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 ZIP

Zip is a popular standard for file compression on the PC. You can recognize it by the .zip file extension.

 World Wide Web

The exact definition of the World Wide Web (popularly known as the Web) varies, depending on whom you ask. Three common descriptions are: A collection of resources (Gopher, FTP, http, telnet, Usenet, WAIS, and others) that can be accessed via a web browser. A collection of hypertext files available on web servers. A set of specifications (protocols) that allows the transmission of web pages over the Internet. You can think of the Web as a worldwide collection of text and multimedia files and other network services interconnected via a system of hypertext documents. Http (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) was created in 1990, at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, as a means for sharing scientific data internationally, instantly, and inexpensively. With hypertext, a word or phrase can contain a link to other text. To achieve this, CERN developed a programming language called HTML, that allows you to easily link to other pages or network services on the Web.

 WinSock

Short for Windows Sockets, WinSock describes a standard way for Windows programs to work with TCP/IP. You use WinSock if you directly connect your Windows PC to the Internet, either with a permanent connection or with a modem by using SLIP or PPP.