Internet Terms

• e-mail

• home-page-the initial or first page of a Web site.

• HTML-an acronym for hypertext markup language.

• HTTP-an acronym for hypertext transport protocol.

• Internet

• online

• URL-an acronym for Universal Resource Locator, the computer or Web address of a World Wide Web page.

• Web-shortened version of "World Wide Web."

• Web address-If a Web address falls at the end of a sentence, use a period or rewrite the sentence. "URL" is another name used for "Web address."

• Web page-two words, with the first capitalized.

• Web site-two words with the first capitalized.

• World Wide Web-also known as the shortened version of "Web."

• WWW

• www.wright.edu - don't use an ending slash (/) for a Web address which ends with .edu, .com, etc. However, for addresses that end with a directory name, include the ending slash (e.g., www.wright.edu/admissions/) to speed response time and ensure access by Web browsers.

• WSU Home-use this format for the link from your Web site back to www.wright.edu