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Common Internet Terms
Emerging Creations . . . Getting Small Businesses on the Internet |
| Banner | ||
| A static or animated graphic displaying a company advertisement or logo | ||
| Browser | ||
| The software program your computer uses to view content on the internet (ie:Netscape, Internet Explorer) | ||
| Digital Images | ||
| A photo which can be viewed on a computer. Either taken by a digital camera or a scanned photograph | ||
| Domain Name | ||
| Just as a telephone number or street address, a domain name is the address for your Web Site (ie: www.YourCompany.com) | ||
| Domain Registrar | ||
| Company which provides you with your Domain name | ||
| Frames | ||
| A web page which splits your browsers window into at least two separate areas | ||
| Graphic | ||
| A computer generated image | ||
| Hosting Company | ||
| A company which "Hosts" your web site files | ||
| HTML | ||
| Hyper Text Markup Language- simplest form of viewing text with your browser | ||
| Hyperlink | ||
| A pathway to another web page | ||
| Image Map | ||
| A single image with different hyperlinks assigned to regions of the image | ||
| ISP | ||
| Internet Service Provider. The company which you join in order to get connected to internet | ||
| Javascript | ||
| A language which a browser interprets to perform a function | ||
| Programming | ||
| Many different types of languages which are designed to serve a specific function | ||
| Search Engine | ||
| Program used by a web site designed to search queries you input. (ie: www.excite.com) | ||
| Server | ||
| Computer from your hosting company which holds your web site files | ||
| URL | ||
| Uniform Resource Locators. A pathway your browser uses to get a web page you requested | ||
| Web Site | ||
| A collection of pages on the internet forming a specific site served by your Domain | ||
| Web Site Management | ||
| How to keep your company's web site current | ||