Internet terms

Updated: 05/06/2024 by Computer Hope

Internet terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 820 terms like e-mail, web page, URL, and hyperlink. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'M' to find terms like 'modem' in the 'M' section.

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Top 10 Internet terms
Download to laptop.

E-mail
Web page
URL
Chrome
Website
HTML
Hyperlink
Download
Browser
Modem

Number

+1
4Chan

A
Paperclip attachment

About:config
Above the fold
Account
Account sharing
Acid3
Active user
ActiveX
AdBlock
AdBlock Plus
AdChoices
Addiction
Address bar
AddThis
Ad injector
Adobe Flash
Adobe Portfolio
Ads
AdSense
Advertise
AdWords
Affiliate program
Aggregate
AIM
AJAX
Alt-tech
AMA
Amazon Music
Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime Day
Amazon Silk
Among Us
Analytics
Anchor
Angelfire
Anonymous FTP
Anycast
Aol Mail
App
Apple Mail
Application
App Tab
Archie
AR lens
ARPANET
Ask
ASMR
ASP
Atlas VPN
AT Protocol
Attachment
Audioblog
Authory
Authy
Autocomplete

B
Data going through fiber optic cable.

Back link
BAE
Bandcamp
BandLab
Banner
BBC
BCC
BCP
Before anyone else
BeReal
BHO
Bing
Bitcoin
Bitcoin cash
BITNET
Bittorrent
Blacklist
Blog
Blogger
Blogging
BlogHer
Bluesky
BookCorpus
Booked space
Bookmark
Bookmarklet
Bookmarks bar
Bootstrap
Bots
Bounce
Bounce Rate
Brave
Breadcrumb trail
Broadband
Broken link
Browse
Browser
Browser toolbar
Bubble
Buddy list
Buffer
Bulletin Board
Bump

C
CERN logo

C2C
Cable Modem
Cameo
Canvas
CAPTCHA
Catfish
CC
Cell style
CERN
CH
Chain mail
Chanfix
Characteristic
Chat
ChatGPT
Chat server
Check box
Chiclet
Chilling effect
Chrome
Chrome notifications
Chronically online
CISSP
Classmates
Claude
Clickbait
Click fraud
Clickjacking
Click rate
Clickthrough
Cloud computing
CloudFlare
Cloud gaming
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
CMS
CNCF
Color scheme
.COM
Compatibility view
Computer addiction
Connection time
Consumer
Content
Contextual advertising
Cookie
Cookies.txt
Cooldown
Copium
COPPA
Copypasta
Cornea gumbo
Coupon code
Cousin domain
CPA
CPanel
CPC
CPL
CPM
CPS
CPTM
Craigslist
Crawl
Crawler
CREN
Cross-browser
Cross-posting
Crowdfunding
Crowdsourcing
Cryptocurrency
CSNET
cURL
Cyber
Cyberbully
Cybercafe
Cyber law
Cyber Monday
Cyberphobia
Cybersex
Cyberspace
Cybersquatting

D
.com text

Dailymotion
DAO
Darknet
Dark Reader
Dark web
Data communication
Data plan
Datasheet
DDP
Deep link
Deep Web
DeviantArt
Dial-up
Diffchecker
Digital citizenship
Digital communications
Digital divide
Digital download
Digital footprint
Digital wallet
DIME
Dinosaur game
Disconnect
Discord
Disc spindle
Disney+
DLive
Dock
DOM
Domain
Domain squatting
Domain suffix
Doomscrolling
Dot-com
Download
Downstream
Doxing
Dropbox
Drop shipping
DSL Modem
DTube
Dub-dub-dub
DuckDuckGo
Duolingo
Dwolla
Dynamic website

E
E-mail notification

E-
E-commerce
E-learning
Electronic
ELI5
E-mail
Email
E-mail bomb
Emoji
Encode
Eternal September
EtherTalk
Etsy
Evernote
Expedia
ExpressVPN
External link
ezGIF

F
FTP over circuit board

Facebook
Facebook Gaming
Facebook poke
Face filter
FamilySearch
Favicon.ico
Favorite
Feed
Finsta
Firefox
First
Fiverr
Flash
FlashSession
Flickr
FNEA
Follower
Forgot password
Form
Forum
FoxServ
Free Fire
Freelancer
Friend
Friend list
Friend request
Friendster
FTP

