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unit two: web design
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| .biz | top-level domain reserved for the business community |
| .com | unrestricted top-level domain typically used by the commercial community |
| .edu | top-level domain reserved for the education community, typically higher education |
| .gov | top-level domain reserved for the government community |
| .info | unrestricted top-level domain |
| .mil | top-level domain reserved for the united states department of defense and its subsidiary or affiliated organizations |
| .mob | top-level domain dedicated to delivering the internet to the mobile phone |
| .net | unrestricted top-level domain |
| .org | unrestricted top- level domain typically used by non-profit organizations or organizations of a non-commercial character |
| alternative text | descriptive text that can be set to appear in place of an image |
| domain name | the part of an internet URL selected and registered by an individual, business or organization to represent their web presence. |
| forms | an area of a web page that allows the viewer to enter data and information to be sent back to the web server |
| home page/index page | the top-level r entry page of a website |
| hot spot | an invisible region on an image that contains a hyperlink |
| hover/rollover buttons | a navigation button that changes when the mouse is positioned over it |
| HTML Hypertext Markup Language | the predominant language used to create web pages |
| hyperlink | connection from one page to another or from one site to another |
| image map | a region on a web page that contains one or more hot spots |
| JavaScript | language used to add special effects to a website |
| Navigational map | the organizational structure of a website |
| page banner | a section of a web page containing a graphic element and text, such as the page title, that is displayed at the top of the page |
| Plug-in | one of a set of software modules that integrate into web browsers to offer a range of interactive and multimedia capabilities |
| publishing | sending or uploading web pages to a server where they are made available on the World Wide Web |
| Site map | a list of the pages in a website; also referred to as a site index |
| template | a set of predesigned formats for a text and graphics on which new pages and webs can be based. after a page or web is created using a template, you can customize the page or web |
| thumbnails | miniature representations of a picture |
| web hosting | providing space on Internet servers of World Wide Web sites which can be accessed by others through the network. this service is usually offered by ISPs or web hosting specialists |
| web-safe colors | 216 colors that appear consistently across web browsers and across computer platforms |