmco.com).

__browser-__Web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. ( Examples: Microsoft, Firefox, and Internet Explorer.)A person or thing that browses.



__URL-__

is the address of a website on the WWW.
__server-__A server is a computer program that delivers a service to people.

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