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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Zeal  ::   A Web directory which allows users to contribute non-commercial sites for free. Also allows plenty of deeplinks.

Zeitgeist  ::   Search patterns and trends according to Google.

Zine  ::   As in magazine, a (usually) free Internet publication.

Zip (zipped)  ::   A method of compressing files used often on the Internet are compressed or zipped in order to reduce storage space and transfer times. A zipped file will have a name that looks like "filename.zip". To uncompress the file, you need a utility like PKZip (DOS) or WinZip (Windows). The most popular Windows zip program is WinZip.