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Tag: Comando HTML.
A command in HTML, enclosed within the lesser than and greater than signs (<...>) which marks specified text as a heading, paragraph, list, etc. and for including images, forms which accept user input, and hypertext links within a document. Usually a start tag and end tag are paired around the content they refer to and form a "container".

TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol is an Internet transmission protocol that is extremely popular on the Internet. This is a standard for routing and data transfer around the world. It has become even more important in the rising tide of Intranets.

Teleconference: Teleconferenza.
A telephone communication in which more than two people are simultaneously connected so they can exchange verbal comments as if they were in the same room having a face-to-face conference. A teleconference need not have visual communications in addition to audio communications, but modern technology now makes it possible to see conference members on monitor screens or television screens.

Telnet: The Internet standard protocol for remote login service that allows users on the Internet to access programs and applications on computers in remote locations. Telnet allows a user at one site to interact with a remote timesharing system at another site as if the user's terminal were connected directly to the remote computer. When using the Internet, type "Telnet" followed by a space and the address of the computer for remote login.

Telematics: Telematica.
The combination of computers in concert with telecommunications systems. This includes dial-up service to the Internet as well as all types of networks that rely on a telecommunications system to transport data.

Template: Stampo, modello.
(1) A plastic or papers diagram that you can put on your keyboard to indicate the meanings of different keys for a particular program. (2) A sheet of plastic with menus and command boxes drawn on it that you place on top of a digitizing tablet. You can select commands by pressing the digitizing tablet's pen against a command box or by positioning the cursor over a box and pressing one of the cursor keys. (3) In spreadsheet and database applications a template is a blank form that shows which fields exist, their locations, and their length.

Toolbar: Barra degli strumenti.
A box with icons (pictures) of the tools for performing functions within an application.

(To) Update: Aggiornare.
Add, delete or change a record or a file; the added or revised data.

(To) Upgrade: Potenziare.
To expand the computer power and capacity by adding or changing some hardware and software components.

URL: Indirizzo Web.
This is the abbreviation for Uniform Resource Locator, the addressing system used in the World Wide Web and other Internet resources. The URL contains information about the method of access, the server to be accessed and the path of any file to be accessed.

Usenet: An Internet service that provides thousands of discussion lists, or newsgroups, on a variety of topics. Users can read newsgroups postings or they can add their own. Most newsgroups are completely open, although some are moderated. You can view Usenet newsgroups with special software built into browsers and e-mail programs or via one of several Web-based services.

Utility: Utilità di sistema.
An application program that you would use on your PC to perform a variety of different housekeeping tasks including: checking viruses, detecting potential problems on your system, removing unused files, repairing damaged files.

Videoconferencing: Videoconferenza.
Remote communication in which two-way video images are transmitted with audio. Although this can be accomplished with video cameras on special telephone connections, it is now possible to become much more sophisticated with videoconferencing using computers.

Virus: A hardware/software infection designed intentionally to corrupt a computer, computer files, and/or networks.

WAN: A communications network that covers a large geographic area, a WAN may be a public network such as the Internet or it may be a closed, proprietary network run by a corporation or government agency.

Web: Parte commerciale di Internet.
A set of companies which collaborate around a particular technology, such as the Microsoft/Intel PC web, and the Web surrounding Netscape Internet software. Webs require a technological standard and increasing returns to scale but work without formal alliances. They spread risk, reduce complexity, and enhance an industry's overall ability to innovate.

Webcasting: Trasmissione in rete.
Use of the World Wide Web to broadcast information. Unlike typical surfing, which relies on a pull method of transferring web pages, webcasting uses a "push" combination of technologies to send information to users' computers. This is also referred to as "netcasting." Users get updates of streams of information in requested categories. Users can subscribe to a "channel," download software to a computer, and then streams of automatic updates follow.

Web document: Documento Web.
An HTML document, Gopher document, a PDF document, or some other document that is browsable on the Internet.

Webmaster: The person in charge of administrating a World Wide Web site.

Web node: Nodo Web.
This term is synonymous with Web site or Web server.

Web page: Pagina Web.
An HTML document that is accessible on the Web.

Web space: Spazio Web.
This term refers to the space created by the World Wide Web.

Web streaming: Live playback of media files on the web. The most common way to execute media files (audio and video) is to download those files into a local computer and then launch a plug-in or applications program to execute the media file in question. Users have an option of saving the files, although the usual default condition is only to store the file temporarily. Web streaming is quite different. In that case, audio or video files play in real time without having to wait for full downloads of the files.

Web surfing: Navigare in rete. Browsing the www using a Web browser. Users search for information, chat lines, business transactions, and many other purposes. Surfing generally refers to the "pull". Casting (webcasting, netcasting) generally refers to the "push" approach where the user selects channels for preferred types of information and then lets the channel push updates automatically into the user's computer.

Web TV: A way of accessing Internet and e-mail service via a set-top box, a television set, a standard phone line, and a subscription-based online service called Web TV Network.

WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get): The term is used mainly for newer types of software that display on the screen exactly what will appear after being printed.

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