The Museum of Family History
HONORING AND PRESERVING THE MEMORY OF OUR ANCESTORS
FOR THE PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS

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Browser
Used to display web pages. The most popular browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer, but others include Netscape Navigator, Firefox and Opera.

Thumbnail
A small image, usually of a photograph, that you can left-click on to bring up a larger version of the image and/or more detail.

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A string of characters that refers to a specific location on the Internet. An HTTP URL is also known as a web address. The URL for this web page is www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/glossary.htm.

Virtual Museum
A museum that exists only as a website on the Internet, i.e. in cyberspace.

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