Web Speak

Online: Connected o the Internet through telephone or other means, usually by a modem

Online: Connected o the Internet through telephone or other means, usually by a modem.World Wide Web: That portion of the internet in which we see graphical display of information for commercial or promotional purposes. Address: A unique identifier that provides a location of an internet site located on a computer (a server) or network of computers. Examples: GoflWeb can be reached at http://www.golfweb.com/ Alternatively GoflWeb Europe a www.golfweb.co.uk Golf Digest at http://www.golf.com American PGA at http://www.igolf.com/Cybercasting: The method of disseminating live, online programming to users via the internet.Hits: The number of times a server is asked to provide information for a specific web page. Hits do not equal visitors, however, because to download a single page of a web site onto your computer may require multiple "hits" to the server depending on the number of graphic and specialised programming elements.Homepage: The main entrance of a site, the first page that the visitor sees after entering the address. Often, it acts like a magazine's table of contents.

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