- The Net (Internet)
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A Worldwide network of thousands of Computer Systems that are connected and share resources (E-Mail, Resources etc.).
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- WWW (World Wide Web)
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A collection of Computer Systems on the Internet that allow user to graphically work on them. This requires the user to be using a GUI Browser Program. Not all systems on the Internet are to be considered as part of the WWW. All sites on the World Wide Web has an address that starts with a www.
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- Browser Program
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A software product that allows users to make Internet connections via the use of on-screen icons, images, and Text. The user's system must be running some type of GUI System to be able to use a Browser Program (Microsoft Windows 3.1/95, Machintosh O/S, or IBM OS/2 for example.).
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- Internet Service Provider
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(Compuserve, Genie, Progidy, American Online, Microsoft Network, AT&T, MCI as well as many regional providers) A company with Computer Systems connected to the Internet. These companies allow users pay a subscribe fee to access to their systems which they can use to access the Internet. Most of these providers also provide the user with a custom GUI Browser Program to use while connected to their Computer Systems and the Internet. A word of caution: Make sure to look at the fees you pay for this Internet access (hourly or one single monthly fee).
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- DNS - Designated Name Server
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A computer system used by an Internet Service Provider to allow subscribers to determine the physical address when given the URL (Uniform Resource Locator). Kirkwood like any other organization connected to the Internet has it's own private Designated Name Server.
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- HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol
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A way of creating movement links in documents that allows for users to move from on area to another via these hyper links. These page movements that are actuated simply by clicking the mouse on a section that has the HyperLink. Most of these hyperlinks are characterized by text that is formatted differently that the rest of the main document (usually in a different color).
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- URL - Uniform Resource Locator
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A standardized naming convention used to identify resources located on the Internet (i.e. www.cnet.com). The www stands for an Internet Site that is also part of the World Wide Web. The // stands for an electronically maintained connection to a resource (i.e. location) across a computer network.
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- Search Engine
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An Internet Site (normally a www site) that helps users locate resources on the Internet. A Search Engine is the only way to find things on the Internet due to there being hundreds of thousands of sites to look at and tens of millions of Web Pages to search. When using a Search Engine the users must input some type of textual search string for the Search Engine to scan its database (information archive) of existing sites on the Internet. Please note that some Search Engines are optimized for finding specific things such as people (i.e. www.whowhere.com).
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- Web Page
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A Specific HTML Coded Document that is located on a WWW site. This HTML File is interpreted by a Browser Program that processes the code into a viewable document. Example: the section of the Web Page tenlist.htm is located in the Most Wanted section of the FBI Internet Site. Please note that HTML is simply a Standardized way of coding text and graphics to allow them to be displayed on a virtual document that looks the same on every computer system with a compatible Browser Program.
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- HTML Hypertext Markup Language
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HTML is a Standardized way of coding text and graphics to allow them to be displayed on a virtual document that looks the same on every computer system with a compatible Browser Program.
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- Site Extensions (sitename.gov, .com, .edu, .org, and .Country Abbreviation)
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Extensions are used to distinguish what type of organization the Internet Site is associated with. .gov stands for Government, .com for Commercial, .edu for Educational, .org for Organization, and .au for some sites in Australia (other countries have different abbreviations). Please note that due to the growth of sites on the Internet that newer sites may not necessarily follow these naming rules. Example: Kirkwood Community College has the URL of http://www.kirkwood.cc.ia.us because it does not meet the 4 year institution requirement for .edu. Also make sure to always use lower caps when typing any address on the Internet. Many systems on the Internet use an Operating System called UNIX and it makes a very big difference if you use upper caps instead.
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- HawkID
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The University of Iowa has been using a standardized naming convention when creating user accounts within the organization. All users have been assigned unique named identifiers (HawkID's) that are associated with specific users in the UI community. The HawkID name is the same as a user's Blue (E-Mail) name as well as Novell Login name. Information Technology Services (ITS) is currently consolidating usernames among different systems within the University of Iowa (UI). On January 15, 2003 ITS will be converting the all systems including Blue (UI E-Mail system) to use this standard (HawkID) and associated password. The new HawkID passwords will by default be set to an 8-digit code that incorporates your birth month, birth date and the last 4 digits of your social security number. For a person born on April 14th and with a SSN of 481-54-4567 the default password would be “04144567”. Please note there is a web-based tool to reset you HawkID password (URL: https://login.uiowa.edu/uip/change-password.page) that allows users to change their password to something that is easier to remember. If you want to reset you HawkID password and prefer to speak to a “live” person you can call the ITS HelpDesk at 4-4357 (4-HELP). Please note that the system will not allow for common text combinations to be used. A proper password should contain at least 6 characters and use both textual letters and numbers.
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- Password
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A password is a key that is associated with a user name or login name. The password that is entered along with a user name is used as a unique identifier for specific systems. Passwords should be at least 6 characters in length and contain both numeric and alphabetic characters. Also it is a good idea to change password at regular intervals. Changing a password once a year is a good suggestion as a minimal precaution to avoid users gain access to restricted resources. Changing password more often is always better. Please note that passwords should never contain names or items that are easily guessed by person's familiar with the user.
