Glossary
absolute URL | <body> | browser | content | CSS | <Div> | Domain Name | <Font> | FTP | homepage | HTML | index.html | Internet | link | meta tag | network neutrality | Tim Berners-Lee | URL | W3C | WWW
absolute URL -
An absolute URL is a a complete URL specifying the exact location of a file on the Web, including the protocol, the host name , and the exact path to the file location (e.g., http:www.bestfurniture.com/contactus/).
<body> -
Body is an HTML tag. Web pages are created by placing the text of the page between special tags show their signifigance.
Not all of the content of a web page is displayed to the visitor. Some of the information in a web page is used only by the web browser and some of it is used by search engines. The part of the web page which is displayed to the visitor is held between the <body> tag.
browser -
A web browser is a computer program that is used to view webpages. I.g., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and opera.
content -
Content’ is the text, images, sound, video, etc., that a website contains, and that can be viewed using a web browser.
CSS -
A language for the Web to define the style (look and feel) of a Web page. Cascading Style Sheets can define: fonts, colors, layouts, and more.
<Div> -
The div element gives structure and context to any block-level content in a document. Unlike some other structural elements that have very specific connotations attached to them, the author is free to give meaning to each particular div element by virtue of the element's attribute settings and nested content. Each div element becomes a ageneric block-level container for all content within the require start and end tags.
Domain Name -
A domain name is the textual identifier for a website, for example: www.abcdef.com.. It is also commonly referred to as an address.
<Font> -
A font element is a container whose contents are rendered with the font characteristics defined by the element's attributes. This element is deprecated in HTML 4 in favor of font attributes available in style sheets that are applied directly to other elements or the arbitrary span container for inline font changes. This element will be supported for a long time to come to alllow backward compatibility with web pages designed for older browsers, hoever.
FTP -
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is the system by which files are copied to -or from a server across the internet.
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.
HTML -
HyperText Markup Language is used to create documents (web pages) that can be viewed through a web browser.
index.html -
Web servers recognize the index.html file as the default homepage. Index.html file will be automatically displayed as the first opening page of its website.
Internet -
The internet is a global network (or net’) of inter-connected computers.
link -
link is a reference to another document that take you to other document when you click on them.
meta tag -
A special HTML tag that provides information about a Web page. Meta tags provide information such as who created the page, how often it is updated, what the page is about, and which keywords represent the page's content. Many search engines use this information when building their indices.
network neutrality
Network neutrality (equivalently net neutrality, Internet neutrality or simply NN) is a principle that is applied to residential broadband networks, and potentially to all networks. A neutral broadband network is one that is free of restrictions on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, on the modes of communication allowed, which does not restrict content, sites or platforms, and where communication is not unreasonably degraded by other communication streams.
Tim Berners-Lee -
Timothy John Berners-Lee is English inventor of the World Wide Web. He was born in London on 8 June 1955, and graduated in Physics from Oxford University in 1976. In 1990 he implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory.
His initial specifications of URLs, HTTP and HTML were refined and discussed in larger circles as the Web technology spread.
He is the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C),and a senior researcher and holder of the 3Com Founders Chair at MIT.
URL -
A uniform resource locator (URL) identifies the location of a website on the internet. This is simultaneously a text string (address) and a number.
W3C -
Short for World Wide Web Consortium, an international consortium of companies involved with the Internet and the Web. The W3C was founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, the original architect of the World Wide Web. The organization's purpose is to develop open standards so that the Web evolves in a single direction rather than being splintered among competing factions.
WWW -
The World-Wide Web (www) is a network of files that can be accessed with a software ‘viewer’ or browser. Files can include text, imagery, and time-based media. The web can also be used to access remote services.