Networking

A powerful computer that stores websites and apps, “serves them up” to client devices upon request.

Your web browser, the program that requests resources from a web server and displays them to you.

Paying a company to store your website’s files and data on a server so it’s accessible 24/7.

A marketing buzzword for services provided over the internet, rather than locally on your device.

Watching a video or listening to audio in “real-time”, as it’s sent to you, rather than downloading first.

Receiving data from a remote system. Contrast with uploading data to a remote system.

A website that finds other websites based on keywords.

The most essential internet communication tool. You’ll need an email address for most online services.

The part of a URL that identifies a website, like google.com or en.wikipedia.org.

How much data you can send over a connection in a given time. ISPs state speeds in Mbps.