Jaha Design ..:::.. Web Glossary

Applet: A small Java program that can be embedded in an HTML page.
ASCII: Pronounced ask-ee, ASCII is a code for representing English characters as numbers, with each letter assigned a number from 0 to 127. For example, the ASCII code for uppercase M is 77. Most computers use ASCII codes to represent text, which makes it possible to transfer data from one computer to another.
ASP: Active Server Pages." ASP is a scripting language developed by Microsoft, used mostly on Windows servers only. ASP is used to create dynamic pages that interact with a database.
Bandwidth: How much stuff you can send through a connection. Usually measured in bits-per-second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits.
Baud: In common usage the baud rate of a modem is how many bits it can send or receive per second.
Binary: Information consisting entirely of ones and zeros.
Bit · (Abbreviation for binary digit): The smallest unit of information on a machine. A single bit can hold only one of two values: 0 or 1. More meaningful information is obtained by combining consecutive bits into larger units. For example, a byte is composed of 8 consecutive bits.
Blog · (weB LOG): A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog.
Byte · (Abbreviation for binary term): AA unit of storage capable of holding a single character. On almost all modern computers, a byte is equal to 8 bits. Large amounts of memory are indicated in terms of kilobytes (1,024 bytes), megabytes (1,048,576 bytes), and gigabytes (1,073,741,824 bytes).
Cache · (pronounced "cash"): The browsers temporary storage area for web pages and images, There are two types of cache: memory cache and hard drive cache.
Client: Software that communicates with a server. In a Web environment, the Web browser is the client.
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets, a new feature being added to HTML that gives both Web site developers and users more control over how pages are displayed. With CSS, designers and users can create style sheets that define how different elements, such as headers and links, appear. These style sheets can then be applied to any Web page.
DHTML: Dynamic HTML. An extension of HTML that enables, among other things, the inclusion of small animations and dynamic menus in Web pages. DHTML code makes use of style sheets and JavaScript.
DNS · (Domain Name System): The Domain Name System is the system that translates Internet domain names into IP numbers. A "DNS Server" is a server that performs this kind of translation.
Domain Name: An identifying name for an organization on the internet. The domain name is an alias for the actual numeric IP address of the server that hosts the website. The domain name also is part of the URL.
Download: Transferring data (usually a file) from a another computer to the computer you are are using. The opposite of upload.
DPI · (Dots Per Inch): A measure of resolution, the sharpness of a computer display. Also used in reference to the resolution capability of a computer printer.
DSL · (Digital Subscriber Line): A method for moving data over regular phone lines which is much faster than a regular phone connection.
FAQ · (Frequently Asked Questions): FAQ's are documents that list and answer the most common questions on a particular subject.
Firewall: A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. Firewalls can be implemented in both hardware and software, or a combination of both.
Flash: A bandwidth friendly and browser independent vector-graphic animation technology. As long as different browsers are equipped with the necessary plug-ins, Flash animations will look the same.
Font: A typeface or particular style of type.
FTP · (File Transfer Protocol): A standard communications protocol for transferring files over the internet.
Freeware: Copyrighted software given away for free by the author. Although it is available for free, the author retains the copyright, which means that you cannot do anything with it that is not expressly allowed by the author. Usually, the author allows people to use the software, but not sell it.
GIF · (Graphic Interchange Format): A common format for image files, it supports only 256 colors. GIF is better than JPG for images with only a few distinct colors, such as line drawings, black and white images and small text that is only a few pixels high. With an animation editor, GIF images can be put together for animated images. GIF also supports transparency, where the background color can be set to transparent in order to let the color on the underlying Web page to show through.
Gigabyte: 1024 Megabytes.
HTML · (HyperText Markup Language): The coding language used to create Hypertext documents for use on the World Wide Web.
HTTP · (HyperText Transfer Protocol): The protocol for moving hypertext files across the Internet. Requires a HTTP client program on one end, and an HTTP server program on the other end. HTTP is the most important protocol used in the World Wide Web (WWW).
Hypertext: Generally, any text that contains links to other documents - words or phrases in the document that can be chosen by a reader and which cause another document to be retrieved and displayed.
internet (Lower case i): Any time you connect 2 or more networks together, you have an internet.
Internet (Upper case I): A global network connecting millions of computers using TCP/IP protocols.
Intranet: A private network inside a company or organization that uses the same kinds of software that you would find on the public Internet, but that is only for internal use.
IP Address: An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network (the Internet). Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 1.160.10.240 could be an IP address.
ISP · (Internet Service Provider): An institution that provides access to the Internet in some form, usually for money.
Java: Java is a network-friendly programming language invented by Sun Microsystems.
JavaScript: JavaScript is a programming language that is mostly used in web pages, usually to add features that make the web page more interactive.
JPEG · (Joint Photographic Experts Group): JPEG is a format for image files. It supports 16 million colors and is best suited for photographs and complex graphics.
Kilobyte: 1024 bytes
LAN · (Local Area Network): A computer network limited to the immediate area, usually the same building or floor of a building.
Linux: A widely used Open Source Unix-like operating system.
