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Cyber Glossary

Cyberlaw dictionary is an alphabetical reference guide to technical and legal terms related to the Internet. The site you are now browsing contains over 500 definitions of words drawn from Standard Internet English including technical terms and their meanings. Our aim is to explain basic technical jargon of cyberspace to those who are not familiar with its jargon. We've given preference to terms that are widely used, like modem or bandwidth, and to those that describe new concepts specific to the Internet experience such as phishing or sexting.

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Enter Key

the keyboard key that moves the cursor to the next line. It also initiates a function or command. For example, when a program displays a prompt such as Save, pressing the Enter key confirms the command. Pointing the mouse cursor to the Save button and left clicking would accomplish the same function. See Return key, and Special Key Functions.