| TERM
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DEFINITION |
| 24. CGI |
Common Gateway Interface. The standard for running
programs on
a server from a Web page. CGI files are commonly used
for form
submission, guest books, Web-based games and more. [TOP] |
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| 25. CLIENT |
A remote computer connected to a
host or server computer. Also
refers to the software that makes this connection possible,
such
as an FTP client. [TOP] |
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| 26. CPU |
Central Processing Unit. Simply put, it's the main
processor of
a computer that makes everything work. [TOP] |
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| 27. DNS |
Domain Name Server. Specific software
that runs on a server and
resolves domain names to actual IP addresses. Nodes communicate
with each other using IP addresses rather than domain
names,
though users may never see the actual IP addresses being
used. [TOP] |
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| 28. DOMAIN NAME |
The "address" or URL of a particular Web
site. Domain
extensions vary depending on the site in question:
• COM - An Internet domain used for business or commercial
ventures.
• EDU - An Internet domain used for educational facilities.
• GOV - An Internet domain used by the government.
• MIL - An Internet domain used by the military.
• NET - An Internet domain used for network businesses.
• ORG - An Internet domain used for non-profit organizations.
[TOP] |
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| 29. DOS |
A command line operating system that Windows runs on top
of.
Bill Gates created DOS while working for IBM. [TOP] |
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| 30. DOWNLOAD |
To copy a file from a remote computer to your
computer. There are a few methods of doing this on the
Internet.
HTTP, FTP and e-mail attachments are the most common.
[TOP] |
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| 31. E-MAIL |
Electronically transmitted mail.
E-mail sends your
correspondence instantaneously anywhere in the world via
the
Internet. It is the most popular use of the Internet because
of
the capability to send messages at anytime, to anyone
for less
money than it would cost to mail a letter or call someone
on the
phone. [TOP] |
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| 32. ETHERNET |
One of the most common local area network (LAN) wiring
schemes,
Ethernet has a transmission rate of 10 megabits per second;
a
newer standard called Fast Ethernet will carry 100 megabits
per
second. [TOP] |
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| 33. FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions. A list
of questions and answers
related to a newsgroup, software, Web site, etc. [TOP] |
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| 34. FILTER |
A way of hiding certain file types by their file names
or
extensions. [TOP] |
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| 35. FINGER |
Software that allows you find out
more information about an
Internet user, such as their real name and if they are
logged in
at the present moment. [TOP] |
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| 36. FIREWALL |
A firewall is a safeguard utilized by many Local Area
Networks
(LANs) or Wide Area Networks (WANs) to protect the network
from
unauthorized access from the outside. They are basically
gates
that verify the users before they leave or enter the network
by
way of a User ID, Password or IP address. [TOP] |
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| 37. Flash |
A bandwidth friendly and browser
independent vector-graphic
animation technology. As long as different browsers are
equipped
with the necessary plug-ins, Flash animations will look
the same.
38. Font- A design for a set of characters. A font is
the
combination of typeface and other qualities, such as size,
pitch, and spacing. [TOP] |
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| 39. Frames |
A feature supported by most modern Web browsers than
enables
the Web author to divide the browser display area into
two or
more sections (frames). The contents of each frame are
taken
from a different Web page. Frames provide great flexibility
in
designing Web pages, but many designers avoid them because
they
are supported unevenly by current browsers. [TOP] |
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| 40. FTP |
Stands for File Transfer Protocol.
FTP allows you to copy or
send files (HTML-documents, graphic images, spreadsheets)
from
one computer to another via the Internet.
Until recently, it was used almost exclusively on UNIX
workstations and mainframes, but after PC users gained
access to
the Internet it became a popular alternative to BBS
systems. The
biggest limitation was that FTP-compliant software usually
used
a command line interface, which wasn't easy for beginners
to
work with.
As the Internet grew in popularity, new standards appeared
(Gopher, WWW), providing more user-friendly front-end
software.
FTP, however, still remains the popular choice among
power users
and computer professionals. [TOP] |
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| 41. GATEWAY |
A computer system for exchanging information across
incompatible networks that use different protocols.
For example,
many commercial services have e-mail gateways for sending
messages to Internet addresses. [TOP] |
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| 42. FIREWALL |
A firewall is a safeguard utilized
by many Local
Area Networks (LANs) or Wide Area Networks (WANs) to protect
the
network from unauthorized access from the outside. They
are
basically gates that verify the users before they leave
or enter
the network by way of a User ID, Password or IP address.
[TOP] |
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| 43. GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format. A graphics format
developed by CompuServe using compression technology from
Unisys. GIFs are common on Web pages due to their small
size. [TOP] |
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| 44. GIGABYTE |
A billion bytes. A thousand megabytes.
[TOP] |
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| 45. GOPHER |
An Internet server document browsing and searching
system that
lets you search and retrieve texts on the Internet. Gopher
has
since been surpassed by the World Wide Web. [TOP] |
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| 46. GUI |
Graphical User Interface. A software
front-end meant to provide
an attractive and easy-to-use interface between a computer
user
and an application. [TOP] |
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| 47. Hexadecimal Colors |
Code used in HTML documents to specify the color of
text and
backgrounds displayed in web environments such as Netscape.
[TOP] |
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| 48. Hit Counter |
A script on a Web server that registers
a visit to a Web page
and may display the running total number of "hits."
[TOP] |
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| 49. Hits |
Each time a Web server sends a file to a browser, it
is
recorded in the server log file as a "hit."
Hits are generated
for every element of a requested page (including graphics,
text
and interactive terms). If a page containing two graphics
is
viewed by a user, three hits will be recorded - one for
the page
itself and one for each graphic. Webmasters use hits to
measure
their server's work load. Because page designs vary greatly,
hits are a poor guide for traffic measurement. [TOP] |
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| 50. HomePage |
The main page of a Web site. Typically,
the home page serves as
an index or table of contents to other documents stored
at the
site. [TOP] |
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| 51. HOST |
A computer that is setup to allow connections from
other
machines (known as clients). [TOP] |
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| 52. HOST ADDRESS |
The Internet IP Address or hostname
of a remote server. [TOP] |
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| 53. Hosting |
Web pages are designed and developed on a single
computer but they must be transferred to a server, or
host, so
that they are available to the rest of the world over
the
Internet. A host is simply a computer that has a constant,
high
speed connection to the Internet. Hosting companies rent
space
on these machines. [TOP] |
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| 54. HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language. The language
used to create and
design Web sites. HTML is a standard text file with specific
tags that a browser reads and interprets into a Web page.
[TOP] |
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| 55. HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A protocol that your
Web browser uses to connect to and receive data from Web
servers. [TOP] |
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| 56. HYPERLINK |
The text you find on a Web site which
can be
"clicked on" with a mouse, which
in turn will take you to
another Web page or a different area of the same Web page.
[TOP] |
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| 57. HYPERTEXT |
A system of writing and displaying text that enables
the text
to be linked in multiple ways, to be available at several
levels
of detail, and to contain links to related documents.
[TOP] |
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