Glossary & Internet Terminology
| A Absolute URL: The full Internet address of a page or other World Wide Web resource. The absolute URL includes a protocol, such as “http,” network location, and optional path and file name. Example, http://example.microsoft.com/ is an absolute URL.
Accessibility: The quality of a system incorporating hardware or software that makes it usable by people with one or more physical disabilities, such as restricted mobility, blindness, or deafness.
Active Data Objects (ADO): Components that enable client applications to access and manipulate data in a file-or server-based database through a provider.
Active hyperlink: A hyperlink that is currently selected in a Web browser. Some Web browsers indicate the active hyperlink by changing its color.
Active Server Page (ASP): A document that contains embedded server-side scripting. ASP-compatible Web servers can execute these scripts. On the client side, an ASP is a standard HTML web browser.
ActiveX: A set of technologies that enables software components to interact with one another in a networked environment, regardless of the language in which the components were created. ActiveX is used primarily to develop interactive content for the World Wide Web, although it can be used in desktop applications and other programs.
ActiveX Controls: Reusable software components that incorporate ActiveX technology. ActiveX controls can be embedded in Web pages to produce animations, multimedia effects, interactive objects, and sophisticated applications. They can be written in a variety of programming languages, including C, C++, and Visual Basic.
Anchor: See bookmark.
Algorithms: Search algorithm is, in short, the incredibly complex mathematical formula that a search engine uses to "rank" web sites for keywords. Based on a huge number of variables and calculations, algorithms are among the most closely-guarded secrets on the internet. Why? Imagine if they were leaked - suddenly the less-than-honest would have a very specific guideline to follow in climbing to the top of search results in a less-than-organic way, ruining the quality of Google's search results and their entire competitive advantage with it.
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Animated GIF: A file containing a series of GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) graphics that are displayed in rapid sequence in a Web browser, giving the appearance of a moving picture.
Anonymous FTP: The ability to access a remote computer system on which one does not have an account, via the Internet's File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Users have restricted access rights with anonymous FTP and usually can only list, view, or copy files to or from a public directory on the remote system. Many FTP sites do not permit anonymous FTP access in order to maintain security.
Applet: See Java applet.
Article: A message or posting in a discussion group or an Internet newsgroup. An article can be a response to a previous article.
ASCII: (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) A coding scheme using 7 or 8 bits that assigns numeric values to up to 256 characters, including letters, numerals, punctuation marks, control characters, and other symbols. ASCII was developed in 1968 to standardize data transmission among disparate hardware and software systems and is built into all personal computers.
Associate, affiliate, and referral programs: Arrangements with e-commerce sites in which you agree to sell or advertise their product through your web site for commission or revenue sharing.Asynchronous: Communication composed and sent at a different point in time than the time when it is received and read.
Authentication: In a multi-user or network environment, the process by which the system validates a user's logon information. A user's name and password are compared against an authorized list, and, if the system detects a match, access is granted to the extent specified in the permission list for that user.
Authentication database: A database on a server that matches user names to passwords.
Autoresponder: A pre-written email message that is automatically sent in response to an incoming message or request.Auto Thumbnail: A tool that creates a thumbnail of a picture or photograph and a hyperlink to the original picture.
Avatar: An image that represents a real person, like a mask, during sessions in a visual chat room environment.
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| B Background sound: A sound clip associated with Web page. When the page is displayed in a Web browser, the sound is played either continuously or the number of times that the page specifies.
Bandwidth: A measure of the frequency-response characteristics of a communications receiving system - proportional to the number of bytes required for the data to be transmitted or received per unit of time, and measured in terms of bits per second.
Banner Ad: A component in that shows each of a series of designated graphics for a specified number of seconds, then, transitions to the next graphic using any of several transition effects. Banner ads usually contain hyperlinks to an advertiser's Web site.Baud rate: The speed at which a modem can transmit data, also called bps or bits per second.
Beta software: Software not officially released, but offered conditionally in a test mode.
Bevel: A three-dimensional edge effect applied to the border of a graphic.
Blog: a weblog, where both hosted and software solutions use the same basic model configuration to update entries in which to share your ideas, thoughts, and visions with others. BMP: (bitmap) The standard graphics file format on Windows-compatible computers. Bitmap graphics support 24-bit color and can be saved for Windows or OS/Macintosh systems.
