INTERNET VOCABULARY Grades 4 and 5

INTERNET: a huge collection of computers all around the world

WWW: only part of the Internet, a collection of websites and pages of information

What can you do on the Internet?

Research, e-mail, chat, play games, shop, listen to music, watch videos, blog, tweet

S.M.A.R.T: word to remember ways to keep safe while surfing the Internet

WEB BROWSER: software used to look at web pages

i.e. I-Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome

URL: Uniform Resource Locator, the global address of documents and other resources on the WWW

WEB BROWSER TOOLBAR: picture buttons used as shortcuts to help navigate websites and

perform tasks.

i.e. BACK…..HOME……REFRESH…..SEARCH……PRINT…..FAVORITES

FAVORITES: bookmarks for web-addresses to sites used most often

SEARCH ENGINE: special websites that allow the user to search for information

i.e. Google, Ask, Kids Click, CBBC Find, Dogpile, Bing

SEARCH HELPERS: speech marks, + sign, - sign

HYPERLINKS: words, buttons, or pictures which link webpages together. Clicking on a .

hyperlink will take the user to another webpage

IMAGE MAP: a group of pictures used as hyperlinks.

E-MAIL: electronic mail

SPAM: junk e-mail