Key Terms

Review the following list of key terms:

• chat— A text-based interactive discussion.

• email— An electronic message sent from one user to another on a network or the Internet.

• Network Access Point (NAP)— A facility that connects Internet backbone networks.

• newsgroup— An online bulletin board where users with a common interest can post messages and receive responses.

• newsreader— A client application that participates in a newsgroup.

• Point of Presence (POP)— An attachment point to the Internet leased by an ISP.

• World Wide Web— A client/server process that uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).