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Netiquette
The
etiquette on the Internet.
See
Also: Internet
Netizen
Derived
from the term citizen, referring to a citizen of the Internet,
or someone who uses networked resources. The term connotes civic
responsibility and participation.
See
Also: Internet
Netscape
A
WWW Browser and the name of a company. The Netscape (tm)
browser was originally based on the Mosaic program developed
at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
Netscape has grown in features rapidly and is widely recognized
as the best and most popular web browser. Netscape corporation
also produces web server software.
Netscape provided major improvements in speed and interface over
other browsers, and has also engendered debate by creating new
elements for the HTML language used by Web pages -- but
the Netscape extensions to HTML are not universally supported.
The main author of Netscape, Mark Andreessen, was hired away from
the NCSA by Jim Clark, and they founded a company called Mosaic
Communications and soon changed the name to Netscape Communications
Corporation.
See
Also: Browser , Mosaic , Server , WWW
Network
Any
time you connect 2 or more computers together so that they can
share resources, you have a computer network. Connect 2 or more
networks together and you have an internet.
See
Also: internet , Intranet
Newsgroup
The
name for discussion groups on USENET.
See
Also: USENET
NIC
(Networked
Information Center) -- Generally, any office that handles information
for a network. The most famous of these on the Internet is the
InterNIC, which is where new domain names are registered.
Another definition: NIC also refers to Network Interface Card
which plugs into a computer and
adapts the network interface to the appropriate standard. ISA,
PCI, and PCMCIA cards are all examples of NICs.
NNTP
(Network
News Transport Protocol) -- The protocol used by client
and server software to carry USENET postings back
and forth over a TCP/IP network. If you are using
any of the more common software such as Netscape, Nuntius,
Internet Explorer, etc. to participate in newsgroups then
you are benefiting from an NNTP connection.
See
Also: Newsgroup , TCP/IP , USENET
Node
Any
single computer connected to a network.
See
Also: Network , Internet
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