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A single request is often called a "hit" on the web site. Saying there were "56 hits" on an item means that there were 56 separate requests for/from/associated with that item. The item may be a specific file, a particular referrer, or some other use of a resource by a single request.
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Connecting the different electronic devices in a household by way of a local area network (LAN).
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The home page is the first Web page you come to when you access a Web site.
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A computer system that is accessed by a user working at a remote location. Typically, the term is used when there are two computer systems connected by modems and telephone lines. The system that contains the data is called the host, while the computer at which the user sits is called the remote terminal.
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HyperText Markup Language: An authoring software language used on the World Wide Web. HTML is used for creating World Wide Web pages.
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HyperText Transfer Protocol: The Internet protocol that is used by the server and your computer to transfer the data between them. Commonly seen as the first part of a website address.
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The text you find on a Web site which can be "clicked on" with a mouse, which in turn will take you to another Web page or a different area of the same Web page.
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Text with links to other text. Documents written as hypertext contain text that when "clicked on" by the user with a mouse, links to other documents.
