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What is the Internet?
The Internet is a collection of computers throughout the world which are connected mostly using telephone lines or dedicated lines and fiber optic cable for the purpose of sharing information. Historically, the Internet was used mainly by governments and educational institutions. Today, the Internet is used by millions of people including individuals, small and large businesses, associations, schools, universities, and governments. The most popular part of the Internet is the World Wide Web.
The Internet is a public network which means no one actually 'owns' it. Pieces of it are owned by various organizations, but no one entity or central computer 'controls' it. The pieces are linked together in a cooperative way to form the global Internet.

What is the World Wide Web?
The World Wide Web is a part of the Internet, and you are on the World Wide Web now! The Web is the most popular part of the Internet because it provides a way for members to access information in the form of text, pictures, and even sound and video. The Web is sometimes called the multimedia part of the Internet.
To use the Web, a Web browser is required. Your Web browser is an application that runs on your computer and retrieves information from the Web, allowing you to see Web pages on your computer screen (such as the page you're reading now).

What is hosting?
Your website needs a place on the World Wide Web where your pages can be accessed. This is done on the host. The host is a computer running Web Server software. In other words, it is a computer open 24 hours a day, allowing hundreds of people to access your website at the same time if necessary.

What is E-mail?
E-mail (electronic mail) is a way of using your computer to send a message to someone. All you need to know is their e-mail address. To receive e-mail from others, you must give them your e-mail address, which was provided to you when you registered with your Internet provider.
Although many ISP's only provide one e-mail address every user of your PC can
and should have their own, also you can have alternate address's for business, hobby, newsgroups and work. E-mail address are available for free from many services like Yahoo.com or hotmail.com.

How do I communicate with other people on the Internet?
To send a message over the Internet to a particular person or group There are several options. the following is a list along with links that will take you to their sites all are free and can be used by anyone on the web.

How do I find a site that I am looing for?
There are many search sites available, like Google or Alta Vista, that make finding a site easy. All you nee to do is type in the words or phrase that are of interest to you and the search site will find websites for you.

What is a Web Page?
Each window of information you get from the Internet's Web is called a Web page. The very first page you saw after connecting to the Internet was your current selected home page. Some pages might be longer (or wider) than the viewing area of your computer monitor. In this case, use the scroll bars on the right side and/or bottom of your window to move up and down and sideways to see the whole page.

What is a home page?
A Home Page is the first screen you see when you connect to the Internet. Your home page can be set in your browser options menu which will always be the starting point for your travels on the Internet. You can go back to Your Home Page at any time by clicking on the Home button in your browsers tool bar at the top of your screen.
A Home Page is also the first page of a series of pages which make up a web site.

Why is some text underlined and in different color?
Sometimes words on a page are underlined or appear in a different color than the surrounding text. When you point and click on underlined or colored text, your browser takes you to another page that relates to the words you clicked on. Underlined (or colored) words are called 'hyper links' or 'links' for short, because they link you to another page on the World Wide Web. When you point at a link with your mouse, the familiar mouse pointer turns into a hand. Once you have clicked on a link, you will notice that its color changes (say from blue to purple). This is to remind you that you have already clicked on it at least once.

Why do some pages appear on my screen faster than others?
The factors under your control are: the speed of your modem and the speed of your computer. The faster your modem, the faster pages will display. The recommended minimum modem speed, use to be 56 kbps (kilo bits per second). A faster way to access the internet is DSL service, or the new Broadband (via cable).
As for the speed of your computer, generally speaking, the faster your computer's processor, the more memory it has, and the more disk space it has, the faster pages will appear. Refer to the documentation that came with your Internet software for the recommended minimum hardware configuration.
The main factor not under your control is the amount of traffic on the Internet, and the number and type of data connections for that web address. When you are linking to a page on a Web site, the number of other people accessing that Web site at the same time will affect how fast you will get your Web page.

What is a search engine?
A search engine provides a means by which a person can search for information across the Internet. Stopping at a search engine is like going to your local library for information, except that on the Internet it's usually faster and you're likely to find a great deal more diversity of subject matter. Because of the diversity, it's best to be as specific as possible when doing a search. Businesses and Organizations make a point of being listed on search engines so that interested parties can find their products and services.

How do search engines work?
Search engines are basically database programs. Their job is to obtain data from Web sites in order to identify, organize and list Web sites of possible interest to people who are seeking them. An information seeker can visit a search engine and enter a word or phrase for the search engine to seek out for them. The search engine will present the seeker with the results of their search in a manner which the seeker can then investigate further.

