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The online world has its own language and dictionary of terms. While a lot of this dialog has become well-known and commonplace among the general public, others have not caught on as fast - and even more are being created every day!
In an effort to explain some of the more common terms, we have created this glossary. This is not meant to be an all-encompassing encyclopedia, but rather a brief glimpse at some of the most frequently used words and acronyms. If you would like to suggest an Internet term that is not part of this list, please send an eMail to info@gravityfree.com.
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Vector graphics - In mathematics and physics, a vector is a line, which has a defined starting point, a designated direction and a specified distance. Vector graphics are line-based graphics. Veronica A service that maintains an index of titles of items on gopher servers, and provides keyword searches of those titles.

Venue - A word used to describe different Pay Per Click providers. For example Overture is a provider that sends its listings to Yahoo! and MSN among others.

Virtual Domain (or virtual server) - A site on the Internet that exists virtually with other domains on the same network server that has its own IP address.

Virtual LAN - A logical vs. a physical (wired) LAN made up of workgroups and individuals brought together for a particular project with most member's location being apart from the others.

Virus - A program that when loaded infects, alters or destroys other programs. Some virus programs cause major trouble and some are nothing more than annoying pranks.

Visitor - A person who visits your Web site. Also known as a User. An individual who visits a site three times in one day is typically counted as three visitors.

VR (Virtual Reality) - A place or event that exists only in cyberspace but is programmed to have the appearance of a real experience.

VRML (Virtual Reality Modelling Language) - A specification for three-dimensional rendering viewed with Web browsers (and possibly a VRML plug-in).

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