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• A - includes ansi.
• B - includes baud.
• C - includes css.
• D - includes dos.
• E - includes ethernet.
• F - includes fdisk.
• G - includes gopher.
• H - includes host.
• I - includes intranet.
• J - includes java.
• K - includes kazaa.
• L - includes link.
• M - includes mail bomb.

• N - includes newsletter.
• O - includes openGL.
• P - includes packet.
• Q - includes quake.
• R - includes ram.
• S - includes spam.
• T - includes telnet.
• U - includes unix.
• V - includes v90.
• W - includes web.
• X - includes xml.
• Y - includes y2k.
• Z - includes zip.

Welcome to Internet-Guide.co.uk

The aim of this website to help inform the general user about the technicalities of the Internet and World Wide Web. We may as well begin with a general definition of what both are. The Internet can be best described as a massive worldwide network of inter-connected computer networks. The way they communicate is by a standard Internet Protocol (IP). The computer networks which make up the overall 'Internet' consist of various information and services like email (electronic mail), online games, file download, online chat, and the World Wide Web (WWW) which is a system of inter linked Web pages. Quite a few people mistakenly believe the Internet and the World Wide Web are the same thing. This is not so, the Internet is the hardware and protocols which make up the network of inter-connected computer networks. Whereas the World Wide Web is a collection of inter-connected documents.

Latest Term - Smiley

A smiley is most commonly used to convey an emotion in text communications for chat programs and on the World Wide Web for bulletin boards. They help convey a real life voice change or facial expression which are difficult to perform in text messages. A message conceived as rude or insulting in text can be transformed into a joke with a happy smiley logo. They are therefore very useful to help people not misinterpret the intent of a text message. Below is an example of some of the most common smiley logo's

The above smiley logo's are part of the vBulletin bulletin board package. read

Latest Topic - Internet Slang

There are many phrases often used online, they include;

• lol - Laugh Out Loud
• ffs - For f***'s sake
  
• stfu - Shut The F*** Up
  
• lmao - Laughing My Ass Off
• afk - Away From Keyboard
  
• rofl - Roll On Floor Laughing
  
• omg - Oh My God
  
• brb - Be Right Back
• cu - See You
  
• imo - In My Opinion
  
• bbl - Be Back Later
  
• btw - By The Way
  
• g2g/gtg - Got To Go
• n00b - New User
  
• imho - In My Honest Opinion
  
• wtf - What The F***?
  

Beginners Guide

• What is the Internet
• Getting started on the Internet
• Connection FAQ
• World Wide Web
• Domain Names
• Finding Web Sites
• Basics of Search
• WWW Error Messages
• Netiquette
• Downloading
• Safe Shopping Guide

Popular Topics

• Browsers
• Chat Programs
• Email
• File Sharing
• FTP
• HTML
• Linux
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• Perl
• Search Engines
• Security
• TCP/IP
• Viruses

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