G
Google logo

GA
Gaim
GDPR
Genius
Geofence
Geolocation
Geotargeting
Ghost blog
Ghost kitchen
GIFV
Giphy
GitHub
GIYF
Globally recognized avatar
Gmail
Gnash
Goat
Godwin's Law
GoFundMe
Google
Google+
Google Ad Manager
Google Ads
Google AdSense
Google AdWords
Google Analytics
Google Authenticator
Google bomb
Google Chrome
Google Classroom
Google Cloud Platform
Google Data Liberation Front
Google Daydream View
Google Docs
Google Doodle
Google Drawings
Google Drive
Google Duo
Google Fi
Google Fiber
Google Fonts
Google Forms
Google Keep
Google Maps Engine Lite
Google Meet
Google My Maps
Google Ngram Viewer
Google Photos
Google Sheets
Google Shopping
Google Slides
Google Tag Manager
Google Takeout
Google Translate
Google Workspace
Gopher
Gopherspace
Go word
Grammagram
Gramogram
Gravatar
Grawlix
Graymail
Greasemonkey
Grid
Griefer
GroupMe
GrubHub
Guestbook
Guest posting
Gzip

H
Hashtag inside of speech bubble.

Hacktivism
Hashtag
HBO Max
HCL
Hero image
Hit
Holy grail layout
Home
Home page
Homepage
Homestead
Hootsuite
Hosting
Hotlink
Hotlist
Hotspot
HTML
HTML compact attribute
HTML element
HTML font
HTML head
HTTP
HTTP server
Hugging Face
Hulu
Hyperlink
Hypertext

I
Map of the Internet

IAB
IAD
ICANN
ICRA
IE
IEN
IETF
IM
ImageShack
IMDb
iMesh
Imgur
Impression
Inbox
Incremental find
Incremental search
Index
Indiegogo
Inetd
Influencer
Information superhighway
Infotainment
Instant Message
Integrated Access Device
Internal link
Internet
Internet2
Internet cafe
Internet domain suffixes
Internet Explorer
Internet of Everything
Internet of Things
Internet Properties
Internet Protocol Television
Internet service daemon
Introduction
Inventory
IoE
IoT
IP cloaking
IPTV
IRC
ISC
ISP

J

Jabber
Jami
Java
JHTML
Jimdo
Joe Job
Junk mail folder

K
Kickstarter logo

K8s
KaZaA
Kebab menu
Keyword
Keyword stuffing
Kickstarter
Kijiji
Killed by Google
Killfile
Klout score
Konqueror
Kubernetes

L
Lynx logo

LastPass
Like
Link
Linkback
LinkedIn
Link farming
Linkjacking
Linktree
Listserv
Live bookmarks
Live preview
Live streaming
Loot box
Lyft
Lynx

M
Meta tag examples.

Magic link
Mailbox
Mail.com
Mail exploder
Mail list
Mail relay
Majordomo
Malicious
Malvertisement
ManageFlitter
MAPS
Mashup
MBN
Mechanical Turk
Meebo
Meme
Merch
Message
Message board
Messenger
MetaCrawler
MetaMask
Metasearch engine
Meta tag
Metaverse
Metcalfe's Law
MHTML
Mibbit
Microblogging
Microbrowser
Micropayments
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft knowledge base
Microtransaction
Mixer
MLG
Modem
Monetization
Mosaic
Mozilla Firefox
MSIE
MSN
Mullvad
My Activity
MySensors
MySpace

N
Internet cafe sign.

Naked URL
Nameserver
Name server
Napster
Necroposting
Neeva
Net
Net cafe
Netday
Netflix
Netiquette
Netizen
Netlify
Net neutrality
Netscape
Network neutrality
Newsgroup
Newsletter
News server
NFT
Nginx
Nickserv
NII
NordVPN
Notice

O
Outbox sending e-mail.

OASIS
Office 365
Office Online
Offline
Offline mode
Omegle
Omnibox
OneDrive
Online
Online auction
Online collaboration
Online dating
Online editing
Online music store
Online payment system
Online service
Online shopping
Online survey scam
Online video platform
ooVoo
Open Graph
Opera
Opt
Oracle of bacon
Outbox
Oversharenting

P
Hook pulling a 5-Euro note out of a wallet.