Bookmark: A named location on a Web page that can be the target of a hyperlink. A bookmark can be applied to a string of characters or exist on a page separately from any text. Bookmarks allow authors to link to a specific section of a target page. In a URL, a bookmark that is preceded by a pound sign (#). Also called an anchor.Boolean: Advanced searching techniques, named after British mathematician George Boole.
Bot or Bots: See also crawlers
Breadcrumbs: Breadcrumbs show you where you are, like "You are here" indicators; however, breadcrumbs only trace the path you took from the Home page. See also navigation bars
Broadband: Technologies that deliver higher Internet access speeds and allow perpetual connection, so the computer is always connected and never has to dial to gain access.
Broken hyperlink: A hyperlink that points to an incorrect URL or a missing page or file.
Browser: The software tool used to access the web - usually Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Explorer.
Browser-safe palette: A color table containing only 216 out of a possible 256 colors, used to precisely match the colors of graphics and pictures in cross-platform Web browsers. The remaining 40 colors vary on IBM-compatible and Macintosh computers and are therefore omitted.
CCache: An internal storage area within the browser that saves web pages recently visited so they reload more quickly.
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Cascading Style Sheet (CSS): An HTML specification developed by the World Wide Web Consortium that allows authors of Web pages to attach style sheets to HTML documents. Style sheets can include typographical information on how the page should appear, such as the font of the text in the page. CSS also directs the way in which the style sheets of the HTML document and the user's style will blend. Cell padding: The space between the contents and inside edges of a table cell.
Cell spacing: The amount of space between cells in a table. Cell spacing is the thickness, in pixels, of the walls surrounding each cell.
CGI (Common Gateway Interface): A standard method of extending Web server functionality by executing programs or scripts on a Web server in response to Web browser requests. A common use of CGI is in form processing, where the Web browser sends form data to a CGI script on the server, the script integrates the data with a database, and sends back the results as a Web page. Use of CGI can make a Web page much more dynamic and add interactivity for the user.Chat: Real time one-to-one or group conversation, with discussion in typed form.
Check box: A form field that can be selected by clicking a box. When a box is selected, it is usually displayed with a check mark or X. Check boxes are usually grouped to represent a set of non-exclusive choices. See also radio button.Client: On a local area network or the Internet, a computer that accesses shared network resources provided by another computer. See also server.
Client-side program: On the Internet, a program that is run on a client computer rather than on a server computer.
Comment: Text that can be viewed in that will not be displayed in a Web browser. Comment text is used to insert notes to authors and editors during the construction of the page. Comment text only appears by viewing the source HTML of the page containing the comments.
Class selector: In a cascading style sheet's style definition (or style rule), a subset of a selector that controls whether the same selector can he used for slightly different styles in different situations.
Confirmation page: A page that is displayed in a Web browser, confirming that data entered into a form has been successfully submitted. You point to a form's confirmation page in the form handler's dialog box.
Convergence: The blurring of separations between media such as telephone and Internet. Digital convergence is the theory that all entertainment and communications media will eventually merge into one digital appliance, transmitted via a single access point.
Cookies: Bits of data that web servers deposit on your hard drive when they deliver web pages to your browser.
Crackers: Those who seek access to private systems or to intercept data they are not authorized to see.
Crawlers: Googlebot, for example, is a search engine crawler. Googlebot periodically traverses the web in record time, indexing content, links - everything contained in page source code - and storing it in Google's search index. Then, when a user visits Google and enters a search phrase, the index, filtered by the algorithm, is what the user gets. Please note: there is some delay in this process since the results you're getting are from the index and not the live web. |
| D Database: A file containing records of information that are organized and presented to serve a specific purpose, such as the facilitation of searching, sorting, and recombination of data. Databases can be published on the World Wide Web to let site visitors look up information in records or add new information to the database.
Default settings: Settings or instructions that a software application assumes unless the user changes the preferences.
Demo software: Sample software with a temporary usage time period programmed in, so that if you don't pay for a license it will cease to function.
Digital versatile discs (DVD): Discs that offer the ability to play full-length feature films on the computer. DVDs have approximately 26 times the capacity of a CD.
Directories: Listings of web sites selected and classified into “subject tree” hierarchies by human editors. When webmasters realized just how much power inbound links have in determining search rankings they quickly set out to do two things: 1) get inbound links and 2) set up web sites where other webmasters could achieve inbound links (meaning big traffíc revenues for the site). Hence the directory farms you'll find. Link building has been a priority on the líst of any SEO-savvy webmaster for years, and as a result "quick fix" directories that allow streamlined listing submissions get a ton of traffíc. |
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Discussion group: Visitors submit topics or responses by entering and then submitting text in a form. Visitors can search the group using a search form, or access articles using a table of contents.