Why do I want to register with a search engine?
Because it is a great way to help people find your site and in most cases it's free of charge.

How long does it take for a search engine to help generate traffic to my site?
The amount of time it takes for the search engines to accept and list your URL varies greatly by each search engine. It is best to consult with each for their policy on this topic. But as a rule of thumb you can estimate (provided you've followed their rules) anywhere between 24 hours to 6 months. You can safely figure that it will be about 6 months before your URL will replicate itself - from the main search engines which you've personally submitted your information, until your information is spread across to other, less-known search engines. Think of the length of time as a "win-win" situation, by that time you are already generating traffic from the main search engines and now other search engines will start to generate traffic for you as well.

INTERNET AND COMPUTER TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW
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Animated GIF: A type of GIF image that can be animated by combining several images into a single GIF file. The advantage of animated GIFs over other animation programs for Web pages is that the user needs nothing extra besides his browser to see the animation.

ASCII: Acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange; a standard code for representing characters as binary numbers, used on most computers and terminals.

Attachment: Any file linked to an e-mail message is an attachment. Many mail packages use MIME encoding to attach files.

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Banner: Depending on how it's used, a banner is either a graphic image that announces the name or identity of a site (and often is spread across the width of the Web page) or is an advertising image. Advertisers sometimes count banner "views," or the number of times a banner graphic image was downloaded over a period of time.

Bit: Short for binary digit, the smallest unit of information on a machine. A single bit can hold only one of two values: 0 or 1.

Bookmark: Using a World Wide Web browser, a bookmark is a saved link to a Web page that has been added to a list of saved links.

Browser: If you can read this, it's highly likely that you're using a Web browser. In brief, a browser is your interface to the World Wide Web; it interprets hypertext links and lets you view sites and navigate from one Internet node to another. Among the companies that produce browsers are Netscape, and Microsoft.

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CGI: Common Gateway Interface. CGI is an interface program that enables an Internet server to run external programs to perform a specific function. These programs, also known as scripts, are usually written in a programming language like C or PERL.

CGI-BIN: The directory on a Web server in which CGI scripts are typically stored. CGI scripts are text files, not binary files, but the "bin" designation has traditionally been used for any directory that holds programs.

CSS: Short for Cascading Style Sheets, a new feature being added to HTML that gives both Web site developers and users more control over how pages are displayed. With CSS, designers and users can create style sheets that define how different elements, such as headers and links, appear. These style sheets can then be applied to any Web page.

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Database: A database is a structured set of records, such as a mailing list. A web browser can access a public database by PERL Scripts. There are many ways for a user to find information in a database. When the data is structured as a table in a single file, a user need only browse the page and use the browser's "find" feature. However, to search a relational database spread over many files, a sophisticated CGI script is required to access the data.

What is Data Transfer: The outward bound traffic from a web site, with the exception of e-mail. Any HTML, graphic, audio or video file that is accessed by someone viewing your site is included. High rates of data transfer indicated a heavily trafficked site.

Dedicated Line: A permanently connected telephone line between two computer systems. Dedicated lines make up the bulk of the Internet.

Dedicated Server: A dedicated server is a single computer in a network reserved for serving the needs of the network. For example, some networks require that one computer be set aside to manage communications between all the other computers. A dedicated server could also be a computer that manages printer resources. In a web hosting context a dedicated server is a server allocated to one customer.

Disk Storage Space: In a shared hosting environment, the amount of server disk storage allocated to your account. This space can be used to store HTML and graphics files, programs or scripts, mail messages, compressed files, or other files that make up your web site. This does not include the log files, as they are owned by the processes on the server.

DNS: Short for Domain Name System (or Service), an Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. Because domain names are alphabetic, they're easier to remember. The Internet however, is really based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, therefore, a DNS service must translate the name into the corresponding IP address. For example, the domain name www.example.com might translate to 198.105.232.4.

Domain Name: The main part of a URL or Internet address that is its unique identification. The domain is the name associated with a connected group of computers. It consists of at least two parts, separated by dots. The suffixes at the end of all domain names indicates what kind of site it is: .edu is used for schools, .gov for government agencies, .org for nonprofit organizations, .ca for Canadian sites, .net for network organizations, and the most common, .com for commercial business.

Download: The transfer of a file from another computer to your computer.

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E-commerce: Electronic Commerce. The purchasing of goods and services over the Internet.

