HTML: Abbreviated from HyperText Markup Language, it is the language in which web pages are prepared for the internet. The language is quite simple. All you need to know is a few commands for special effects like picture, colour, format and links to other web pages. Just enclose them between angled brackets < > and add them to appropriate places in your text...and there you have a beautiful and colourful webpage! It's no big deal at all. Believe me, although the name sounds something quite complicated, it's not difficult at all. Any Tom, Dick and Harry can program in HTML once they've got some of the commands memorised!

Hyperlink: A hyperlink is any text that can be used to go to another web page. You will find most hyperlinks either underlined, highlighted or shown in a special colour on the web page. On clicking the text, you will be transferred to the page that is linked to the text. For example, if the text "The Daily Star" is hyperlinked to The Daily Star home page, then on clicking it, you will be taken to The Daily Star home page. The programmer of the page usually makes the hyperlinks between web pages.

Domain Name: An internet address owned by a company, organisation or individual, such as nasa.gov or bbc.co.uk.

Cookie: Do I see mouths watering? But in the computer world, a cookie isn't something that can be eaten...sorry folks! A cookie is a small file stored on your computer by a website, in theory, to allow the website to "remember" your preferences. But in practice, they are mostly used to track which advertisements you see on the internet. Creepy isn't it? To think that these websites can actually know which websites you have visited! The good news is that you can set most browsers to reject all cookies, or to ask for your permission before storing them, but this can generate multiple error messages on some websites, which generally proves to be more of a hassle than its worth. All in all, there's nothing much to worry about. These cookies are usually quite harmless.

Blog: Shortened from the term Weblog, it is a concept that has become a craze among many these days. A blog is a website documenting someone's life and/or thoughts, somewhat like an online diary, which you can even share with friends if you wish.

Nahid Akhter