Hostepedia - S

SCREEN
The part of the monitor where the images appear.

SCROLL
The act of moving up and down on a specific page.

SEARCH ENGINE
A program that searches information on the world wide web by looking for specific keywords and returns a list of information found on that topic. "Ask Jeeves for Kids" at www.ajkids.com is an example of a search engine.

SERVER
A special software package that connects to a network and provides data. The computer that this software runs on is also often called the server.

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE
A social networking site is a web site specifically focused on the building and verifying of social networks for whatever purpose. Many social networking services are also blog hosting services. As of 2005, there are over three hundred known social networking web sites

SOFT COPY
This is the electronic version of a file on your computer. If you downloaded a picture of Clicky, you would have the soft copy on your computer.

SOFTWARE
Programs that help your computer work. For example a filter is a type of software that can keep unwanted internet content off of your computer.

SPAM
Unwanted e-mail from someone you don't know. It is usually trying to sell you something. Read articles on this topic

SMTP SERVER
The outgoing mail server which controls the sending of emails.