E-mail Alias: An Alias is simply a forwarding address. Mail sent to the alias you create is immediately forwarded to the POP of your choice or can even be sent to another alias. Aliases can be any "name" you want with your domain name.

E-mail: Electronic Mail. Messages, usually text, sent from one person to another via computer. E-mail can also be sent automatically to a large number of addresses (Mailing List).

E-mail Autoresponders: An autoresponder will send a standard response e-mail message (based on a text file you specify) to anyone who sends an e-mail to a specific e-mail address (which you specify) at your domain.

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FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions. FAQs are documents that list and answer the most common questions on a particular subject. There are hundreds of FAQs on subjects as diverse as Pet Grooming and Cryptography. FAQs are usually written by people who have tired of answering the same question over and over.

Flash: A popular authoring software developed by Macromedia and used to create interactive vector graphics-based animations in a file format small enough to be used across a normal modem connection.

Form: HTML documents designed with fill-in text boxes, lists of options, and other elements that allow the user of the form to send information back to the web server. (E.g. registration form, order form, etc.)

Frame: 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.

FTP: File Transfer Protocol is an Internet protocol for the transfer of files. To gain access to the remote computer, you normally have to supply a login name and password, after which you are given access to the computer's file directory system allowing you to send (upload) and receive (download) files.

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GIF: Graphic Interchange Format is a common format for image files, especially suitable for images containing large areas of the same color. GIF format files of simple images are often smaller than the same file would be if stored in JPEG format, but GIF format does not store photographic images as well as JPEG.

Gigabyte: 1000 or 1024 Megabytes, depending on who is measuring.

GUI: (Pronounced GOO-ee) is a Graphical User Interface to a computer. As you read this, you are looking at the GUI or graphical user interface of your particular Web browser.

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Head: The HTML tag used to enclose the beginning elements in the HTML document, including the title.

Hit: As used in reference to the World Wide Web, "hit" means a single request from a web browser for a single web page from a web server.

Hosting: (also known as Web site hosting, Web hosting, and Webhosting) is the business of housing, serving, and maintaining files for one or more Web sites. More important than the computer space that is provided for Web site files is the fast connection to the Internet. Most hosting services offer connections on T-carrier system lines. Typically, an individual business hosting its own site would require a similar connection and it would be expensive. Using a hosting service lets many companies share the cost of a fast Internet connection for serving files.

HTML: Hypertext Markup Language. The coding language used to create Hypertext documents for use on the World Wide Web. HTML looks a lot like old-fashioned typesetting code, where you surround a block of text with codes that indicate how it should appear, additionally, in HTML you can specify that a block of text, or a word, is linked to another file on the Internet. HTML files are meant to be viewed using a World Wide Web Client Program, such as Netscape or Mosaic.

HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The protocol for moving hypertext files across the Internet. Requires a HTTP client program on one end, and an HTTP server program on the other end. HTTP is the most important protocol used in the World Wide Web (WWW).

HTTPD: Hypertext Transfer Protocol daemon, each server has an HTTPD or Hypertext Transfer Protocol daemon that waits in attendance for requests to come in from the rest of the Web. A daemon is a program that sits waiting for requests to come in and then forwards them to other processes as appropriate.

HTTPS: Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol is a Web protocol developed by Netscape and built into its browser that encrypts and decrypts user page requests as well as the pages that are returned by the Web server. HTTPS is really just the use of Netscape's Secure Socket Layer (SSL) as a sublayer under its regular HTTP application layering. (HTTPS uses port 443 instead of HTTP port 80 in its interactions with the lower layer, TCP/IP.) SSL uses a 40-bit key size for the RC4 stream encryption algorithm, which is considered an adequate degree of encryption for commercial exchange.

Hyperlink: On the Web or other hypertext systems, hyperlink is a synonym for both link and hypertext link. Possibly, the term originated because "link" was not felt to be specific enough. And it's shorter than "hypertext link."

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Index Page: The first page of your website, usually; Also called Homepage.

Interlaced GIF: A feature of the GIF89a graphics standard, an interlaced GIF displays images in two passes of alternating lines instead of loading them one line at a time. Depending on which graphics viewer or Web browser is being used, interlaced GIFs may produce a "venetian blind" effect or simply a blurry or blocky image that gradually sharpens.

Internet: (Upper case I) The vast collection of interconnected networks that all use the TCP/IP protocols and that evolved from the ARPANET of the late 60's and early 70's. The Internet now (July 1995) connects roughly 60,000 independent networks into a vast global Internet.

