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Web design 2
| annie/orphan annie | a web page that has not been updated for a long time |
| applet | a mini-program that can be downladed quickly and used by any computer equipped with Java |
| application | a program that performs a function directly for a user |
| archive | as a noun archive is the place on an internet host whete files are stored |
| ASP | application server provider |
| authentication | a security measure for cheching a user's identity |
| byte | the basic unit of measurement for computer storage |
| Cache | caches com in many tupes buy they all work the same way: they store information where you can get to it fast. |
| CGI | common gateway interface |
| CGI-bin | common gateway interface- binary |
| client | a program or computer that is serviced by another program or computer |
| CMYK | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black |
| cobweb site | a WWW site taht hasn't been updated for a long time. |
| Configuration | a general-purpose computer term feferring to the way a computer is set up |
| cookie | a special piece of information about you and your computer system that is stored in a text file on your hard drive |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheets |
| data traffic | the numver of TCP/IP packets crossing a network |
| default | a value action or setting that a computer sustem assumes unless the user gives an explicit intruction to the contrary |
| DHTML | Dynamic HTML |
| DNS | Domain Name System |
| file management | the process of creating, naming, mocing, updating, and deleting files on a computer system |
| firefox | firefox is a browser |
| FTP | standard by which daya is transferred between different computers on a network |
| gateway | a computer system or interface that connects incompatible programs or networks so that data transfer can occur |
| hit | the access of a file by a user on a server |
| hit counter | records the number of times that a web browser requests a file from the web server |
| java | a prgramming language taht is specifically designed for writing programs that can by safely downloaded to your computer |
| kbps | a modem's speed is measured in the number or bits it can transfer in a second. |
| launch | to start or open up a computer program or application |
| meta tag | a spcific kind of HTML tag that contains information not normally diplayed to the user |
| mirror | a server that provides compies of the same files an another server. |
| modulator | a person or small group of people who manage moderated mail lists |
| modulating | the process of receiving and transferring digital signals into analog signals |
| morph | from the term "metamorphosis" it is to turn one thing into another |
| mosaic | the common name of a WWW multimedia browser program |
| netscape | the dominating WWW brwser during 1994 and 1997 |
| opera | a web browser which handles common internet related functions such as exploring various websites |
| Portable document format | |
| Proxy | a technique used to cache information on a wev server and acts as an intermediary between a wev cliend and that wev server |
| publish | to transfer files from a local computer to remote web server so that the web site can be vuewed over the internet |
| router | hardware that can connects a lcal network to the internet |
| target audience | the main group of people that you want to visit your web site |
| telephony | the process of carrying on a two-way audio conversation |
| telnet | an internet program for connecting to a remote host or server |
| threads | a series of messages on the same theme or topic |
| tracking software | records information about web site visitors such as what browser they used |
| usenet | an internet service that maintains thousands of discussion groups involving millions of people |
| video conferencing | conducting a conference between two or more paricipants at different sites by using computer netmorks or the internet to transmit audio and video data |
| viewer | special software often needed to view certain multimedia items on the internet |
| virtual community | a site in cyberspace where people gather to discuss topics of mutual interest |
| virtual world | a computer generated environment |
| virtual reality | a three-demensional interactive enironment |
| web ring | a ring is an internet sevice and concept that links together a group of sites that have the same theme |
| XHTML | Extensible HTML |
| webmaster | a person who manages and maintains a web site |
| web developer | person who uses programming skills to develop web sites |
| web author | person who writes the text that will apperar on each web page |
| active | the objects currently being displayed or used within your computer screen |
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