ancestor |
a person from whom someone is descended: a parent,
grandparent, great grandparent, and so on |
Bavaria |
a region of northern Europe, now a state in Germany |
browser |
a software program that lets a user look at different
kinds of resources on the Internet |
Gold Rush |
a period of time in the middle 1800s when large
numbers of people came to California in hopes of finding gold |
home page |
the main web page for the website of an organization,
a business, a person, or a service, or a main web page that organizes
hotlinks to several different websites |
hotlink |
a word or words on a web page that, when clicked,
take the user directly to another location or web page |
humidity |
the amount of moisture in the air |
industry |
a specific branch of business, trade, or manufacture |
inventor |
someone who creates something that has never
been created before, or has an idea that no one has thought of
before |
menu |
a list of hotlinks to certain places in a website,
such as Help and New Search |
merchant |
someone who sells things for a living |
rivet |
a piece of round metal used like a bolt to make
something stronger |
toolbar |
a set of buttons, usually located across the
top of the browser window; when clicked, each button completes
an action that corresponds to its name (for example, Forward,
Back, or Print) |
