Glossary of Terms

In an effort to provide our clients with a better understanding of the more commonly used Internet terminology, we have created this Glossary of Internet Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms.

 

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YAHOO  ::   An acronym for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle, and Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com/ was one of the first and remains as one of the best Internet search engines. This Web directory created by a couple of guys from Stanford and is the world's most used directory of Web sites.

YAHOO Directory  ::  The world's most used directory of web sites organized by subject. There are two ways you can submit a site to the Yahoo! Directory , Yahoo! Express and Free submission.

If you choose Yahoo! Express ($299.00 non-refundable, recurring annual fee), your site will be considered by Yahoo! editors within 7 business days. Free submission is available for non-commercial sites only.

Yellow Pages (YP)  ::   Internet Yellow Pages are online directories that let you list your business. A service used by Unix administrators to manage databases distributed across a network. Now known as NIS (Network Information Services).