InterNIC: The InterNIC organization was formed in 1993 to handle domain name registrations. While Network Solutions manages the group, the National Science Foundation, AT&T, and General Atomics also play a part in how the organization is run. InterNIC also maintains a database of domain names, so you can search to see if the one you want is available.

IP Number: Internet Protocol Number. Sometimes called a dotted quad. A unique number consisting of 4 parts separated by dots, e.g. 165.113.245.2 Every machine that is on the Internet has a unique IP number - if a machine does not have an IP number, it is not really on the Internet. Most machines also have one or more Domain Names that are easier for people to remember.

ISP: Internet Service Provider - the company which provides you with a connection to the Internet via either a Dial-up Connection or a Direct Connection.

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Java: Java is a network-oriented programming language invented by Sun Microsystems that is specifically designed for writing programs that can be safely downloaded to your computer through the Internet and immediately run without fear of viruses or other harm to your computer or files. Using small Java programs (called "Applets"), Web pages can include functions such as animations, calculators, and other fancy tricks. We can expect to see a huge variety of features added to the Web using Java, since you can write a Java program to do almost anything a regular computer program can do, and then include that Java program in a Web page.

JavaScript: JavaScript is a scripting language that allows dynamic behavior to be specified within HTML documents.

JPEG: An acronym for Joint Photographic Experts Group, an industry committee that developed a compression standard for still images, JPEG refers to the graphics file format that uses this compression standard. You will find JPEG files on the World Wide Web with the file extension .JPG

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KBPS: KiloBits Per Second. Your modem's speed is measured in the number of bits it can transfer in a second. Modems rated in kilobits per second are now the standard.

Keywords: Keywords are a clear demonstration of how the Web has grown ahead of its own technology. Every site designer knows what they'd like keywords to do: they'd like to be able to tell the Search Engines how to catalogue their site so that readers can find it.

Kilobyte: A thousand bytes. Actually, usually 1024 (2^10) bytes.

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Link: The text or graphic used in an HTML document to jump from one document to another. Typically underlined.

Linux: Developed by Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki (Finland), is a UNIX-like operating system. It provides computer users a free or low-cost, very reliable operating system comparable to traditional and usually more expensive UNIX systems.

Login: Noun or a verb. Noun: The account name used to gain access to a computer system. Not a secret (contrast with Password). Verb: The act of entering into a computer system, e.g. Login to the WELL and then go to the GBN conference.

Log File: A file that lists actions that occurred. For example, web servers maintain log files listing every request made to the server. With log file analysis tools like Webalizer, it's possible to get a good idea of where visitors are coming from, how often they return, and how they navigate through a site.

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Maillist: (or Mailing List) An automated program to handle the administrative functions of adding/removing subscribers, disseminating the message postings, sending topic related and help files, etc. for the entire Mailing List. Example MLMs include Majordomo, Listserv, ListProc, Mailbase, etc.

Megabyte: A million bytes. Actually, technically, 1024 kilobytes

Menu: An on-screen display that lists available choices.

MetaTag: Text in the source of the HTML structure of your page, which the user does not see - most commonly used are the "content" and "keyword" meta tags. The first is a sentence or short paragraph describing the site. The second is a list of up to 15 search phrases or keywords. Both describe the site. Some search engines and directories use these meta tags as their method of indexing.

Merchant Account: An Internet merchant account allows a merchant to process credit cards online and to have the funds electronically transferred into his/her bank account.

Merchant Payment Center: A merchant payment center consolidates and automates the tasks of establishing a merchant bank account and accessing a payment gateway for online transaction processing.

Microsoft FrontPage Extensions: FrontPage extensions are available on both UNIX and NT in order for you to use the FrontPage web site creation software to build your web site. Support for FrontPage software is provided by Microsoft.

Miva: Founded in 1996, Miva Corporation is a leading supplier of e-commerce software and services to small and medium-sized businesses. Miva provides merchants and developers with the information and technology they need to be successful in todays emerging markets.

Miva Merchant: Miva Merchant as a storefront development and management system. It integrates catalog, product, fulfillment, maintenance, category management, shopping cart, order processing, and credit card processing in association with many of the Miva payment providers, including Authorize.net, Cybercash, and several others..

Miva Order: Miva Order is a transaction-enabled order form designed to meet the needs of a merchant who has a limited number of items to sell. Merchants simply incorporate a link from the existing web page where their products are sold thereby permitting customers to seamlessly access the order form and make purchases.

