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GLOSSARY
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Here we have assembled
definitions of many important terms which will help you understand
and build better web pages...
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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
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ON LINE: Being connected to the Internet
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PC: Personal Computer
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WEBTV: A non-computer device which allows access to the Internet thru a
television (we don't recommend using these... they are outdated)
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WEB BROWSER: Software which enables your PC or WebTV to access
webpages on the Internet
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SOFTWARE: A Program that runs on a computer made from
"invisible magnetic code" stored on Hard Drives, CDs, Floppy
Discs
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PROGRAM: A set of Instructions written in various Languages
that cause certain specific processes to take place on a computer, web Browser, webpage etc.
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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
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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
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HARDWARE: Any of the machinery that runs a computer or
WebTv
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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
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FAVORITES: A storage area on a PC or WebTv which contains
web page addresses or Files that the user frequently wants to
visit
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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, on a PC or other device that connects them to the Internet... E-Mail can be of TWO TYPES... Computer Based such as Microsoft's Outlook Express OR Web Based such as Hotmail or Yahoo's Mail ... The advantage of setting up and using a Web Based E-Mail is that all your files are stored Online at your E-Mail Provider's Servers, and thus you can access them from ANY COMPUTER or Internet Device... whereas a Computer Based E-Mail program requires that you use only YOUR Computer to use it!
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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...
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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
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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
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LANGUAGE: A means of communicating to or from a computer
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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
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HTML: Hypertext Markup Language...a simple computer Language
that you use to "mark-up" text documents to create web pages
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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
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CODE: (Generally) HTML tags which tell a Browser what to do
with the text or Images contained within them ... MORE INFO
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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
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SOURCE CODE: The HTML File for a complete webpage that tells
a Browser how to display the web page for which it was
created
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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
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FILE: A Document stored on a PC, perhaps a Web Page File, an Image File, a Sound File, a Text File Etc. ...The type of the file is indicated by the File Extension... a Text File: "name.txt" or a Web Page File: "name.html" Etc... NOTE: File names are CaSe SeNsItIvE ... index.html is NOT The Same as INDEX.HTML
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ONLINE 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)
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CUT, COPY & PASTE: A user keyboard technique to move
text, Images, HTML Files etc. from one place to another ... MORE INFO
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UPLOAD: Copy a File from a computer to a Server on the
Internet
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DOWNLOAD: Copy a File from a Server on the Internet to a
computer
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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
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HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol...the protocol between
Browsers and Servers Read HTTP Request Process
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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
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BANNERS: Images either static or animated which are used for
advertising on web pages... (can be made using HTML Table
codes)
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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!
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IMAGE MAPS: Images with Links on them which connect to other
places relative to where they are located on the Image ... MORE INFO
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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...
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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
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DIRECTORY: A web location that contains many Files usually
grouped there because of a similarity or for
convenience... also referred to as a FOLDER
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SUB DIRECTORY: A Directory within a
Directory
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URL: Universal Resource Locater...An address of a web page
enabling it to be accessed by Browsers... EXAMPLE: http://www.yourdomain.com/furn/PAGES22.html ...http = Hypertext Transfer Protocol, www.yourdomain.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!!!
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DOMAIN: The World Wide Web location of the Server where a
web page is located
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DOMAIN NAME: The text name chosen by a web page owner to be
used for the Domain part of a URL
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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
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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 1280x800 is used a lot too ...in other words the higher the Resolution the more
dots per inch!
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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...
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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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