Appendix A. Web Words Worth Knowing
This glossary defines important terms used in this book. To see where a term is used in the book, check the index.
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- absolute address
- anchor
- animated GIF
- attribute
- blog
- broadband
- browser
- bulleted list
- cable modem
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- clickable image map
- Common Gateway Interface script (CGI script)
- definition list
- DHTML (Dynamic HTML)
- domain name
- DSL
- electronic mail (e‐mail)
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- firewall
- form
- freeware
- Graphic Interchange Format (GIF)
- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- hexadecimal
- hit
- home page
- HTML 4.01
- Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- image map
- Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
- Internet
- Internet Protocol (IP)
- Internet service provider (ISP)
- intranet
- Java
- JavaScript
- Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
- link
- mirroring
- multimedia
- newsgroup
- numbered list
- online service
- ordered list
- page description language
- pathname
- plug‐in
- protocol
- QuickTime
- QuickTime plug‐in
- QuickTime VR
- relative address
- shareware
- shrink‐wrapped software
- site management
- standard
- Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
- syntax
- system operator (sysop)
- tag
- text editor
- thumbnail
- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
- transparent GIF
- Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
- unordered list
- Web authoring
- Web browser
- Web client
- Web page
- Web publishing
- Web server
- Web site
- word processor
- World Wide Web (also known as the Web)
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