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Back
/ Forward |
Buttons
in most browsers' Tool Button Bar, upper left. BACK
returns you to the document previously viewed. FORWARD
goes to the next document, after you go BACK. If it
seems like the BACK button does not work, check if
you are in a new Netscape window; some Web pages are
programmed to open a new window when you click on
some links. Each window has its own short-term search
HISTORY. If this does not work, use GO to select the
page you want (some Web pages are programmed to disable
BACK). |
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Backbone |
A
high-speed line or series of connections that forms
a major pathway within a network. The term is relative
as a backbone in a small network will likely be much
smaller than many non-backbone lines in a large network.
See also Network. |
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Bandwidth |
How
much stuff you can send / receive through a connection.
Usually measured in bits-per-second (bps.) A full
page of English text is about 16,000 bits. A fast
modem can move about 57,000 bits in one second. Full-motion
full-screen video would require roughly 10,000,000
bits-per-second, depending on compression. |
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Baud |
In
common usage the baud rate of a modem is how many
bits it can send or receive per second. Technically,
baud is the number of times per second that the carrier
signal shifts value - for example a 1200 bit-per-second
modem actually runs at 300 baud, but it moves 4 bits
per baud (4 x 300= 1200 bits per second). |
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BBS
-- (Bulletin Board System) |
A
computerized meeting and announcement system that
allows people to carry on discussions, upload and
download files, and make announcements without the
people being connected to the computer at the same
time. In the early 1990's there were many thousands
(millions?) of BBS?s around the world, most are very
small, running on a single IBM clone PC with 1 or
2 phone lines. Some are very large and the line between
a BBS and a system like AOL gets crossed at some point,
but it is not clearly drawn. |
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| Billing
Contact |
The
person responsible for the payment aspects of a domain
registered with us. All correspondence associated
with payments in relation to the domain will be sent
to the Billing Contact e-mail address. |
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Binary |
Information
consisting entirely of ones (1) and zeros (0). Also,
commonly used to refer to files that are not simply
text files, e.g. images etc. |
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Binhex
(BINary HEXadecimal) |
A
method for converting non-text files (non-ASCII) into
ASCII. This is needed because Internet e-mail can
only handle ASCII. |
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