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Above the fold
Top portion of a web page that is viewable without the visitor having to scroll drown the page. This term was taken from the news paper industry refering to the top half of the newspaper "above the fold".
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Accessibility
The State or quality of web sites that is accessible to users with disabilities.
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ActiveX
A programming interface (API) that allows web browsers to download and execute Windows programs.
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Anchor Tag
The <a> tag defines an anchor.
Used to create a link from one location to a specific predetermined place on a web page.
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Boolean Logic
Way to combine terms using "operators" such as "AND," "OR," "AND NOT" and sometimes "NEAR." AND requires all terms appear in a record. OR retrieves records with either term. AND NOT excludes terms. Parentheses may be used to sequence operations and group words. Always enclose terms joined by OR with parentheses.
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Domain
Domain names are hostnames that provide more easily memorable names to stand in for numeric IP addresses. They allow for any service to move to a different location in the topology of the Internet (or another internet), which would then have a different IP address. You can purchase domains at Just Ask Domains
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HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language - is the most common language or coding format for web pages. It is simple text instruction to the web browser on how it is to display the information contained on the web page.
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HTTP
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol - this is the method used to transfer html (web) pages across the internet. when entered in a web address it is telling the browser how to send the web page.
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IP
Internet Protocol - the IP is also an addres that a domain name resolves to. Every Domain (url) resolves to an IP address simply because it is easier to remember a Name as apposed to a serious of numbers.
When a domain name is intered into a browser that name (url) is instantly checked with top level domain servers on the web to find out what IP that name resolves to so that the servers on the web know where to send your request.
For example if you type www.google.com into a web browser the request FIRST goes to the TLD (top level Domain) servers, checks the domain agains that IP address (64.233.167.99) and then knows where that server is hosted at (California).
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URL
Uniform Resource Locator - a resource on the internet. Better know as an address to a resource on the web (web address). An example of a url would be http://www.ThatOneNewsletter.com, this is the url to my newsletter resource.
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WWW
World Wide Web - The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet itself, but the Web is actually something that is available over the Internet, just like e-mail and many other Internet services. It is also part of the URL or web address.
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