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INTERNET: The assimilation of millions of computers worldwide which enable access to web pages, E-MAIL, Software programs and many other useful forms of information
ON LINE: Being connected to the Internet
PC: Personal Computer
WEBTV: A non-computer device which allows access to the Internet thru a television (we don't recommend using these... they are outdated)
WEB BROWSER: Software which enables your PC or WebTV to access webpages on the Internet
SOFTWARE: A Program that runs on a computer made from "invisible magnetic code" stored on Hard Drives, CDs, Floppy Discs
PROGRAM: A set of Instructions written in various Languages that cause certain specific processes to take place on a computer, web Browser, webpage etc.
WEB SERVER: A large powerful computer that runs a Program at an Internet site that makes webpages at that site available to Browsers across the Internet
WEB HOST: A web site (usually a legitimate Company) that offers you webspace (on their Servers) at which you can build and store your web pages for access to viewers on the WWW...they are FREE or PAY hosts...and most provide a File Editor to create and design your web pages with ... to find Hosts try Our Design Links
HARDWARE: Any of the machinery that runs a computer or WebTv
SEARCH ENGINE: A computer Program (Software) that will collect information about web pages and render information about them to anyone who uses it, usually found Online, such as Google
FAVORITES: A storage area on a PC or WebTv which contains web page addresses or Files that the user frequently wants to visit
E-MAIL: Electronic messages created by users and sent by Mail Servers to anyone who has a valid E-MAIL address anywhere in the world
SIGNATURES: An E-MAIL page that has been customized by adding text or using HTML to send out similar information (like "Thank You very much!") in a similar layout every time it is sent, along with whatever message you send...
NEWS GROUPS: Public or private bulletin boards on thousands of subjects from which you can read, reply or post messages to ... here's a NG LIST for Web Design
CHAT ROOMS: Public or private web locations where you can "talk" to others who are in the location at the same time, by posting messages to it
LANGUAGE: A means of communicating to or from a computer
JAVASCRIPT: A Language that is used to run a computer Program (Script) within a web Browser (it's client-sided)... to find free Scripts try Our Design Links
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language...a simple computer Language that you use to "mark-up" text documents to create web pages
HTML TABLES: An HTML Code that spaces, and orders data into columns and rows, and can be used to create a layout for text or Images on a web page ... read our TABLES DESIGN TECHNIQUE
CODE: (Generally) HTML tags which tell a Browser what to do with the text or Images contained within them ... MORE INFO
META TAGS: Put into the Head Section of an HTML document,they are HTML Codes primarily used to aid search engines to index pages but can be used for other purposes such as PAGE REDIRECTS
SOURCE CODE: The HTML File for a complete webpage that tells a Browser how to display the web page for which it was created
VIEW SOURCE: A means of viewing the HTML File for a web page so that you can see the Code used to create the page ... MORE INFO
FILE: The Web Server location and content information for a web page (Source Code), Sound file, Image file or plain text data and other information
FILE EDITOR: Offered by web Host Servers or offered separately Online...it is a Software program (sometimes just a plain text-box) used to create and edit Files...they come in a Basic Editor (provides pre-made templates for page layouts, fonts, colors etc) or Advanced Editor (you provide the HTML for complete page design... it's just a plain text-box editor)
CUT, COPY & PASTE: A user keyboard technique to move text, Images, HTML Files etc. from one place to another ... MORE INFO
UPLOAD: Copy a File from a computer to a Server on the Internet
DOWNLOAD: Copy a File from a Server on the Internet to a computer
TRANSLOAD: Using an Online website to Copy a File from one Server to another...it is necessary to have a File storage location to PUT these copied files into and your Browser should support FTP (File Transfer Protocol) ... MORE INFO
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol...the protocol between Browsers and Servers
LINK: Highlited text or an Image on a web page that connects to another place either on the same page, or to a different page on the same Server, or to anywhere on the web
BANNERS: Images either static or animated which are used for advertising on web pages... (can be made using HTML Table codes)
IMAGES: Anything that is displayed on a web page that is not created with keyboard strokes (text) in a Source Code...ie. real pictures, animations, icons, bullets, custom logos, certain Banners or heading text, sound files etc. ... learn how to make your own at Our Image Tutorial NOTE: Images will have their own URL just like a web page does!
IMAGE MAPS: Images with Links on them which connect to other places relative to where they are located on the Image ... MORE INFO
CACHE: Recent memory of visited web pages stored locally on your PC or WebTv... so that your machine doesn't have to access the Web Host Server when you want to revisit the page...
COOKIE: A small bit of non-executable information that a Server sends to a Browser (if the Browser has Cookies enabled) to enable the Server to better aide that Browser the next time it visits the same Server location
DIRECTORY: A web location that contains many Files usually grouped there because of a similarity or for convenience
SUB DIRECTORY: A Directory within a Directory
URL: Universal Resource Locater...An address of a web page enabling it to be accessed by Browsers... EXAMPLE: http://www.davmagic.com/furn/PAGES22.html ...http = Hypertext Transfer Protocol, www.davmagic.com = A Domain Name, furn = A Directory Name, PAGES22.html = A File Name ...NOTE: there can be NO SPACES within any URL string of characters!!!
DOMAIN: The World Wide Web location of the Server where a web page is located
DOMAIN NAME: The text name chosen by a web page owner to be used for the Domain part of a URL
IP ADDRESS: Internet Protocol Address...The numerical address assigned to every Domain Name which all URL's are transfered into by Domain Name Servers enabling a Browser to find them
RESOLUTION: The size of the viewable "window" on a WebTv or PC ... measured in PIXELS! WebTV's window is 544x372 pixels (width x height) ...a Pixel is a dot on the screen ...PC's can vary the resolution, WebTv cannot ...the most common PC resolution is 1024x768 pixels, altho 800x600 is used a lot too ...in other words the higher the Resolution the more dots per inch!
HITS: A "Hit" is whenever a Web Browser has to request a URL from a Web Server in order to render a Web Page... NOTE: Web Page Source Codes require 1 Hit initially for the overall Domain File and 1 more Hit for EVERY URL in the Source Code... A Page Source Code could containg SEVERAL URL's, since Images, Remote Style Sheets, Remote Scripts Etc. all have their own URL...
PAGEVIEWS: A Pageview is the number of times that a Web Page is viewed in it's entirety by each unique visitor to the Page... it is a MORE ACCURATE assessment of the traffic that a Page is receiving than Hits are...

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