Distance learning: Educational programs conducted without the student and teacher being in the same space at the same time.
Domain name: The address of a network location in the format that identifies the owner of that address in the format: server.organization.type. Example, www.whitehouse.gov identifies the Web server at the White House in the United States, which is part of the U.S. government. See also network location.Downloading: The transmission of data (files or applications) from some kind of server on the Internet to your computer system.Drop-down menu field: A form field element that presents a list of selections in drop-down menu style. A drop-down menu form field element can be configured to permit the selection of many fields or a single field.
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| EE-commerce: Buying and selling products and services online.E-mail: (electronic mail) The exchange of electronic text messages and computer file attachments between computers over a communications network, such as a local area network or the Internet. E-mail form handler: See Save Results form handler
Embedded files: Graphics, pictures, sounds, and video clips that have been inserted on a page from a file system or from the clipboard.
Embedded style sheet: A cascading style sheet that is embedded on a page. Styles in an embedded style sheet can be applied only to the page containing the style sheet, and will either extend or override styles defined in any external
style sheet that is linked to the page.
Emoticons: Little faces made with punctuation marks, used to supplement words in chats (also known as smileys).
Encryption: A technique for protecting the privacy of information by scrambling the information so that it cannot be read without the right de-scrambling “key”
EPS: (Encapsulated PostScript) An extension of the PostScript graphics file format developed by Adobe Systems. EPS enables PostScript graphics files to be incorporated into other documents.
Ergonomics: A field of study concerned with designing furniture and equipment to be safe and comfortable for the human body.
External hyperlink: A hyperlink pointing to a page or file that is outside of the current web.
External style sheet: A cascading style sheet in a file with a .css file name extension. The .css file is comprised solely of style rules in valid .css syntax, without any surrounding HTML tags. By defining styles in one or more external style sheets and linking them to pages in your web, you ensure a consistent appearance throughout those pages. If you change a style in the external style sheet, the change will be reflected in all of the pages linked to that style sheet.
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FFAQ: (Frequently Asked Questions) A document listing common questions and answers on a particular subject. FAQs are often posted on Internet newsgroups where new participants ask the same questions that regular readers have already answered many times.
File: A named collection of information that is stored on a computer. Also, an Internet protocol that refers to files on a disk or local area network.
File transfer protocol (FTP): A protocol created to expedite file transfers from one computer to another over the Internet - usually the simplest way to send or retrieve files between computers. See also FTP
Firewall: A method of protecting the files and programs on one network from users on another network. A firewall blocks unwanted access to a protected network, while giving the protected network access to networks outside of the firewall. A company will typically install a firewall to give users access to the Internet while protecting their internal information.Flaming: Angry retorts that can generate escalating flame wars in chats or on message boards.
Folder: A named storage area on a computer containing files and other folders.
Followed hyperlink: A hyperlink on a page that has been activated. Visited hyperlinks are usually displayed by the Web browser in a specified color.
Form: A set of data-entry fields on a page that are processed on a Web server. The data is sent to the server when a site visitor submits the form by clicking on a button or, in some cases, by clicking a graphic.
Form field: A data-entry field on a page. A site visitor supplies information in a field either by typing text or by selecting a field.
Form handler: A program on a server that is executed when a site visitor submits a form.
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| Frame: An area of a Web browser window defined by a frames page. A frame appears in a Web browser as one of a number of different areas in which pages can be displayed. A frame may be scrollable and resizable, and may have a border. You display a page in a frame by creating a hyperlink to the page and specifying the frame as part of the hyperlink. Frameset : A page that divides a Web browser's window into different areas called frames that can independently display several Web pages.From an SEO standpoint the use of frames for your layout is not recommended. Since frames do not use links in the same way, and since links may point to one frame from another, they may cause serious problems for crawlers. See also frame.
Freeware: A category of software that can be downloaded for free and kept with no charge.
FrontPage Server Extensions: A set of programs and scripts that support authoring in FrontPage and extend the functionality of a Web server. The FrontPage Server Extensions are available for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and other popular Windows and UNIX Web servers. To verify that your Web server is supported, visit http://www.microsoft.comlfrontpage/
FTP: (File Transfer Protocol) The Internet service that transfers files from one computer to another. FTP servers are repositories of computer files: documents, pictures, sounds, multimedia files and computer software programs.GGIF: Graphic Image Format stipulated by HTML tags for use in web pages. GIF is a compressed format, designed to minimize file transfer time.Gopher: An older Internet protocol now little used.
