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DEFINITION |
| 58. IMAGE MAP |
Image Maps are user-defined areas of an image, also known
as
hot spots, which move a user from an image to an associated
URL
or page within a URL when clicked. Images may have more
than one
defined area; each with its own associated URL. The top
of this
page features an image map. [TOP] |
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| 59. INTERNET |
Originally designed by the U.S. Defense Department
so that a communication signal could withstand a nuclear
war and
serve military institutions worldwide, the Internet was
first
known as the ARPAnet. The Internet is system of linked
computer
networks, international in scope, that facilitates data
communication services such as remote login, file transfer,
electronic mail and newsgroups. The Internet is a way
of
connecting existing computer networks that greatly extends
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| 60. INTRANET |
A private network inside a company or organization
that uses
the same types of software that you would find on the
public
Internet, but is only for internal use. |
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| 61. IP ADDRESS |
IP - Internet Protocol, the most
basic protocol to communicate
on the Internet. An IP number is a numerical address consisting
of four numbers seperated by periods. Each IP address
uniquely
identifies a certain computer on the Internet. The domain
name
is used to make using them easier. The Internet Protocol
defines
how information gets sent between servers or systems across
the
Internet. [TOP] |
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| 62. IRC |
Internet Relay Chat. A live chat
area of the Internet in which
real-time conversations among two or more people take
place via
special software. Each specific IRC channel begins with
a # and
is dedicated to a different area of interest. IRC is considered
another part of the technology of the Internet the same
way FTP,
Telnet and the Web are. [TOP] |
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| 63. ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network.
Provides a fast,
commercially available link to the Internet. ISDN is a
set of
communications standards allowing a single wire or optical
fiber
to carry voice, digital network services and video. [TOP] |
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| 64. ISP |
Internet Service Provider. A company
that provides access to
the Internet. Before you can connect to the Internet you
must
first establish an account with an ISP. [TOP] |
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| 65. JAVA |
Developed by Sun Microsystems, Java
is a programming language
that is specifically designed for writing programs that
can be
safely downloaded to your computer through the Internet.
Using
small Java programs (Applets), Web pages can include functions
such as animations, calculators, and other fancy tricks.
[TOP] |
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| 66. JAVASCRIPT |
A scripting language for Web pages.
Scripts written with
JavaScript can be embedded into HTML documents. With JavaScript,
you have many possibilities for enhancing your Web page
with
interesting elements. [TOP] |
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| 67. JPEG/JPG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group.
A compressed
graphics format for images. Jpegs can be used on the World
Wide
Web. [TOP] |
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| 68. KILOBYTE |
A thousand bytes. Actually, usually 1024 (2^10) bytes.
[TOP] |
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| 69. LAN |
Local Area Network. A network that
connects computers in a
small pre-determined area (like a room, a building, or
a set of
buildings). LAN's can also be connected to each other
via
telephone lines or radio waves. Workstations and personal
computers in an office are commonly connected to each
other with
a LAN. This allows them to have send/receive files and/or
have
access to the files and data. Each computer connected
to a LAN
is called a node. [TOP] |
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| 70. LINK |
In hypertext systems, such as the World Wide Web, a
link is a
reference to another document. Such links are sometimes
called
hot links because they take you to other document when
you click
on them. [TOP] |
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| 71. LINUX |
A freeware version of Unix, Linux
is becoming popular as a
powerful, low-cost operating system for running servers.
[TOP] |
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| 73. LISTSERV |
A software program for setting up and maintaining
e-mail
discussion groups. [TOP] |
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| 74. MEGABYTE |
A million bytes. A thousand kilobytes.
[TOP] |
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| 75. Menu |
You can enter another area on a site by simply pointing
and
clicking on a menu item.
" Home menu: A menu that appears on the home page
giving access
to other areas in the site.
" Subpage menu: A menu that appears on the inside
pages of your
site.
" Pop-up menu: A menu that appears temporarily
when you click
the mouse button on a selection. Once you make a selection
from
a pop-up menu, the menu usually disappears [TOP] |
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| 76. MODEM |
Modulator, DEModulator. A device
that connects your computer to
a phone line in order to communicate with other computers.
[TOP] |
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| 77. MouseOver |
A JavaScript element that triggers a change on an item
(usually
a graphic) in a Web page when the mouse passes over it.
The
change usually signifies that the item is a link to related
or
additional information. Mouseovers are widely used in
Navigation
Bars, pop-up boxes, and/or form submissions. MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. A protocol for
Internet
e-mail that enables the transmission of non-text data
such as
graphics, audio, video and other binary types of files.
[TOP] |
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| 78. MP3 |
MPEG Layer 3. An new standard for
audio compression. It is
capable of 10:1 compression with no noticeable loss in
quality.
