Web Terms Glossary F - J
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- Flash
- Flash is a vector graphics based animation program. The flash files may be included in a web page to view in a web browser, or they may be played on a standalone player. Flash can be used to create anything from simple animations to complete websites and full-featured applications.
- Gif (Graphics Interchange Format)
- A bitmap image format that is widely used for both still images and for animations.
- Global files
- Separate files that are referenced and apply to all of the pages on a Web site. Often global files will include CSS Style Sheets or JavaScript Files that apply throughout a Web site.
- HTML (HyperText Mark-up Language)
- HTML is a simple mark-up language used to create hypertext documents that can be read on any computer. HTML documents are SGML documents.
- Host
- Refers to someone that performs the service of hosting websites.
- Hosting
- Web hosts offer their clients a space on a Web server (or an entire Web server) for a Web site. This Web server can be accessed by users who visit the client's Web site by typing in a domain name.
- Http
- HyperText Transfer Protocol. The protocol for moving web pages (hypertext files) across the Internet.
- Hyperlink
- A hyperlink, or simply a link, is a reference in a web page or document to another web page, document or resource.
- IE (Internet Explorer)
- A web browser from Microsoft. Also referred to as MSIE (MicroSoft Internet Explorer).
- IIS (Internet Information Server)
- Microsoft's web server software. IIS runs only on Microsoft's Windows operating system.
- IP (Internet Protocol)
- Set of communications protocols that implement the protocol stack on which the Internet and most commercial networks run.
- ISP (Internet Service Provider or Service Provider)
- An organization or individual who offer their clients access to and a presence on the Internet.
- JavaScript
- An object-oriented scripting language. Used to write functions that are embedded in HTML pages and interact with the DOM of the browser to perform tasks not possible in static HTML pages alone.