Graphical user interface (GUI): A user-friendly visual software display with pictures, icons, and windows, which allow the user to execute commands with a pointing device like a mouse.
Graphics file formats: BMP, EPS, GIF, JPEG, PCD, PCX, PNG, RAS, TGA, TIFF, and WMF. When you save your web, these graphics (if necessary) converts to GIF, JPEG, or PNG
file formats, based on their original color depth.
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H Hacker: A person who enjoys computer technology and programming, and sometimes may try creative approaches to modify or expand systems and applications.
Hardware: The part of a computer that can be seen and touched, including the central processing unit, input devices such as keyboard, mouse, and microphone, output devices such as the monitor, printer, and speakers, and storage devices such as removable diskette drives and compact disk (CD) drives
Header: A few lines of information that automatically appear at the top of an email message.
Heading: A paragraph style that is displayed in a typeface larger than normal text. The size of a heading is related to its level: Heading I is the largest, Heading 2, the next largest, and so on. Use headings to provide names or titles for text paragraphs or entire pages.
Hidden field: A form field that is invisible to a site visitor but supplies data to a form handler. Each hidden field is implemented as a name-value pair. When a form is submitted by a site visitor, its hidden fields are passed to the form handler along with name-value pairs for each visible form field.
Hit Counter: A component that keeps track of the number of visitors to a World Wide Web site.
Home page: On the World Wide Web, an entry page for a set of Web pages and other files in a Web site. The home page is displayed by default when a visitor surfs to the site using a Web browser. The name of a home page depends on the type of Web server used to host the Web site. Some Web servers reserve Index.htm as the name for the home page, while others name the home page Default.htm
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| Host: A computer that offers services on a network On the World Wide Web, a server is a computer that runs the web server software that responds to HTTP protocol requests. Hotspot: A graphically defined area in a graphic or picture containing a hyperlink. A graphic with hotspots is called an image map. Hotspots are invisible in Web browsers. Site visitors can tell that a hotspot is present because the mouse pointer changes appearance when the mouse is moved over the graphic. See also image map.
Hover Button: An animated button in the navigation bar on a Web page that is activated when the mouse pointer is moved over the button or when the button is clicked. See also navigation bar.
Hypertext markup language (HTML): The standard markup language used for documents on the World Wide Web. The coding system that is used to make web pages. Every web page contains HTML tags that tell browsers where and how to present the text, graphics, links, and other components. Most Web browsers, notably Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Firefox and Opera, recognize HTML tags beyond those included in the present standard.Hypertext transfer protocol: HTTP appears at the beginning of most Internet addresses. It is the set of rules and procedures that allows web sites to work for any visitor, regardless of their type of computer or network. The Internet protocol that enables Web browsers to retrieve information from World Wide Web servers.
Hyperlink: A pointer from text, from a picture or a graphic, or from an image map to a page or file on the World Wide Web. On the World Wide Web, hyperlinks are the primary way to navigate between pages and among Web sites. Also called link.
Hypertext: Originally, any textual information on a computer containing jumps to other information. The hypertext jumps are called hyperlinks. On the World Wide Web, hypertext is the primary way to navigate between pages and among Web sites. Hypertext on Web pages has been expanded to include hyperlinks from text, from a picture or a graphic, and from image maps.
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IImage map: A graphic containing one or more invisible regions, called hotspots, which are associated hyperlinks. Typically, an image map gives site visitors visual cues abont the information made available by clicking each part of a picture or graphic. For example, a geographical map could be made into an image map by assigning hotspots to each region of interest on the map. Instant messaging: One-to-one real time chatting, initiated by one person “calling” another with the use of special software.
Interlaced GIF: A picture in GIF format that is gradually displayed in a Web browser, showing increasingly detailed versions of the picture until the entire file has finished downloading. See also
Internet: The worldwide collection of computers, networks and gateways that use TCP/IP protocols to communicate with one another. At the heart of the Internet are high-speed data communication lines between major host computers, consisting of thousands of commercial, government, educational, and other computer systems that route data and messages. Currently, the Internet offers a range of services to users, such as e-mail, the World Wide Web, FTP, Usenet newsgroups, Gopher, IRC, telnet, and others.
