What is an ISP?

It is simply an internet service provider. It might be a national provider such as Compuserve, AOL and AT&T or a local provider such as EZNets, Inc; SSSnet, Inc; or Speedy Net. Or it might be a free service provider such as Blue Light or Juno. A computer must have a service provider in order to reach the internet. Every web site must reside on the hard drive of a server somewhere. That server is called the host. In order to find the web site, you must know the address of the server on which the site resides. This address is called a URL (universal resource locator). For example, the address to CAMUG is www.neo.rr.com/CAMUG. The CAMUG site rests on a server on the World Wide Web, NorthEast Ohio, RoadRunner, COMmercial. The upper case letters give meaning to the address. You will also notice an http in front of the www. This simply refers to the method (protocol) by which the site is transferred to your computer.

Now we are ready to define the rest of the terms mentioned in the opening paragraphs of this article. Meta tags are always in the background. You do not see them when you look at a web site. They are used to describe a site by title, keywords and content. Search engines look for them. Java Script allows activity on a site such as waving flags, pictures that change on a given schedule or text that appears and disappears depending on the movement or click of your mouse.