ASIN stands for Amazon Standard Identification Number. Here is what they say about ASIN’s at their site: Almost every product on our site has its own ASIN--a unique code we use to identify it. For books, the ASIN is the same as the ISBN number, but for all other products a new ASIN is created when the item is uploaded to our catalogue.

You will find an item's ASIN on the product detail page alongside further details relating to the item, which may include information such as size, number of pages (if it's a book) or number of discs (if it's a CD).

ASINs can be used to search for items in our catalogue. If you know the ASIN or ISBN of the item you are looking for, simply type it into the search box (which can be found near the top of most pages), hit the "Go" button and, if the item is listed in our catalogue, it will appear in your search results.

Common form of Web advertisement. Most banner ads are animated GIF’s

Baud rate refers to the speed of a modem. Although not technically accurate, baud rate is commonly used to mean bit rate (the number of bits transmitted per second) (see bps).

The smallest unit of computerized data. A bit is either "on" or "off" and is represented by "1" or "0". A series of 8 bits is a "byte", which represents a number from 0 to 255.

A measurement of how fast data is moved from one place to another, usually in thousands of bits per second (Kbps) or million of bits per second (Mbps). A 56.6 modem can transport 56, 600 bits per second).

Software program that allows you to surf the web. For example, Microsoft Internet Explorer.

All of www.reelmoviecritic.com/syndication and www.newbookdiscount.com. The portion of www.reelmoviecritic.com with affiliate and/or portal links.

A set of 8 bits that represent a number from 0 to 255.

Device connected to your computer that enables you to receive and send information from the Internet over your local cable TV line. The bandwidth of a cable modem far exceeds the bandwidth of 56 Kbps dial up modems.

Professional association of film critics in the Chicago metropolitan area. Members are from print, Internet, radio and TV media.

A company that buys the services of RMCSS.

A client is a computer system that requests a service of another computer system (a server) on the network. The server responds by fulfilling the service request, for example, an HTML page and associated graphics.

Information that a Web server writes to your computer hard disk via your browser. Cookies contain data such as login or registration information, online or registration information, online shopping cart information, user preferences, etc. This data can be retrieved by the site, so that Web pages can be customized before being sent to the visiting browser. For example, when you’re shopping online, the cookie contains a list of all the items you have in your shopping cart. If your Internet connection is disrupted, the information in the cookie can be used to restore the contents of your shopping cart.

A movie critic that provides articles for syndication

The contractual relationship between RMCSS and the Contributor.

The services that RMCSS provides to community services.

Temporary connection (over a telephone line) to the computer of your ISP in order to establish a connection to the Internet.

A Domain Name Server maps IP numbers to a more easily remembered name. When you type http://www.somedomain.com" into your browser, the DNS at your ISP location searches for a matching IP address (190.170.225.345). If the DNS doesn’t find an entry in its database, it will ask other Domain name Servers until the entry is found, and your browser is directed to the site. Otherwise, you’ll get an error message.

A unique name that is used to identify a Web site, FTP site, and/or email server. A domain name always points to one specific server while this server may host many domain names.

Transfer of data from a server to your computer’s hard disk. You can use your browser or an FTP program to download files to your computer. When you’re retrieving your email, you’re downloading your email to your computer.

An electronic mail address. Email addresses are in the form of user@domain.com (for example, susan@reelmoviecritic.com).

Document that contains the most common questions and answers on a particular subject.

A flowchart is a graphical representation of the navigation or flow of a Web site. Flowcharts are tools for mapping the page to page navigation on a site.

The website program from Microsoft that the syndication web site is published in. The retail web site (movie reviews, interviews and www.newbookdiscounts.com) will in the future have the home page and related links in FP to the individual pages created in Globalscape.

Internet method to transfer files through the Internet from one computer to another. FTP is used to download files from another computer, as well as to upload files from your computer to a remote computer. Through (regular) FTP, you can log in to another Internet site, but you must have a user ID and a password. Anonymous FPT servers don’t require user names or passwords, but you generally can’t upload files to anonymous FTP servers.

Common graphics file format on the Internet. This format can display only 256 colors at the maximum (8 bits), therefore a GIF is primarily used to show clip-art images or graphs. Photographic images are better presented in the JPEG format.

About 1 billion bytes

Web site program used to publish reviews and interviews. Used for retail site only. Not used for syndication site. Will eventually be replaced by FP. However, articles published in Globalscape will remain in that format. What will change is the home page that links the reader to the articles.