Internet service providers (ISP): ISPs provide individuals and businesses with access to the Internet through dial-up connections, as well as, DHL and broadband services. Intranet: A network designed for information processing within a company or organization. Its uses include such services as document and software distribution, access to databases, and training. An intranet is so called because it usually employs applications associated with the Internet, such as Web pages, Web browsers, FTP sites, email, newsgroups, and mailing lists, accessible only to those within the organization.
IP (Internet Protocol): Internet software that divides data into packets for transmission over the Internet. Computers must run IP to communicate across the Internet. See also TCP
IP address (Internet Protocol address): The standard way of identifying a computer that is connected to the Internet, much the way a telephone number identifies a telephone on a telephone network. An IP address is four numbers separated by periods, and each number is less than 256, for example, 192.200.44.69. Your Web server administrator or Internet service provider will assign your computer an IP address.See also ISP
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| J Java: A general-purpose programming language created by Sun Microsystems. Currently, the most widespread use of Java is in programming small applications, or applets, for the World Wide Web. See also Java applet.
Java applet: A Java class that is loaded and run by an already-running Java application such as a Web browser. Java applets can be downloaded and executed by a Web browser capable of interpreting Java, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Java applets are frequently used to add multimedia effects and interactivity to Web pages, such as video displays, animations, calculators, real-time clocks, and interactive games. Applets can be activated automatically when the page containing them is displayed in a Web browser, or they may require some action on the part of the site visitor, such as clicking an element on the page.JavaScript: A scripting language developed by Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems, Inc. Compared to Java, JavaScript is limited in performance because it is not compiled before execution. Basic online applications and functions can be added to Web pages with JavaScript, butthe number and complexity of available application programming interface functions are fewer than those available with Java. JavaScript code, which is included in a Web page along with the HTML code, is generally considered easier to write than Java, especially for novice programmers. A JavaScript-compliant Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, is required to interpret JavaScript code.
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Groups): A format for the storage and display of photographs and images created outside the computer environment and then digitized. JPEG graphics apply a user-specified compression scheme that can significantly reduce the large file sizes usually associated with photo-realistic color graphics.
KKeyword: A word used in a search which plays a crucial part in finding the answer to a query.
LLinks: Identified by hypertext within web pages and sites, links are like tags with electronic strings attached, which lead from one web site to another. |
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Local area network (LAN): A computer network within an office. A computer network technology designed to connect computers separated by a short distance. A LAN can be connected to the Internet and can also be configured as an intranet. Networks of LANs located in multiple locations are called a wide-area network (WAN).
MMP3: A digital music format with which files of music can be delivered as downloads or in streaming format. Delivers music of a quality equal to commercial CDs.
Mailing list: An organizational software program that combines e-mail messages from many people around one chosen topic, and to which anyone with e-mail software may subscribe.
mailto: The Internet protocol used to send electronic mail.
Marquee: A region on a page that displays a horizontally scrolling text message.
Merchant account: The type of bank account usually required to receive credit card payments for the sale of merchandise or services online or off-line.
Message board: A web-based bulletin board type of communication in which messages may be posted to which others can respond.
Meta search engine: A service that will automatically submit a parallel query on several different search engines simultaneously, and then return a single list of results.
META tag: An HTML tag that must appear in the head portion of the page. META tags supply information about a page but do not affect its appearance. A standard META tag, “generator,” is used to indicate the type of editor that created the HTML page.MIME Type: (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions type) A method used by Web browsers to associate files of a certain type with applications that display files of that type.
Modem: Formed from the words MOdulateDEModulate, this piece of hardware transforms digital signals from phone lines to computers.
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| NNavigation bar: A collection of graphical or textual buttons containing hyperlinks to pages that are part of the same web structureNetworks: A set of people or things that are connected. Networks come in all shapes and sizes, determined by the number of items to be connected, their relative locations, the users, and the available technology.Newsgroups: A means of group communication organized into what is called USENET. Not web-based, newsgroups existed long before the World Wide Web. No Frames tab: This is the HTML for Web browsers that do not support frames pages to display.
OOLE: (Object Linking and Embedding) A technology for transferring and sharing information among applications. OLE lets an author invoke different editor components to create a compound document.
PPage: A single document in a Web site written in HTML.
Page Banner: A section of a Web page containing a graphic element and text, such as the page title. Page banners are usually displayed at the top of a Web page.Parent Web: In a hierarchical structure, the web immediately above the current web.
