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).
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