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Popular Terms You Should Know
- web site
- a group of web pages, usually all with one theme, such as
a corporate site
- web page
- a single page of any length, generally consisting of one
text file
- url
- the address used by browsers to locate a web site
- browser
- a software program used to view web pages on the World Wide
Web
- domain
- the primary portion of a URL; must be registered with the
Internic. Ex.: the-grizz.com
- link
- an image or text that can be clicked on with the mouse,
which will then take the viewer to a new web page
- image
- a photo or graphic file that can be viewed on a web page
- form
- a page consisting of questions to be filled out by the viewer
which can then be submitted to the web site owner
- secure server
- a server that makes use of encryption and security software
to ensure the safety of monetary transactions
- Internic
- the central agency for registering domains
- ftp
- a method of uploading or downloading files to or from a
computer that is a full-time server for the Internet
- guest book
- a web page where viewers can make an entry to let the world
know they were there
- CGI
- a programming language used to create advanced features
for web sites; one example is the "guest book"
- HTML
- a mark-up language universally understood and used to publish
web pages
- JavaScript
- a programming language used in web design to create interesting
effects, such as pop-up windows
- background
- a design or color that is the primary focus of the page
- directory
- a site that collects information about web sites and then
compiles it into a easily navigated listing of topics
- search engine
- a database containing thousands of web sites, often categorized
like a directory, however, they make use of "spiders"
or "robots" to gather new web sites.
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