A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
H | I | J | K | L | M |
N | O | P | Q |
R | S | T | U | V | W | XYZ
A
- Application: fun or useful software that can enhance your experience on Yahoo!. Think of an application (or app) as a website within Yahoo!’s website. Apps are free, require no downloads, and go with you wherever you’re signed into Yahoo!.
C
- Connection: a person you spend significant time online time with and with whom you want to share personal information. Connections have privileged access to each others’ profiles.
- Content: information in My Yahoo! that changes on a regular basis, such as news items, sporting events, and the weather.
D
- Display image: a picture or avatar representing you in some way that you share with others on your profile on Yahoo!
- Drag and drop: the ability to move an object from one place to another by placing the cursor over an object, pressing the left mouse button, dragging the selected object to another location, and releasing the mouse button.
F
- Full view: the view of a Yahoo! Application that gives you access to all its features, usually on a separate webpage.
I
- Instant messaging: the ability to exchange messages in real time with other people over the Internet.
M
- Module: a self-contained block of content in My Yahoo!, which you can add, edit, move, or remove.
- My Apps: the webpage (http://apps.yahoo.com/myapps) that collects together all the Yahoo! Applications (apps) you’ve added for your personal use.
- My Yahoo! Reader: a feature that lets you view articles without leaving My Yahoo!. It works when publishers provide My Yahoo! with access to the full articles.
P
- Preloaded tab: a pre-defined tab of related content created by the people at Yahoo! and made available to you as a quick way to add tabs of content to My Yahoo!.
- Profile: a public web page associated with your Yahoo! ID where you can share personal information with others. You and each of your connections have a profile that others can view.
Q
- Quicklinks: a menu of links in a My Yahoo! tab that provides quick access to Yahoo! services.
S
- Small view: the view of a Yahoo! Application that you see on a My Yahoo! tab. It typically includes only a subset of the information and features displayed in the full app view.
T
- Thumbnail: a small version of an image, often linked to a larger version.
U
- Updates: brief messages about profile changes and other activities on Yahoo! that are automatically shared between connections.
- URL: Universal Resource Locator; specifies the location of a file or web page, such as http://my.yahoo.com.
XYZ
- Yahoo! Bookmarks: an online service that lets you save links to your favorite web sites and access them from any computer anywhere in the world.
- Yahoo! ID: the name by which a person is known to all Yahoo! networks.
- Yahoo! Local: a subject-based guide to businesses and services organized by location.
- Yahoo! Messenger: an application that lets you communicate using your voice, text, or other means with one or more people over the Internet in real time (instantly).
- Yahoo! Toolbar: a customizable toolbar that allows you to use your favorite Yahoo! features from buttons on your browser.