Glossary.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee(b.1955)- computer scientist known for inventing the World Wide Web



ARPAnet-The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. One of the world's first operational packet switching networks and the progenitor of what was to become the global Internet.



CERN- European Organisation For Nuclear Research.



Broadband- A method of telecommunication. The term broadband refers to the wide bandwidth characteristics of a transmission medium and its ability to transport multiple signals and traffic types simultaneously.


Dial-up- A form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched telephone network to establish a dialed connection to an Internet service provider via telephone lines.



Hypertext (HTML)- HyperText Markup Language is the main markup language for creating web pages and other information that can be displayed in a web browser.