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T

text messaging: A method of sending short messages (also called

SMSes, texts,or texting) between mobile phones, other computing

devices, and even some landline phones.

U

URL (Uniform Resource Locator): A unique Internet address of a file

or destination. To find a particular site or document online, type the

URL into the address field of a browser and press Enter.

upload: To post content on the Internet.

username: The name a person chooses to be identified by, for example

on a computer within a network, or in an online gaming forum (also

called a nicknameor gamer tag).

V

videocams: Also called Web cams,these video cameras are attached to

or built into computers. Web cams are used to send a video images to

others while communicating online.

virus: A self-replicating software program that spreads by sending

copies of itself to other devices hidden in code or attached to docu-

ments. Viruses are often deliberately destructive to any device that

becomes infected, often destroying data or disabling the device’s oper-

ating system.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP): Use of an Internet protocol to

transmit voice communications. VoIP allows you to hold voice conver-

sations over the Internet.

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