MySQL: A true multi-user, multithreaded SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. SQL is the most popular database language in the world. MySQL is a client/server implementation that consists of a server daemon mysqld and many different client programs/libraries.

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Name-based Hosting: Name-based hosting or IP-less hosting is a method for hosting more than one unique site from a single IP address.

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Online Stores: A database of products and services that customers browse on the Web, select the items they want, and purchase.

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Parked Domains: A parked domain is a reserved domain name that does not load any web site. It sits in wait on a name server to be used by its owner at a later date.

Password: A code used to gain access to a locked system. Good passwords contain letters and non-letters and are not simple combinations.

Payment Gateway: The code that transmits a customer's order to and from a merchant's bank's transaction-authorizing agent usually a MAP (merchant account provider).

PERL: Popular Extraction and Report Language, the most widely used language for programming CGI applications.

PHP: Preprocessed Hypertext is an Open Source (free) language which can be parsed on the server before any information is sent to the web browser. PHP allows for dynamic/database publishing and web site interactivity.

POP: Post Office Protocol is a protocol for delivering e-mail to personal computers. The current version is called POP3. Messages are stored on a central e-mail server. Users can log on with an e-mail client and download their messages. All pending messages and attachments are downloaded at the same time. POP3 uses the SMTP messaging protocol.

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Queue: A list of e-mail messages that will be distributed next time you log onto the Internet.

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Remote Administration: Administering a computer or network from a remote location.

Root Directory: The top directory in a file system. The root directory is provided by the operating system and has a special name; for example, in DOS systems the root directory is called . The root directory is sometimes referred to simply as the root.

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Search Engine: A program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found. Although search engine is really a general class of programs, the term is often used to specifically describe systems like Alta Vista and Excite that enable users to search for documents on the World Wide Web and USENET newsgroups.

Security Certificate: A chunk of information (often stored as a text file) that is used by the SSL protocol to establish a secure connection. Security Certificates contain information about who it belongs to, who it was issued by, a unique serial number or other unique identification, valid dates, and an encrypted "fingerprint" that can be used to verify the contents of the certificate. In order for an SSL connection to be created both sides must have a valid Security Certificate.

Server: The business end of a client/server setup, a server is usually a computer that provides the information, files, Web pages, and other services to the client that logs on to it. (The word server is also used to describe the software and operating system designed to run server hardware.)

Server Side Include: (SSI) A command that directs the server to run a program or include information dynamically (e.g.. Time and date a page was last modified). SSI's increase the overhead on the server and large numbers of these can slow the server down reducing it's response to normal requests.

Server-Side Scripting and Programming Languages: A variety of scripting and programming languages is available to you in order to give greater function to your web site. Some of the primary examples are: UNIX, PERL, shell script, Server-Side Includes (SSI), PHP, Miva (formerly HTMLScript), NT, ColdFusion, and Active Server Pages (ASP).

Shared Server: Shared web servers are a very popular way of providing low-cost web hosting services. Instead of requiring a separate computer for each site, dozens of sites can co-reside on the same computer. In most cases, performance is not affected and each web site behaves as if it is being served by a dedicated server.

Shopping Cart: Shopping cart software acts as an online store's catalog and ordering process. Typically, it allows a consumer to browse the web site, select items for purchase as they browse, review what they have selected, make necessary modifications or additions; and purchase the merchandise.

Site Map: An HTML page designed to create a coherent hierarchical organization to the content of a web site, making it easier for visitors to find information.

Signature: A personal tag automatically appended to an e-mail message. May be short, such as the author's name, or quite long, such as a favorite quote.

SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. The main protocol used to send electronic mail on the Internet. SMTP consists of a set of rules for how a program sending mail and a program receiving mail should interact. Almost all Internet e-mail is sent and received by clients and servers using SMTP, thus if one wanted to set up an e-mail server on the Internet one would look for e-mail server software that supports SMTP.

Snail Mail: A lighthearted yet derogatory Internet term for postal mail, which emphasizes how long it takes to deliver compared to the instantaneous nature of e-mail

Spam or Spamming: Refers to the practice of blindly posting commercial messages or advertisements to a large number of unrelated and uninterested newsgroups, and bulk e-mailing unsolicited commercial messages.

SQL: Structured Query Language. A specialized programming language for sending queries to databases. Most industrial-strength and many smaller database applications can be addressed using SQL. Each specific application will have its own version of SQL implementing features unique to that application, but all SQL-capable databases support a common subset of SQL.

