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Q - I'm having all kinds of color problems with the Horse Plaza page when in frames. What can be done about this? A - Netscape Navigator, up through version 3.01, has a problem rendering a palette properly in 256 color mode. This can be remedied in a number of ways: 1) You can use Netscape Communicator 4.01, or above, which can be downloaded from the Netscape website. 2) You can use Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02, or above, which can be downloaded from the Microsoft website. 3) You can raise your video mode from 256 color, to the next highest resolution available on your computer, and then stay with your current browser. This last option, is of course, dependent upon your computers capability. Should you choose to download a new browser, they are available for free from the appropriate websites. To get there, PRESS HERE, then choose the appropriate button from the bottom of the page. |
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Q - I've never been on the internet. What is it, and where do I get information about it? A - The best reference we can give you is a book called, "The Internet For Dummies". It is written by John R. Levine, Carol Baroudi, and Margaret Levine Young, and is published by IDG Books. This is the single best source for Internet information for newcomers that we have seen. |
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Q - I've never been on the internet. Where do I start? A - You need to contact an Internet Service Provider. There are many, so choose one that has local access for you both at home, and places you travel to frequently. Also, choose one with a monthly flat rate billing scheme. Examples are: |
| Glossary Of Internet Terminology |
| account - Just like at a bank, computers used by more than one person use accounts to keep track of who's doing what on their system. When you sign up with an Internet Service Provider (ISP), you're given an account name, and password, that allows you access. |
| address - A unique identifier that allows others to find you, and send you mail. It usually looks like username@hostname, where username is your unique login, or account, name, and hostname is the Internet's name for the computer, or Internet provider, you use. The hostname usually is a few words strung together with periods. For example, Horse Plaza's Webmaster has the address marc@horseplaza.com, where marc is the webmaster's account name, and horseplaza.com is the name of the computer, or more specifically, the domain. |
| alt - A type of newsgroup that discusses alternative-type topics. The alt groups are not official newsgroups, but lots of people read them anyway. There are many to pick from, including some that are horse related. |
| anonymous FTP - A method of using the FTP program to log on to another computer to copy files, even though you don't have an account on the other computer. When you log on, you enter anonymous as the username and your address as the password. This will get you access to any publicly available files. |
| Archie - A system that helps you find files located anywhere on the Internet. After you find the files with Archie, you can use FTP to get them. Archie is both a program, and a system of servers (computers that contain indexes of files). |
| archive - A file that contains a group of files which have been compressed and bound together for efficient storage. You have to use an archiving program to get the original files back out. Commonly used programs include compress, tar, and zip (on UNIX systems, and PKZIP (on DOS systems). |
| ARPANET - A computer network started in the late 1960's, and funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. This was the original ancestor of the Internet. It was dismantled several years ago. |
| article - A posting to a newsgroup. That is, a message someone sends to the newsgroup to be readable by everyone who reads the newsgroup. |
| ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Basically, the code that computers use to represent letters, numbers, and special characters. |
| AUP - Acceptable Use Policy; a set of rules describing which sort of activities are permitted on a network The most restrictive AUP was the one on the NSFNET that prohibited most commercial, and non-academic use. The NSFNET AUP is no longer in force anymore, although many people erroneously believe that it is. |
| automatic mailing list - A mailing list maintained by a computer program, usually one named LISTSERV, or Majordomo. See also mailing list. |
| baud - The number of symbols per second that a modem sends down a phone line. Baud is often incorrectly confused with bps (bits per second). A 14,400 bps modem transmits at 2,400 baud, because each of the modem symbols represents 6 bits. |
| BBS - Bulletin Board System; a system that lets people read each other's own messages and post new ones. The Usenet system of newsgroups is in effect the world's largest distributed BBS. |
| BFN - 'Bye For Now. An inanity adopted by the acronym lovers. |
| binary file - A file that contains information which does not consist only of text. For example, a binary file might contain an archive, a picture, sounds, a spreadsheet, or a word processing document (which includes formatting codes as well as text characters). |
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