Bandwidth: The amount of data your connection to the internet can carry over a unit of time. Usually in KiloBytes per second

Benefits: Compensation for work in addition to regular pay. It is usually things such as health and dental insurance

Clerical: Work involving record keeping, money counting, and filing documents. It is not however, direct sales to the customer

I9 Form: A document proving you are a resident of the United States. Usually businesses request two forms of identification, a driver's license and a social security card.

INS: Immigration and Naturalization Service, a government organization which keeps track of alien workers and issues work permits. It also grants people citizenship.

Interactive: A form of computing where the user and computer simulate a human to human exchange of information through things such as audio and video, with answers and replies.

Internship: Colleges place undergraduates in job positions related to their majors to give them real world experience before graduation.

Minimum Wage: The government requires you pay most workers a minimum of $4.75, but it is currently on a schedule to increase.

Module: A standardized unit of related parts**

Quota: Some businesses are required to hire a certain number of people from various ethnic backgrounds to fulfill government standards

Resume: A summary, especially of a person's achievements**

Salary: Compensation for work** (Usually based on a "per year" scale)

Small Business: A non incorporated business run by a single group of people, employing a small number of people.

SBA: Small Business Association is a federal organization dedicated to starting and maintaining small businesses. They do a great deal of obtaining loans for small businesses and providing them with information needed to run your business day to day.

Soc. Sec. Card: An official federal government document with a distinct number

USENET: A part of the internet that includes various news groups you can post to and read messages from

W4 Form: A federal document used to specify how much money you are to have withheld from your paycheck for Federal Income Tax

Wage: A rate of payment for work** (Usually done in dollars per hour)


** Taken from "Webster's Handy College Dictionary." Nal Penguin Incorporated. New York. 1981.