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Intro Web/Dig Design
Term | Definition |
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Internet | a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide |
Network | a group of two or more computers that are connected together |
local area network (LAN) | two or more connected computers that share resources in a certain location |
wide are network (WAN) | two or more computers or LANs located apart from each other that are connected together for the purpose of sharing information |
server | a computer on a network that runs specialized software and stores information in order to "serve" it to the other networked computers |
client | a computer that runs a web browser or email software and communicates with the server to get the information it needs |
World Wide Web | the information that is found on the Internet |
webpage | an html document with its own address on the Internet |
website | a collection of webpages |
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) | a formatting language used for creating web pages |