Term | Definition |
.biz | top-level domain reserved for the business community. |
.com | unrestricted top-level domain typically used by the commerical 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-profiy organizations of a non-commerical 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 registerd 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 or 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 | lanuage used to add special effects to a website. |
Navigational mao | the organizational structure of a website. |
Page banner | a section of a web page containing a graphic element and text, that is displayed at the top of the page. |
Plug-in | one of a set 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 text and graphics on which new pages and webs can be based. |
Thumbnails | miniature representations of a picture |
Web hosting | providing space on Internet servers for the storage of World Wide Web sites which can be accessed by others through the network. |
Web-safe colors | 216 colors that appear consistently across web browsers and across computer platforms. |