A-Z Of The Internet

[mikemiller]

S STICKY NOTE - on the internet, the electronic equivalent of a paper "sticky note", . ie a reminder note that remains in a prominent position on a website page. For example , the rules for posting on that particular website.

 

[Lindum]

T - TAB. On an internet browser a tab is a clickable area at the top of a window that shows another page or area.

 

[mikemiller]

U UPLOAD - Transfer of data from one computer to another. For example, putting web pages, images, files, etc., onto a web server.

 

[Lindum]

V - VIRUS. One of the pleasures of the internet.

 

[sixpence]

WWW - World Wide Web

 

[mikemiller]

X XMM - extended memory manager

 

[Lindum]

Y - YouTube. An online video sharing and social media platform owned by Google. It is the second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day.
Mike frequently links music videos to his A-Z suggestions, some of which have introduced me to music I had not heard before.

 

[mikemiller]

Z ZIP FILES -compressed files that take up less disk/memory space than normal files. Useful when transfering lagre files over the internet, between laptops, etc. I have even used them myself.

 

[Lindum]

Z ZIP FILES -compressed files that take up less disk/memory space than normal files. Useful when transfering lagre files over the internet, between laptops, etc. I have even used them myself.

Me too. I download a lot of radio drama from archive.org and they are zipped. I use free software to unzip called 7-Zip.

 

[herringthorpe]

Well Done Everyone! Don't we know a lot about the Internet!!!