MP3s have become a popular way to distribute CD quality
music on
the Internet. [TOP] |
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| 79. MPEG |
Motion Picture Experts Group. A type of audio/video
(multimedia) file format, which is popular on the Internet.
[TOP] |
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| 80. MTU |
Maximum Transmission Unit. The greatest
amount of data or
"packet" size that can
be transferred in one physical frame on a
network. This packet also contains the header and trailer
information, which are like addresses for each packet
that are
required by the routers on the network. [TOP] |
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| 81. MUD |
Multi-User Dungeon or Dimension. A usually text-based,
multi-
user simulation environment. Some are purely for fun and
game
playing, while others are used for serious software development,
education purposes, and all that lies in between. A significant
feature of most MUDs is that users can create things that
stay
after they leave and which other users can interact with
in
their absence, thus allowing a "world" to be
built gradually and
collectively. [TOP] |
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| 82. NETIQUETTE |
The rules of etiquette that govern
online interaction on the
Internet [TOP] |
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| 83. Network |
A connection of two or more computers so that they can
share
resources. [TOP] |
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| 84. NEWSGROUP |
A discussion forum found on USENET.
[TOP] |
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| 85. NODE |
A single machine on a network. [TOP] |
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| 86. OS |
Operating System. The basic software
that makes a computer run.
An OS schedules tasks, allocates storage, handles the
interface
to peripheral hardware and presents a default interface
to the
user when no application program is running. [TOP] |
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| 87. PACKET |
The unit of data sent across a network. [TOP] |
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| 88. PDF |
(Portable Document Format): a file
format that has
captured all the elements of a printed document as an
electronic
image that you can view, navigate, print, or forward to
someone
else. PDFs can be read by any computer without platform
conflicts. To view a file in PDF format, you need the
free Adobe
Acrobat Reader. [TOP] |
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| 89. PERL |
A UNIX-based scripting language that is often used
on the World
Wide Web. When you submit a complex form from your browser
window, for example, a Perl script may handle the processing
of
the information. Perl scripts usually end in the extension
.pl. [TOP] |
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| 90. POP |
Post Office Protocol. The protocol
used by mail clients to
retrieve messages from a mail server. [TOP] |
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| 91. PORT |
A place where information goes into or out of a computer.
[TOP] |
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| 92. PPP |
Point-to-Point Protocol. Communication
protocol used over
serial lines to support Internet connectivity. [TOP] |
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| 93. PROTOCOL |
A specification that describes how computers will talk
to each
other on a network. [TOP] |
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| 94. PROXY SERVER |
A technique used to cache information
on a Web server and acts
as an intermediary between a Web client and that Web server.
This is common for an ISP especially if they have a slow
link to
the Internet. Proxy servers are also constructs that allow
direct Internet access from behind a firewall. They open
a
socket on the server, and allow communication via that
socket to
the Internet. For example, if your computer is inside
a
protected network, and you want to browse the Web using
Netscape, you would set up a proxy server on a firewall.
[TOP] |
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| 95. QUEUE |
A waiting area for files, print jobs, messages, or
anything
else being sent from one computer or device to another.
[TOP] |
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| 96. RFC |
(Request for Comments). The name
of the result and the process
for creating a standard on the Internet. A new standard
is
proposed and published as a "Request For Comments."
If the
standard is established, the reference number/name for
the
standard retains the acronym "RFC." For example,
the official
standard for FTP is RFC 959. [TOP] |
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| 97. Search Engine |
A computer program that searches the web to
find web pages on a given subject. Some well-known search
engines are Alta Vista, Excite, HotBot, Lycos, Infoseek,
web
Crawler and Yahoo!. [TOP] |
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| 98. Server |
A computer that holds the files for
one or more sites. [TOP] |
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| 99. SERVER |
A computer on a network that answers requests for information,
such as Web servers, FTP servers and secure servers. The
term
server is also used to refer to the software that makes
serving
information possible. [TOP] |
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| 00. SHTML |
The file extension for Web pages
that contain server side
includes (SSIs) [TOP] |
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| 101. SMTP |
(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard Internet
protocol
for transferring electronic mail messages. [TOP] |
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| 102. SPIDER |
Also called wanderers or robots (bots),
spiders are programs
that search the Internet for new, publicly accessible
resources
such as Web pages and files in public FTP archives. Spiders
contribute their discoveries to a database, which Internet
users
can search by using search engines such as Lycos or WebCrawler.
[TOP] |
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| 103. SQL |
(Structured Query Language). The standardized query
language
for requesting information from a database. [TOP] |
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| 104. SSH |
A packet-based binary protocol that
provides encrypted
connections to remote hosts or servers. [TOP] |
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| 105. SSI |
(Server side includes). A type of HTML comment that
directs the
Web server to dynamically generate data for the Web page
upon
request. [TOP] |
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