ASP
Application Service Provider: software hosted on-line and available through
the Internet and browser rather than installed and run on your local computer
or network
ASP
Active Server Pages (we'll cover this in the future - just want to point out
that two terms share the same acronym)
Browser
A software program that runs on your computer and displays Web pages you've
retrieved through the Internet (e.g., Internet Explorer). The first browser
to gain a substantial following was Mosaic, developed by Marc Andresson and
others at the University of Illinois
Description
A few phrases/sentences contained in the Description meta tag in the Head
section of an HTML page that describe the contents of a page or site and facilitate
search engine indexing
Domain Name
A human-readable Web site address equivalent to the IP numeric address system
the Internet uses
FTP
File Transfer Protocol: a way to transfer files between computers on the Internet
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format: a common way to store compressed digital graphics
for browser display
Home Page
The central page of a Web site, retrieved when your URL is invoked by a browser
HTML
HyperText Mark-up Language: A hardware and operating platform independent
page description language for coding pages for display through browsers
Internet
A world-wide network of computers, other hardware, and software that grew
out of military and university networks in the U.S.
Intranet
A local network that acts like the Internet
ISP
Internet Service Provider: a service for connecting computers to the Internet
JavaScript
A scripting language used to imbed instructions into HTML pages for execution
in browsers at the time the pages are viewed
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group: a common way to store compressed digital
pictures for browser display
Keyword
A few words or phrases contained in the Keyword meta tag in the Head section
of an HTML page that describe the contents of a page or site and facilitates
search engine indexing
Link
An address to a Web page somewhere on the Internet or a local system that
allows for its retrieval and display
Protocol
A format for exchanging data
URL
Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a file on the Internet. A URL consists
of several parts: the protocol, server, sub-domain, top-level domain, and
then any relevant server directory names and/or file name. For instance, the
URL for the home page of Sound Internet Strategy is http://www.soundingline.com,
where http:// specifies the HyperText Transfer Protocol, "www" a Web server,
"soundingline" the name of the site and "com," the indication that it is a
commercial rather than educational (edu), governmental (gov), email (net),
military (mil) or organization (org) site.
Web publishing
The process of creating and maintaining a Web site, generally on the WWW.
Web site (or website)
A collection of linked HTML pages that can be displayed through a browser
and generally accessible via URL.
WWW
World Wide Web: an invention of Tim Berners-Lee in 1990, that made sharing
information between computers on the Internet significantly more convenient
than what had come before, effectively creating the foundation for a social
and economic revolution.
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