1. Vocabulary 2 Internet Vocabulary

2. online On the internet

3. internet A system that connects billions of computers around the world.

4. Web site Many pages made by one person or company and linked together

5. Web page A page on the internet with information and links to other pages.

6. home page The first/main page for a website.

7. link Words you can click on to open another page

8. Text box A white box in which you can type one line of text (a couple of words)

9. Text area A white box in which you can type several/many lines of text

10. scroll Move up or down the page

11. Cursor The blinking line that shows where your text will go if you type

12. Drop down box A text box with an arrow at the end; click on it to see a list of choices

13. back The icon that takes you to the last page you looked at

14. browser The program you use to open the internet (Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox are the most common ones)

15. search To look for information

16. Search engine A web site that searches the internet for information you want

17. URL Website address