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Hacker
An individual who gains unauthorised access to computer systems for the purpose of stealing and/or corrupting data. The term ethical hacker refers to those who legally work for organisations and corporations.
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Hard Disk Drive
Magnetic disk where computer's files can be stored, e.g. the operating system, software applications and data files. Hard disks can be internal or external, and may be partitioned into different drives. A hard disk can store anywhere from 20 Gb to more than 300 gigabytes.
Hardware
Refers to objects that you can actually touch, like chips, boards, disks, disk drives, display screens, keyboards, printers and other peripherals. See also software.
Help
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Hits
The Number of Hits = How many times a webpage has been "hit upon", or viewed (over a given period of time). There are several ways to calculate this. The more web traffic a site generates (i.e. the more visitors to the site), the more hits a site will have. Hits can thus be seen a a crude measure of a sites popularity. Hit Counters are sometimes visible on webpages, especially the Homepage
See also: Definition of mc² Statistics, which includes how Hits on mc² are calculated.
Also... "Hits" when you're searching, means the number of times a piece of data matches criteria you set. 50 hits means you've found 50 matches in response to your search. For example, each of the matches from a Google search or any other search engine is called a hit.
Hotmail
Free, popular, web-based email service. Hotmail is owned by Microsoft, used by millions worldwide, and available from Hotmail.com
See also: Webmail and Getting an Email Account
HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
The language that Webpages are written in.
Content is "Marked Up" with a series of tags, that form hidden commands to the browser. Tags appear in the code within angled brackets, e.g. <HTML>, and instruct the browser how to display the Webpage on the screen.
Glossary Definitions: HyperText | Homepage | Webpage | Website | Browser
HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
The set of rules (protocol) which governs how information is sent on the World Wide Web. This is what the http:// means at the start of an URL.
HyperText
A system in which text and pictures can be creatively linked. Hypertext Links on a Webpage are often underlined, or appear a different colour from the rest of the text. As you roll the mouse pointer over a link it changes to a "pointy finger" 
. See also: Links and HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
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