Password: A security measure used to restrict access to computer systems and sensitive files. On the World Wide Web, passwords are strings of characters that allow site visitors access to Internet services, such as FTP, if the Internet service requires authentication.
PCD (Photo CD): A graphics file format developed by Eastman Kodak Company.
PDF (Portable Document File): A document file format developed by Adobe Systems which can convert text or graphics into a integrated universally tranferable and readable file with a reader component installed on any computer. |
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Personal digital assistant (PDA): Any hand-held device that provides computing and information storage and retrieval. PDAs may have small keyboards or electronically sensitive pads to write on.
Pixel: The basic unit of programable color on a computer display or image.
Plug-ins: Extra, special-purpose programs that complement the basic abilities of a browser or other software applications.
PNG (Portable Network Graphics): A file format
for compressed bitmap graphics, similar to the
GIF format.
Port: One of the network input/output channels of a computer running TCP/IP. On the World Wide Web, port usually refers to the port number a server is running on. A single computer can have many Web servers running on it, but only one server can be running on each port. The default port for Web servers is 80.
Post office protocol (POP): The most common method for handling Internet e-mail. The POP that serves your ISP receives incoming and outgoing messages from your e-mail software.PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol): An Internet standard for transmitting data over serial links between computers.
Pretty good privacy (PGP): PGP is a program that can encrypt a message to ensure privacy
Protocols: The “languages” of computers, by which networks and computers of different types can communicate successfully. For instance, HTTP or Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
Proxy Server: An Internet server that acts as a firewall, mediating traffic between a protected network and the Internet. See also firewall.
Publish: The process of making a web public on the World Wide Web or an intranet by copying all of its pages and files to the Web server connected to the Internet or the local area network.
QQueries: Requests for information by posing a question in a search engine or submitting a question in a form handler on the support page of an individual web site to resolve some issue.
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| RRadio Button: A form field that presents a site visitor with a selection that can be chosen by clicking on a button. Radio buttons are presented in a list, one of which is selected by default. Selecting a new member of the list deselects the currently selected item. See also check box. RAS: The raster graphics file format developed by Sun Microsystems.
Real time: A way of describing synchronous communication, or technologies that enable people to be in direct contact, as opposed to asynchronous methods, such as e-mail.
Registration Form Handler: a form handler allows site visitors to automatically register themselves for access to a service implemented as a Web site. The Registration form handler adds the site visitor to an authentication database, then gathers optional information from the form and stores it in one of many supported formats.
Relative URL: The Internet address of a page or other World Wide Web resource relative to the Internet address of the current page. A relative URL gives the path from the current page to the destination page or resource. A relative URL can include a protocol.
Resample: The changing of the pixel dimensions (and therefore physical file size) of a picture or a graphic. Graphics can be resampled down (the number of pixels is decreased) or resampled up (the number of pixels is increased). When you resample a graphic down, pixel information is deleted from the graphic. When you resample a graphic up, new pixel information is created based on matching color values of the existing pixels. Resampling a graphic down and then resampling it up to its original resolution will cause the quality of the graphic to deteriorate considerably
Rich Site Summary (RSS): RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, is a file format that acilitates the sharing and syndication of web site content. Nearly every major news operation, blog, and high -traffic specialty site offers its frequently updated content as a feed.
Root Web: The default, top-level web provided by a Web server. To access the root web, you supply the URL of the server without specifying a page name or subweb.RTF (Rich Text Format): A method of encoding text formatting and document structure using the ASCII character set. By convention, RTF files have an .rtf file name extension.
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SSave Results form handler: A form handler that gathers information from a form and stores it in one of a number of formats or sends the information to an e-mail address. When a site visitor submits the form, the Save results form handler appends the form information to a file on the server in the format you specify. Script: A type of computer code that can be directly executed by a program that understands the language in which the script is written.
Scrolling text box: A labeled, multiple-line form field in which site visitors can type one or more lines of text.
