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Summary of terms

Browser

A software application that displays web pages. The most popular ones used to access this website are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

Cookie

A cookie is a small text file from a web server stored on your computer by your web browser. Web sites use cookies to 'remember' if a user has visited the site before and keep information about previous visits, for example (pages visited, preferences set). Cookies can also be used to store temporary information as a user moves from page to page within a site (items in a shopping basket etc.). Go to our cookies page for details. Find out more about cookies and how you can manage them by using the help function on your browser or go to www.aboutcookies.org.

IP (Internet Protocol)

All networks connected to the internet speak IP, the technical standard which allows data to be transmitted between two devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get from one host to another and that the messages are understood.

IP address 

If you are connected to the Internet you have one, for example it may look something like this 198.184.98.9.

User Session

A user's visit to a site. Begins when the user first accesses any page on a given site and ends after a visitor has left that site and not revisited it within a specified amount of time (normally 20 minutes) or when the user's browser is closed.

Web Server

Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer..

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