Megabyte: 1024 kilobytes
Meta Tag: A specific kind of HTML tag that contains information not normally displayed to the user. Meta tags contain information about the page itself, hence the name ("meta" means "about this subject") Typical uses of Meta tags are to include information for search engines to help them better categorize a page.
MIME · (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions): A specification for formatting non-ASCII messages so that they can be sent over the Internet.
Modem · (MOdulator, DEModulator): A device that connects a computer to a phone line. A telephone for a computer. A modem allows a computer to talk to other computers through the phone system.
Netiquette: The etiquette on the Internet.
Network: Any time you connect 2 or more computers together so that they can share resources, you have a computer network. Connect 2 or more networks together and you have an internet.
Open Source Software: A program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge, i.e., open. Open source code is typically created as a collaborative effort in which programmers improve upon the code and share the changes within the community.
PDF · (Portable Document Format): A file format designed to enable printing and viewing of documents with all their formatting (typefaces, images, layout, etc.) appearing the same regardless of what operating system is used, so a PDF document should look the same on Windows, Macintosh, linux, OS/2, etc. The PDF format is based on the widely used PostScript document-description language. Both PDF and PostScript were developed by the Adobe Corporation.
PHP · (Hypertext Preprocessor): An open source, server-side, HTML embedded scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages.
Pixel · (Short for Picture Element): A pixel is a single point in a graphic image. Graphics monitors display pictures by dividing the display screen into thousands (or millions) of pixels, arranged in rows and columns. The pixels are so close together that they appear connected.
POP · (Post Office Protocol or Point of Presence): Post Office Protocol refers to a way that e-mail client software such as Outlook gets mail from a mail server.
Point of Presence refers to an access point to the Internet.
Protocol: On the Internet "protocol" usually refers to a set of rules that define an exact format for communication between systems. For example the HTTP protocol defines the format for communication between web browsers and web servers.
Public Domain Software: Refers to any program that is not copyrighted. Public-domain software is free and can be used without restrictions. The term public-domain software is often used incorrectly to include freeware, free software that is nevertheless copyrighted.
Query: A question. Queries are commonly performed on databases to retrieve information.
Search Engine: A (usually web-based) system for searching the information available on the Web.
Server: A computer or device on a network that manages network resources. For example, a file server is a computer and storage device dedicated to storing files.
SEO: Search Engine Optimization - optimized a site correctly for the search engine spiders to catalog it in their databases
Shareware: Copyrighted software distributed on the basis of an honor system. Most shareware is delivered free of charge, but the author usually requests that you pay a small fee if you like the program and use it regularly. By sending the small fee, you become registered with the producer so that you can receive service assistance and updates. You can copy shareware and pass it along to friends and colleagues, but they too are expected to pay a fee if they use the product.
SMTP · (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol): The main protocol used to send electronic mail from server to server on the Internet.
Spam (or Spamming): An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing list, or USENET or other networked communications facility as if it was a broadcast medium (which it is not) by sending the same message to a large number of people who didn't ask for it.
Spyware: A somewhat vague term generally referring to software that is secretly installed on a users computer and that monitors use of the computer in some way without the users' knowledge or consent.
SQL · (Structured Query Language): A specialized language for sending queries to databases.
SSL · (Secure Socket Layer): A protocol designed by Netscape Communications to enable encrypted, authenticated communications across the Internet.
TCP/IP · (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol): This is the suite of protocols that defines the Internet. Originally designed for the UNIX operating system, TCP/IP software is now included with every major kind of computer operating system.
Terabyte: 1024 gigabytes.
Trojan Horse: A computer program is either hidden inside another program or that masquerades as something it is not in order to trick potential users into running it.
Unix: A computer operating system (the basic software running on a computer, underneath things like word processors and spreadsheets). Unix is designed to be used by many people at the same time (it is multi-user) and has TCP/IP built-in.
Upload: Transferring data (usually a file) from a the computer you are using to another computer. The opposite of download.
URL · (Uniform Resource Locator): The global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web. The first part of the address indicates what protocol to use, and the second part specifies the IP address or the domain name where the resource is located.
USENET: A world-wide system of discussion groups, with comments passed among hundreds of thousands of machines. USENET is completely decentralized, with thousands of discussion areas, called newsgroups.
Virus: A chunk of computer programming code that makes copies of itself without any conscious human intervention. Some viruses do more than simply replicate themselves, they might display messages, install other software or files, delete software of files, etc.
Web page: A document designed for viewing in a web browser. Typically written in HTML. A web site is made of one or more web pages.
Website: The entire collection of web pages and other information (such as images, sound, and video files, etc.) that are made available to users.
Worm: A worm is a virus that does not infect other programs. It makes copies of itself, and infects additional computers (typically by making use of network connections) but does not attach itself to additional programs; however a worm might alter, install, or destroy files and programs.
WWW · (World Wide Web): A system of Internet servers that support specially formatted documents that supports links to other documents, as well as graphics, audio, and video files. Not all Internet servers are part of the World Wide Web. World Wide Web is not synonymous with the Internet