Browser:
Client software application used to access, navigate and traverse information over the World Wide Web. Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and the Google Chrome are the widely used web browsers.
CGI (Common Gateway Interface): A standard method for a web browser to forward a request from the user to an application program and receive data back from the application program to send it back to the user. A typical use of CGI is in form processing, where it is used in conjunction with the HTML forms to build database applications.
Database: A database is a collection of logically related information that is organized so that it can facilitate ease of access, search and updates. The databases are usually classified on the basis of content. These databases can be put up on the World Wide Web where the users can access and add the information to them.
Domain Name: A domain name is a name that identifies a network location over the Internet. A domain name is in the format: server dot organization dot type. In a web address like www dot webmedia dot com, webmedia.com is the domain name where the suffix 'com' indicates the top level domain (TLD). Apart from TLDs, there are second-level and third-level domain names that are open for reservation by users that wish to the create Internet publicly accessible Internet resources.
E-mail: Electronic mail or e-mail is a method of exchanging digital messages like electronic text and computer files over a communications network like the Internet, etc. The e-mail server forwards, receives and stores files on the behalf of the users. The users only need to connect to the e-mail server client with a network-enabled device to digitally send and receive files.
FTP: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol that defines the transfer of files from one computer to another on a TCP/IP network like the Internet.
Internet Service Provider (ISP): ISP is a company that provides its customer's access to the Internet. The company allows the users to connect using a data transmission technology viable for delivering IP data, such as a modem, dial-up, DSL, cable connection or wireless. Some of the prominent ISPs are AOL and Prodigy.