Lobster Dude, Mussel Bound and friends learn Internet terminology

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Download		To copy a file onto your own computer from another one, usually online

Upload		To send a file from your computer to another, such as a document, video or photograph

Instant message		(Also known as IM) instant message screens allow people to talk in real time, with the text immediately appearing on their computers. The conversation thread appears on each person's screen as soon as someone sends text.

Blog, blogging		Short for "web log," a blog is an online diary on anything a person wishes to write about. Blogs often are themed by activities or interests, such as baseball, golf, stamp collecting or politics.

Chat, Chat room		Chat rooms are areas of web sites where countless people can "talk" in real time via typing. Just like instant messaging, but instant messages are usually private, while chat rooms are open to as many people as a particular virtual "room" can fit, as set up by the site's owner.

E-mail		Short for "electronic mail," e-mail has exploded in popularity. You can type up a letter just like regular mail, only, instead of a stamp, envelope and mailbox, it's send with a few mouse clicks, and can travel across the world in seconds.

Forums		Forums are essentially online message boards. There's a few million on the Internet at any given time, on just about any hobby, interest, topic, news item, social issue or news story. They're also useful for exchanging information and helping one another learn new skills and programs.

URL		That long number with too many decimal points is the physical address of your computer. It stands for "uniform resource locator" and with it, your e-mail, your web surfing habits, and anything you upload or type in forums or chat rooms, can be traced back to you.

Search engine		Search engines are just like they sound - computer programs that search the World Wide Web for specific terms you enter. Search engines merely find and display sites that seem to match criteria you've entered; they do not screen them for safety or accuracy.