Every computer connected to the internet has an IP address, which has a format of four numerical parts separated by dots. For example, the IP address of the website you are looking at is 62.24.228.11. Most people find this way of addressing hard to rememb...

Viruses are an unfortunate fact of life in the computer world, and they can travel across any means of connecting computers, like modems and networks. The best thing to do is to use anti-virus software, like McAfee or Norton AntiVirus, to keep you safe. H...

Post Office Protocol is the most common protocol used to retrieve e-mail from a mail server. Most e-mail applications (sometimes called an e-mail client) use the POP protocol, although some can use the newer IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol). The ne...

Also known as "news", "newsgroups", or "discussion group." Usenet is a huge collection of newsgroups about every and any topic you can imagine. Once a person posts to a newsgroup, it is transmitted to news servers all over the world for other people to se...