The first step to navigating your way around the internet is to understand the lingo. The first time I used the internet I was mystified. I thought “are all these people speaking Greek or gibberish?” I soon learned that the internet is a separate culture with it’s own language. Listed below are common internet terms and their definitions. Address: The location of an Internet resource such as a web site or e-mail. An internet address (also known as a URL) example is http://www.virtualhelpcente.