Search engine: An automated system that uses “spiders” to automatically search the web, copying information into huge databases and then enabling users to find relevant web content by entering keyword queries.Search Engine Optimization (SEO): This one is open to interpretation. It is quite often used to encapsulate a huge amount of different tactics. On-site optimization, off-site optimization (link building, etc) and many other techniques all feasibly fall under the SEO blanket. However, there is an obvious difference between optimizing a page's code to be clean and search friendly and writing link bait that will be popular and get linked to. Secure sockets layer (SSL): SSL is the technical name for the secure encryption method most often provided on the web, enabling transmission of private information such as credit card numbers in a secure environment.Server: A computer that offers services on a network. On the World Wide Web, a server is a computer that runs the Web server software that responds to HTTP protocol requests. See also host.Server-side Image Map: An image map that passes the coordinates of the mouse pointer to a CGI handler routine on the server. Server-side image maps require the Web server to compute the target URL of the hyperlink based on the mouse pointer coordinates. See also image map.
Shared borders: Page regions reserved for content that you want to appear consistently throughout your pages. Shared borders usually contain navigation bars-hyperlinks to the other pages in the current web.
Shareware: Software that can be downloaded for free and tried for a trial period. If you decide to keep it, a fee is then required.
Site Summary: A site summary is a description of your webpage located in the HTML header that is unseen by visitors to the webpage but is read by and provides search engines and search directories with information used to list the webpage and its content.
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Software: Electronic programming instructions for operating systems, and applications such as word processing and spreadsheets.
Sp@mming: Basically, any unnatural effort to bring a page higher in search results. What constitutes sp@m is open to some interpretation, but the only interpretation you need to worry about is that of the major search engines. If Google, for example, considers a technique "spammy" you'd be wise to cease at once.
Streaming: A technique for transferring data as a continuous stream, enabling transmission of multimedia content.
Structured Query Language (SQL): A database query and programming language widely used for accessing, querying, updating, and managing data in relational database systems. Using SQL, you can retrieve data from a database, create databases and database objects, add data, modify existing data, and perform other, more complex functions. With SQL, you can also change the server configuration, modify database or session settings, and control data and access statements.
Style: Styles are used to control the font, alignment, and spacing of text; appearance of background pages; and other HTML attributes. A collection of styles is called a style sheet. See also cascading style sheet.
Submission: Submitting a web site to search engines so they'll know about and crawl it.
Subweb: A named subdirectory of the root web that is a complete web. Each subweb can have independent administration, authoring and browsing permissions from the root web and other subwebs. Any number of subwebs can be created under the root web, and subwebs can be created within subwebs. See also root webSynchronous: Real time communication, with at least two people receiving and sending written messages in direct contact.
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T Table: One or more rows of cells on a page used to organize the layout of a page or arrange data systematically
Target frame: The name of a frame in which the target page of a hyperlink is displayed. Typically, a hyperlink from one frame of a frames page will supply as its target frame another frame of the frames page. See also frame, frames page
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol): Internet networking software that controls the transmission of packets of data over the Internet. Among its tasks, TCP checks for lost packets, puts the data from multiple packets into the correct order, and requests that missing or damaged packets be sent again. Computers must run TCP to communicate with Web servers.Telephony: Convergence of the Internet and the telephone, enabling the user to make phone calls via the Internet.
Template: A set of pre-designed formats for text and graphics on which new pages and webs can be based. After a page or web is created using a template, you can customize the page or web.
Telnet: An older technology consisting of a remote terminal program, still used by libraries and organizations for transferring software or large files.
TGA (Targa): A photorealistic graphics file format designed for systems with a Truevision display adapter.
Theme: A theme applies professionally designed graphics to elements of the pages in web. Themes consist of similar design elements and color schemes for bullets, fonts, graphics, navigation bars, and other page elements. When applied, a theme gives pages and navigation bars in a web an attractive and consistent appearance.
Threads: A means of connecting related messages in group communication. For instance, if you respond to a message on a message board, your response will be threaded to the original message
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UUniform resource locator (URL): URLs identify specific locations on the Internet. Web site URLs are often referred to as the web site “address.”Up loading: Sending files from your personal computer to another computer.
VVirtual community: A gathering of people who never meet in person as a whole group, but communicate regularly and get to know each other or share common interests electronicallyVirus: A type of program classified as “malware” intended to damage or create mischief to your system.
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W Web page: A single screen of information, which may contain text, images, and animation, created with HTML and viewed with a web browser.
Web site: A collection of related web pages, which may include anywhere from a handful up to millions of pages, published as one interconnected entity and generally sharing a common base URL.Webcam: A digital camera connected to web servers and delivering continuously updated images to web sites.
WYSIWIG: What you see is what you get. Wysiwig web authoring software allows a user to create web pages visually; HTML tags are automatically inserted.
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