| 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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