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Words and Phrases Here are 12 Internet terms to help you understand the World Wide Web.
Words and Phrases - Internet Habit
address bar
bandwidth
bookmark
browser
crash
hit
lingo
multimedia
online
post
social networking site
surf
top
idioms
We clicked!
two people quickly become friends

"I was nervous about meeting my new roommate at university but we clicked straight away."
channel surfing
changing TV channels quickly to find something good to watch

"My little sister is always channel surfing to find some music videos on TV."
a tangled web
a complicated situation where many people are lying

"The banking crisis was a tangled web with many people making money dishonestly."
Search me!
"I don't know!", "I don't have an answer to your question."

"I don't know why the two boys started fighting. Search me!"
crash and burn
totally fail

"I think Tom's business will crash and burn unless he starts working hard."