Acronym Finder : Find the meaning of the acronym. Easy to use http://www.mtnds.com/af/
Airborne Express Tracking: http://www.airborne-express.com/trace/index.htm
Dictionary - ONELOOK : Hundreds of dictionaries are linked for one easy search. http://www.onelook.com/
FedEx Tracking : http://www.fedex.com/us/tracking/
Find a Discussion Forum : Do you have a question and don't have a source for an answer? Go to this Internet forum search tool and find help. http://www.forumone.com/
Futures and Options Glossaries: Chicago Mercantile Exchange: http://www.cme.com/market/glossary.html
Glossary of Insurance and Financial Planning Terms: A good resource in this narrow area of insurance and financial planning prepared by Dr. Norma Neilson of Oregon State University. http://www.bus.orst.edu/faculty/nielson/glossary/glos_idx.htm
Glossary of Insurance and Financial Planning Terms: A good resource in this narrow area of insurance and financial planning prepared by Dr. Norma Neilson of Oregon State University. http://www.bus.orst.edu/faculty/nielson/glossary/glos_idx.htm
MapQuest : Map an address, look at a city guide find driving directions. http://www.mapquest.com/
New York Stock Exchange Glossary: http://www.nyse.com/public/glos/glostoc.html
Oasis Management Glossary: This consulting firm provides an extensive financial Glossary http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/
UPS Tracking : http://wwwapps.ups.com/etracking/tracking.cgi
United States Post Office Tracking : http://www.usps.gov/cttgate/
Web Investor’s Dictionary: This is a very extensive dictionary of financial terms with hundreds of items. http://www.webinvestors.com/dict.html
Web Investor’s Dictionary: This is a very extensive dictionary of financial terms with hundreds of items. http://www.webinvestors.com/dict.html
ZIP Code Search : The US Post office offers an easy ZIP Code search. http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/
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The Digital Financier's Glossary of Internet and Financial Web Terms
Application: An expression that normally refers to software designed for a specific use such as a word processor.
Automated Clearing House (ACH): A electronic system that connects depositories so they can transfer funds between accounts in different depositories handling such transactions as direct deposits of social security checks and payrolls, preauthorized bill-payments, and corporate cash concentration.
Bandwidth: The amount of information that can be transmitted at one time through a communication channel.
Bit: The smallest unit of information in the digital environment. Eight bits equals one byte which is the equivalent to one letter in a word-processor.
Browser: A Web reader that resides on a user's, or client computer, that provides access to files of information from server computers.
CERN: The European Laboratory for Particle Physics.
Content: A expression used to describe relevant information in a given Web site. Usually graphic design images are not considered content.
Client: The software that allows users to retrieve information from the Internet and WWW.
Client-server: An organization’s software applications are run on midrange computers (the server) that is connected via a network to individual PC'S.
Cryptography: Security systems involving the addition of bits (zeros and ones) to transmitted data using large numbers known as keys.
Cyberspace: A term for virtual reality, or the hypothetical "space" that exists in digitized form in a computer.
Dial-up: The Internet access offered by Internet access providers.
Domain name: The name of a system registered with Internic.
E-mail: Electronic mail sent over computer networks.
Electronic purse: A chip-based multipurpose prepaid or stared value card which could program information on health, telephone numbers and data of commercial value.
Extranet: An expression referring to the exchange of data electronically over the Web.
FAQ: Frequently asked questions sections are frequently a part of a Web site.
Fedwire: A computer network linking over 14,000 depository institutions and the Federal Reserve banks used to transmit reserve balances and clear checks.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP): A method of transferring files to and from remote computers.
Firewall: A security system is used to prohibit computer online users to breach a firm's main computer system.
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF): An software format for storing images.
Gopher: A system for distributing text based information developed by the University of Minnesota.
Hits: A measurement of the number of visitors to a Web site.
Home Page: The top level of information for an organization's WWW information.
Host: A computer system that is online and connected to other online computer systems. It also refers to the computer on which a particular Web site is housed.
Hotlinks: A highlighted browser word or phrase allowing the user to link directly to the programmed http address.
HyperText Markup Language (HTML): The computer language that governs the why documents must be written so that they can be read by a WWW browser.
HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP): The addressing language used by WWW servers.
Hyperlink: A link in a given document to allow moving to another document. These links are usually represented by highlighted words or images.
In-line Image: A graphic image displayed in an html document.
Internet: A world-wide networks of computer networks that connect government, academic and business institutions.
Internet Neutral Identification Center (Internic): A center which registers URLs for Web sites.
Internet Protocol (IP): The technical language and ground rules that form the basis for cross platform (universal) computerized communication over the Internet. This is generally represented with Transfer Control Protocol (TCP/IP)
Intranet: A system of Web servers and Internet protocols used as communication centers within an organization.
ISP: A Internet service provider.
Java: A programming language developed by Sun Microsystems Inc. which purports to make is easier to create programs. Java creates “applets”¾application programs that are electronically downloaded to PC's or other devices. After downloading the Java program, the users system will execute the program very efficiently.
Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG): A method for storing images in digital format.
Mailing lists: A group of people who share information and opinions over the Internet using a group of e-mail addresses.
Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG): A method for storing movie files in digital format.
Mosaic: A popular multimedia interface to the Web created by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
Online: The state of being connected to the Internet or other computer network.
Open: A network system (open system) allowing for software that can be downloaded and copied by anyone with access to the network. This also refers to an operating system in which client software systems are able to communicate with the host system
Platform: A platform can refer to a computer systems operating system,, application or server.
Protocol: A method for exchanging data over the Internet.
Search engine: A Web site containing a search database for the convenience of visitors.
Seignorage: The value of the interest free loan obtained from issuing money.
Server: The primary computer in a network (typically midrange computer) shared by multiple users.
Smart Card: A chip-based "stored value" or "prepaid" card.
Traffic: The number of times a Web site is visited. Is often referred to as hits.
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP): The agreed upon rules for transmitting data between two computers over the Internet.
Tag Image File Format (TIFF): A format for storing image files.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL): The address to a source of information. A URL contains four parts including: (1) the protocol type; (2) machine name; (3) directory path; and (4) file name.
Usenet: An Internet online news and bulletin board communication system.
Visitors: The number of online people the connect to a Web site.
Webmaster: The person responsible for maintaining a Web site.
Web Server: A server capable of continuous access to the Internet through retrieval and display of documents via hypertext transfer protocol. Documents can be audio, video, graphics, or text.
World Wide Web (WWW; W3;The Web): A HyperText-based information system allowing Internet users to more easily access information