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 Navigation Tools

Navigation tools allow users to find their way around a website or multimedia presentation. They can be hypertext links; clickable images or icons; or image maps. Navigation tools are usually present either at the bottom or top (or both) of each page or screen, and typically allow users to return to the previous page, move forward to the next page, jump to the top of the current page, and return to the home page.

 NetMeeting

A product developed by Microsoft Corporation that enables groups to teleconference using the Internet as the transmission medium. NetMeeting supports Voice on the Net, chat sessions, a whiteboard, and application sharing. It's built into Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser.

 Netiquette

Netiquette is a form of online etiquette -- an informal code of conduct that governs what is generally considered to be the acceptable way for users to interact with one another online.

 Netscape

AOL's popular Web browser. There are many versions of Netscape, and it runs on all the major platforms, Windows, Mac OS, and UNIX.

 Network

A network is two or more computers connected to each other so they can share resources. The Internet is a "network of networks," whereby anyone, from an individual at a home with a PC to a large corporate multidepartment system, can freely and easily exchange information.

 Newsgroup

A newsgroup is an electronic discussion group consisting of collections of related postings (also called articles) on a particular topic that are posted to a news server which then distributes them to other participating servers. There are thousands of newsgroups covering a wide range of subjects. You must subscribe to a newsgroup in order to participate in it or to track the discussion on an on-going basis. Unlike a magazine or newspaper subscription, a subscription to a newsgroup is free.