| GigaX Series L3 Managed Switch User Guide |
Web browser | A software program that uses |
| (HTTP) to download information from (and upload to) web sites, |
| and displays the information, which may consist of text, graphic |
| images, audio, or video, to the user. Web browsers use |
| |
| include Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. See |
| also HTTP, web site, WWW. |
Web page | A web site file typically containing text, graphics and hyperlinks |
| |
| to pages on other web sites. When a user accesses a web site, |
| the first page that is displayed is called the home page. See also |
| hyperlink, web site. |
Web site | A computer on the Internet that distributes information to (and |
| gets information from) remote users through web browsers. A |
| web site typically consists of web pages that contain text, |
| graphics, and hyperlinks. See also hyperlink, web page. |
WWWWorld Wide Web
Also called (the) Web. Collective term for all web sites anywhere in the world that can be accessed via the Internet