Search engine at www.google.com

A single page or graphic request from a browser to a server.

The server on which a Web site is stored. Hosting companies store Web sites of their customers on powerful Web servers with fast, permanent connections to the Internet. A host can local but hosting companies usually have better back up and a an availability approaching 100% 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The coding language that creates hypertext documents on the World Wide Web. HTML is a way to format text by placing specific code ("tags") around the text.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The World Wide Web (WWW) protocol for transmitting HTML files across the Internet.

A request for a Web page on a particular server. Each time that a page is sent to a user’s browser is an impression. Useful in evaluating and billing Web advertising.

A person that works for a company but is not an employee. They choose the movies they will see and write about, as well as the location and hours for the writing. A 1099 is received at the end of the year for income tax reporting. Functions in mode of a free lance relationship with the company.

The international, cross-connected network of computers that run common or compatible software that allows the transfer of data, including email and Web pages. The universally supported network protocols is TCP/IP (Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol).

Web browser from Microsoft

The rules that provide basic Internet functions. IP allows computers to find each other.

A unique, 32 – bit Internet address consisting of four numbers, separated by dots. Every client computer and every server computer connected to the Internet has a unique IP number that is assigned by the ISP.

Identification standard book number. A common number used to identify a book. See ASIN.

Digital telephone system that can provide high-speed (up to 128 KBPS transmission of voice and data.

An ISP provides Internet access to its members. Every time you log on, your ISP connects you to the Internet. Also, any company that provides Internet services such as Web site hosting and email.

The premier search engine for information on movies.

Also JPG. Image compression standard, optimized for full-color (millions of colors) digital images. You choose the amount of compression, but the higher the compression rate, the less quality the image has. Almost every full color photograph you see on the Web is a JPG, while GIF’s are used to display non-continuous tone images in up to 256 colors.

Marked text, often underlined, or a picture within a hypertext document such as a Web page. With just one click of your mouse, a link brings you to another Web page or to another place on the same page. Links are the defining component of hypertext documents.

Entering into a computer system. Also the account name (or user ID) that you must enter before you can have access to some computer systems.

Comprehensive movie reviews without advertisements. Simple listing to lots of reviews.

An advance payment on commissions that is not repaid if a designated earnings threshold is not met.

Professional association of Internet film critics based primarily in locations in the United States of America. You can find information at Rotten Tomatoes.

Secret code that you must enter after your user ID (login name) in order to log on to a computer.

Internet protocol used by your ISP to handle email for its subscribers. A POP account is just a synonym for an email account.

A Web site that attracts visitors by offering free information or free services on a daily basis. When you are on a portal site, you can use this site as a basis to explore the Web. The most famous portals are Google and Yahoo.

Request for specific information from a database.

www.reelmoviecritic.com. The place where reviews and interviews are published.

A movie review database with links to RMC.

Earnings for the sale of syndication

Web site that allows users to search for keywords on Web pages. Every search engine has its own strategy for collecting data.

A computer that has a permanent connection to the Internet. Web sites are stored on a Web server.

A place on the Web. Refers to a home page or to a collection of Web pages.

Main protocol to send and receive email between servers on the Internet.

Browsing the Web, just looking around.

Offering written articles for sale. The price is low but the potential exists to sell to many more clients with the result being more money is earned per article than selling to just a few clients.

A suite of communications protocols that defines the way that information is transmitted over the Internet.

A thumbnail is a smaller version of a bigger image. Thumbnails on Web pages are often used to decrease the download time of a page and to allow the viewer to click on an image of interest to see a linked larger or more detailed copy of the same image.

Too much information

Sending files from your computer to another computer through the Internet. For example, sending email is uploading a file to the SMTP server of your ISP. When you have a personal home page, you must upload your HTML files to the Web server that hosts your Web site.

Address of any resource on the World Wide Web. The URL of our home page is http://www.reelmoviecritic.com.

The contractual relationship between RMCSS and the Client.

Unique identifier that you must enter every time you want to access a particular service on the Internet. The user ID is always accompanied by a password.

Internal Revenue Form that is filed out that permits Reel Movie Critic to supply earned income for annual tax reporting.

When "Web" is short for World Wide Web, as in a Web page or a Web site, it is capitalized.

The person who is responsible for the Web server. The email address of our Webmaster is info@reelmoviecritic.com.

An Internet client-server system to distribute information, based upon HTTP.

What you see is what you get

Search engine at www.yahoo.com.