P2P
PAC
Packrat
PageRank
Page view
Pandora
Parasocial relationship
Parental controls
Patreon
PayPal
PayPal.Me
PC bangs
PCPartPicker
Peer-to-peer communication
Peer-to-peer network
Pepe the Frog
Permaban
Permalink
Pharming
Philo
Phishing
Photo filter
Photo-sharing site
PICS
Pingback
Ping storm
Pinterest
Pirate Bay
Pivot
PivotX
Playback
Plugin
Podcast
Poe's law
Poke
Pop-under
Pop-up
Portal
Power Automate
Powtoon
PPC
Pre-rendering
Price bot
Profile
Progressive Web Application
Project Gutenberg
Proof-of-Stake
PureVPN
Push technology
PWA

Q

QR Code
QuickTime
Quora

R
Artificial human robot.

RBL
RDF
Reaction video
ReCAPTCHA
Reciprocal link
Redbubble
Reddit
Red pill
Referral code
Reply
@reply
Repost
Request
Resource Description Framework
Responsive web design
Retweet
Rhapsody
Rich media
Rickroll
Robot
Robots.txt
RSAC
RSS
Ruffle
Rumble

S
Stick figure being smashed by Spam messages.

Safari
SafeSearch
Satellite
Savefrom.net
Save link as
Screen sharing
Screen Time
SeaMonkey
Search
Search bar
Search engine
Search string
Self-hosting
Selfie
Sensitive content
SEO
Server-side
Server-side scripting
Session cookie
SETI
SFW
Share
ShareThis
Shockwave
Shopbots
Shopify
Shorthand
Sign up
Silverlight
Site Map
Skydrive
Skype
Slacktivism
Slashdot
Slashdot effect
Slurp
Snopes
Social audio
Social bookmark
Social bookmarking
Social network
Social networking
Sony Crackle
SoundCloud
Spam
Spam account
Spammer
Spider
Spim
SPIT
Splinternet
Splog
Spotify
Squarespace
SSE
Stable Diffusion
Stadia
Starlink
STD
Stock photo
Stop words
Story
Stream
Streamer
Streamlabs
StumbleUpon
Subdomain
Subscribe
Substack
Surf
Surface Web
Surfing
Surfshark
SWF
Syncthing

T
Twitter logo

Tabbed browsing
Tabulator
Tag
Tampermonkey
Tawk.to
Teamspeak
Techcrunch
Teespring
Telecommuting
Telenet
Temu
Terraform
Testimonials
Theme
The Pirate Bay
The WELL
Thread
Thunderbird
Tier list
TikTok
Timeline
Tinder
TinyPNG
TLD
TL;DR
TLDR
TL;DW
TLDW
Torrent
Toxic
Trackback
Trello
Trending Topics
Trillian
Trip code
Triple play
Troll
TTFB
TW
Tweet
Tweeter
Twitch
Twitch Bits
Twitch Studio
Twitter
Twitter Moment
Typo squatting

U
TinyURL logo

Uber
UC Browser
Ukash
UltraViolet
Uncanny Valley
Upload
Upload/download
URI
URL
URL shortener
Usenet
User
User-created content
User-generated content
Userscript
uTorrent

V
Vimeo logo

Vanity search
Venmo
Ventrilo
Veronica
Video call
VidMate
Vidme
Vimeo
Vine
Viral
Virtual goods
Visitors
VK
Vlogging
VoIP
VPS
VRML
VTuber
Vudu
Vue
Vue.js

W
WWW text

W3C
W3Schools
WAIS
WAOL
Weaboo
Web
Web 2.0
Web3
Web application
Web-based proxy
Webcast
Webcomic
Web content editor
Web defacement
Web design
Web development
WebEx
Web farm
Web forwarding
Web host
Webisode
WebKit
Weblog
WebM
Webmail
WebP
Web page
WebQuest
Webring
Web scraping
Website
Website marketing
Weeb
Weebly
Weibo
WeTransfer
WeVideo
Whale
Whaling
Whitelist
WHOIS
Wi-Fi Direct
Wiki
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia
Windows Live
Wing
Winsock
Wix
WML
WordPress
WOTD
WPAD
WWW

X

X
X3D
Xbox Live
XML
XSL
XSLT

Y
YouTube logo

YaCy
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Kids
Yahoo! Pipes
Yandex
Yelp
YOLO
YouTube
YouTube Gaming
YouTube Music
YouTube Premium
YouTuber
YouTube Shorts
YouTube Studio
YouTube TV
YTMND

Z

Z:Lined
Zynga

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