An open source HTTP server for Unix, Windows NT, and other platforms. Apache was developed in early 1995, based on code and ideas found in the most popular HTTP server of the time, NCSA httpd 1.3. It has since evolved to rival (and probably surpass) almost any other Unix based HTTP server in terms of functionality, and speed.

A diminutive of 'application' or 'app'. An applet is a small, single-function program. For example, Java programs are generally referred to as applets.

A rather antiquated program which lets you search for files on the Internet. And yes, it was named after the cartoon charactor.

The Internet's grandaddy, ARPANET was born in the late 1960's by the Defense Department. Uncle Sam wanted to develop a wide-area-network that could survive a nuclear war. The project started small -- three computers in California connected to one in Utah -- but has grown up and developed into the Internet we all know and love!

The American Standard Code for Information Interchange is the global standard for converting Latin letters and numbers into the binary code that computers recognize and crunch. Each ASCII codes can be represented by a 7 digit binary number from 0000000 to 1111111.

The process of entering your username and password is know as authentication. You prove, or "authenticate", that you are who you say you are when you enter your password.