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ASP Def
Absolute Link Def
Acceptable Use Acceptable Use Policies (AUP) are generally developed or adopted by organizations that provide access to Internet services. They include policies or rules about storage, downloading and uploading files, file naming conventions, fees, netiquette and permissible actvities. You must agree to the FolioWeb acceptable use policy before you are assigned an account on the system.
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Accessibility Def
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Acrobat Def
Address Def
Alt Tag Def
Anchor Def
Anonymous Def
Applet Def
Asynchronous Def
Authoring Def

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Browse Browse usually menas "to view a webpage." Viewing webpages is often called browsing the web. Most people use the synonym Surfing instead of browsing. The programs used to surf or browse the web are called browsers. Some examples of popular browsers include Internet Explorer from Microsoft, Firefox, Netscape, Safari, and Opera.

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Cookie A cookie is a tiny text file stored on your computer that contains some sort of identifying information about you. Cookie files are saved on your computer by the websites that you visit. Most people have dozens or even hundreds of cookies on their computers. Cookies sometimes contain a username or user ID from a perfectly safe website like Amazon. Unfortuntaley, some companies use cookies to track your surfing habits for marketing purposes. It is possible to block cookies ao that they can not be written on your computer's hard disk. Blocking coopikes will often limit your surfing experience. The best practice for dealing with malicious cookies is to install an anti-spyware program and periodically clean-up or remove cookies.