Host: Any device connected via an IP address to a network.

HTML: Hypertext Markup Language. Tagging language used to create Web pages.

HTTP: Hypertext Transfer protocol. The method used to transmit data over the Web.

Hub: A central connecting device in a network that joins all the computers and other devices together.

Icon: A small picture used to present a file, program, or action on the screen. Users use the mouse to interact with icons.

Indents: Determine how far the edges of a paragraph are from the margins.

Inheritance: A process by which when NTFS permissions are assigned to a parent folder, all the same permissions are applied to the subfolders and files of that parent folder.

Installation requirements: The required configuration of a computer to install software.

Internet: A network of many computers and networks spanning the globe.

Intranet: A network with Internet-like features intended to be used only within an organization to share information and not by the general public.

IP (Internet Protocol) address: Written as four sets of numbers separated by periods (for example, 192.171.64.2) that identify where a computer is located on the network.

IPCONFIG: A command line prompt that identifies your current TCP/IP settings.

ISP: Internet Service Provider. A company that provides an access point to the Internet.

Kerberos: An Internet security protocol that authenticates users.

Left indent: How far from the left margin to position a paragraph.

Left justified: Aligns text along the left margin, with the right edge left ragged.

Link: Text or a graphic used to display another Web page.

Local area network (LAN): A network that connects a group of users in the same physical location (such as in one building) so that they can share information and resources, like printers and files, with each other.

Local printer: A printer attached directly to your computer.

Mapping: A process that makes the folder or drive appear as an icon in My Computer just as if the drive itself was inside your computer.

Margin: The space around the edges of a page.

Maximize button: The second button at the right of a window's Title bar. Used to expand a window to fit the entire screen.