SSL: Secure Sockets Layer. SSL is a transaction security standard developed by Netscape Communications to enable commercial transactions to take place over the otherwise notoriously nonsecure Internet. It's one of a few competing security standards.

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Tag: Tags are descriptive formatting codes used in HTML documents that instruct a web browser how to display text and graphics on a web page. For example, to make text bold, the tag is used at the beginning and end of the text.

TAR: Tape ARchive. A compression format commonly used in the transfer and storage of files residing on UNIX computers.

TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. This is the suite of protocols that defines the Internet. Originally designed for the UNIX operating system, TCP/IP software is now available for every major kind of computer operating system. To be truly on the Internet, your computer must have TCP/IP software.

Telnet: A protocol for logging onto remote computers from anywhere on the Internet.

TIFF: Tag Image File Format. A popular graphic image file format.

Thumbnail: A small image that is linked to a page with a larger image to show detail. Facilitates download time when there are too many images to have full sized on a page.

Traceroute: Originally a UNIX program, Traceroute is now available on most platforms. Traceroute is a utility that allows you to see how and where information travels on the Net. It traces the path a packet takes as it is sent from your computer to a destination computer (such as the server for a Web site). When encountering a particularly slow Web site, a Traceroute program can help you evaluate which link in the Internet chain is responsible for the lag time.

Transparent GIF: A feature of the GIF89a graphics standard, a transparent GIF lets the background show through selected parts of an image. When creating the GIF, the designer can designate one color in the image's palette as transparent. When the GIF is displayed, areas using that color reveal whatever is underneath. Transparency is most often applied to a GIF's background color to let the page's own background show through, so that images appear to float on the page.

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UNIX: A computer operating system (the basic software running on a computer, underneath things like word processors and spreadsheets). UNIX is designed to be used by many people at the same time (it is multi-user) and has TCP/IP built-in. It is the most common operating system for servers on the Internet.

Upload: The transmission of a file from one computer system to another, usually larger computer system. In terms of web hosting, it would happen when a file is transmitted to the host's web servers.

URL: Uniform Resource Locator. The standard way to give the address of any resource on the Internet that is part of the World Wide Web (WWW). A URL looks like this: http://www.yoohoo.com or Telnet://well.sf.ca.us or news:new.newusers.questions etc. The most common way to use a URL is to enter into a WWW browser program, such as Netscape, or Lynx.

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Validator: A program or script that can check the validity of the HTML for your Web pages. They are commonly used before Web pages are posted for public use to make sure that the pages can be read and used by all browsers and search engines. Some validators will also check for "broken links," links which no longer work, and some will also spell check your text. Doctor HTML and NetMechanic are two good online validators.

VBScript: Visual Basic Script. Microsoft Internet Explorer along with other browsers, can read VBScript programs embedded in HTML pages. VBScript programs can be executed either on the computer, where the browser is, or the World Wide Web server.

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Webalizer: Is a fast, free web server log file analysis program. It produces highly detailed, easily configurable usage reports in HTML format, for viewing with a standard web browser.

Web-to-Database Support: A variety of methods is available in order to create dynamic sites that interact with databases. PHP-mSQL or PHP-mySQL and HTMLScript to dBase-compatible are available on UNIX, while coldfusion-ODBC compatible (Access, FoxPro, dBase) are available for NT.

Webmaster: The person in charge of maintaining the content found on a Web site, or of keeping the site up and running.

Web Server: A Web server is a program which allows Web browsers to retrieve files from computers connected to the Internet, such as Apache Web Server for Linux. The Web server listens for requests from Web browsers and when it receives a request it finds the file and sends it back to the browser.

Webspace: The amount of space, measured in megabytes, allocated to a Web site.

WWW: The World Wide Web is an Internet protocol that makes use of the HTML, hypertext, and hypermedia to create pages with links to other pages. WWW pages can include graphics, audio, and video as well as text.

WYSIWYG: This odd-looking term is an acronym for "What You See Is What You Get," and refers to certain HTML editors or text editors that (to varying degrees) allow you to create a Web page without using HTML tags. You design the page so that "What You See" in your HTML editor window "Is What You Get" on your Web page.

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ZIP: A compressed file format (.zip). Many files available on the Internet are compressed or zipped in order to reduce storage space and transfer times. To uncompress the file, you need a utility like PKZip (DOS) or WinZip (Windows).

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