Dial-up and Terminal Emulation

At best it is the simplest method of connecting to the net. You just need a PC with modem and an account from ISP.  In this case the computer uses terminal emulation software and not TCP/IP to talk to the Internet host computer.  The host computer in turn uses TCP/IP connect to the Internet. 

Client Server Architecture

A design model for applications running on a network, in which the bulk of the back-end processing, such as performing a physical search of a databased, takes place on a server.  The front-end processing, which involves communication with the user, is handled by smaller programs distributed to the client workstations. The client/server processing concept is an extension of shared device processing.  A number of operation systems support TCP/IP protocol.  These include Netware Windows NT and Windows 2000.

Netware Client Server-

In this model, both application and data reside on the file server.  When a network user needs access to the application and  the data both are loaded over the network onto that user's workstation.  In fact, the client program running on a workstation or PC is responsible for all interaction with the user.

Windows NT-

With the features like built-in remote access, administrative wizards, network management, support for Netware directory Services an Internet server, this has become a very useful tool for network administration.  The wizards in it would guide you to various common asks, such as adding a user or printer, or sharing your PCs resources.

What is Search Engine

A special software that enable to systematically search the Web .  All you need is to provide a few key words (called 'query') about the desired  topic and the Search Engine will provide you a Web Page listing on the topic.  Some of the popular search engines are Alta Vista ; India Times; Google; Yahoo; and Info seek etc.

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

It is used at the communication protocol to transport hypertext documents over the internet.  It tells the server what to send to the client, so the client can view webpages.  FTP site or other areas on the Net. The HTTP is a method used on Internet to access information.  It work in combination with the World Wide Web (WWW), Which is responsible for accessing hyper text document.

Uniform resource locator(URL)

A URL describes the location and a method of accessing a resource on  the internet.  For example, the URL "http://www.adobe.com" may lead you to the home page of the company called Adobe Corporation, makers of various publishing software like page Maker, etc.  Each URL is unique .  It identifies a particular point on the Internet.  It consists of a string that supplies the Internet address of a resource on the WWW along with the protocol by which the resource is accessed.  The most common URL types are 'gopher' which gives the Internet address of a Gopher directory, and 'FTP' which gives the address of a FTP resource.  All Web sites have URLs.  One could say a URL is what a telephone number is to a telephone or a street address is to a house.

What is e-mail address

As mentioned above the e-mail address of the publishing company is abc@nda.vsnl.net.in.  In this case abc is the user name.  The @ t the rate) symbol in the middle is a must.  Then after that you have the various codes, as mentioned above.  In spoken terms this would the mentioned as'abc @nda dot vsnl dot net dot in'.

What is Web Address

An Web address uniquely identifies a node on the Internet.  Web address may also refer to the name or IP of a Web site (URL).