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Q. How do I save a link of this page to my PC?

A  Well, in Internet Explorer, you'll notice that there's an icon with an "E" on it before the web address in the address bar at the top of your screen. (You know, where you type in the address of the website that you want to visit!) Take your mouse and point it at that E. Hold down the left button and drag it into the bar with that list of other addresses...it says "Links" at the left. Then whenever you want to come to this site (or whatever site), all you'll need to do is click on that link.

Alternatively, you can also click on "Favorites" at the top of your screen and then click "Add to Favorites" to put it in there. 

In Netscape 6.1, go to "Bookmarks" and click on "Add Bookmark."

Q. When I download a file onto my computer, it             disappears. Where did it go?

A. First of all you need to know it's name. To find this out, click on the link to download again and when it comes up with a "Save" box, look at the name blank. Also check to see where that one is going to be saved. 

If it's still "lost," click on your "Start" button (On Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP) and go to the Find/Search button and then to the "Files or Folders" and click it. Now, you can either type the name of the file in or if you don't know it, then go to the option of "Date" and have it find only those files that are for the current day. This will narrow it down. It will show you ALL the new files of that day and you'll have to look at the extension (ie .exe, .doc, .txt, .bmp) to figure out which one it is. It'll also show where they are on your computer. Then you can go to them by either going to "My Computer" and going through the folders or you can double-click it from the list and save it somewhere else. The former method is better in that you don't end up with two copies in two different places since you move it.

Q. What do all these web acronyms mean anyway?

A.  Well, http, ftp, smtp and others are different types of transfer protocols. Basically, they are how the different computers in the world communicate or send data to each other. 

HTML, Java, ASP, and Perl  are different types of languages that make up the web pages themselves. An applet is usually a small program that runs in the background.

Last updated: October 09, 2007.

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