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We
have created an Internet glossary with easy-to-understand definitions
as a new world, comes a new vocabulary. This glossary is by no
means definitive or exhaustive - in fact, it's just a start. We
hope you find it useful. If you require any further assistance,
please do not hesitate to contact us. info@technowebs.co.uk
Counter
or Hit Counter
A
number displayed on many web pages that shows how many times the
page has been requested. Generally meant to indicate how many
people have visited the page.
Domain
Name
A
unique name that identifies an entity on the Internet, such as:
technowebs.co.uk, theomelette.com, etc. Commonly observed when
browsing the web with 'www.' at the beginning, or when sending
email with 'email.name@' at the start to denote the recipient
of the email for that domain, such as karl@technowebs.co.uk
Download
The
transfer of files from a remote computer to your computer. The
opposite action is upload (the transfer from your computer to
a remote computer). When you collect your email you download it
from a mail server, when you publish your webpages you upload
them to your web server.
Electronic
Commerce (e-commerce)
General
term used to describe conducting business on the Internet. Often
miss-used, it applies to the complete transaction of a purchase
directly from a merchants' website. This is often done through
an online store and will include presentation of the product or
service, transaction of the purchase, and fulfilment of the order
in a single process, all directly from the website. Businesses
that offer information about their products and services, but
do not offer a direct web-based purchase facility, are not truly
e-commerce enabled.
Email
(electronic mail, E-mail, email, e-mail)
Quite
simply, an email is a message that is sent electronically, most
commonly via the Internet.
Feedback
Form (Response Form)
Element
within website that accepts user input and forwards the data to
a specified recipient by email.
Flash
Multimedia
file format developed by Macromedia. Typically used for animation
or to add enhanced user interactivity to a website.
FTP
(File Transfer Protocol)
Protocol
for the transfer of files from one computer to another. Used widely
across the Internet for maintaining files on web servers (updating
websites) and for downloading files from anonymous FTP servers.
Hyperlink
(Link)
A
link to a resource such as a website, FTP server, file, etc. Most
hyperlinks are found on web pages and will hyperlink you to another
web page or website.
Internet
Originally
called ARPANET after the Advanced Research Projects Agency of
the U.S. Department of Defense. This electronic network connects
the hosts together so that you may go from one web page to another
efficiently. The electronic connection began as a government experiment
in 1969 with four computers connected together over phone lines.
By 1972, universities also had access to what was by then called
the Internet.
Internet
Account (broadband or Dail-up Account)
An
account with an Internet Service Provider that allows you to access
the Internet.
Internet
Service Provider (ISP) (Access Provider)
Company
or organization that allows you to access the Internet through
a dial-up account or leased-line. Examples; AOL, Demon Internet,
BT, Karoo.
Java
A
programming language that developers use to create applets, small
programs that are embedded in web pages that run when a user accesses
the page or clicks on a certain area.
Mailing
List (Mail List)
A
discussion forum where participants subscribe to a list and converse
using email messages. When you send and email to a mailing list
it is copied and sent to all the other subscribers. Likewise,
when someone responds to messages in the list you receive copies
of their replies.
Navigation
Menu
To
move around the website by following hyperlinks, buttons i.e.:
moving from page to page
Search
Engine
A
non-categorised system for searching a collection of links to
hypertext web pages or web sites, examples include: Yahoo and
Lycos. Search engines are the most popular method for searching
for information on the web.
Server
A
machine that serves other clients on a network, and also used
to describe a software a package that provides a specific kind
of service such as; web server, mail server, and ftp server.
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