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ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A 7-bit character code that can represent 128 characters. Anchor The area of your html file that is either the source or destination of another link. Archie A system for indexing contents of FTP servers. Attribute A property of an HTML element. Browser A software program for observing the Web. CCI (Common Client Interface) Allows Web clients to communicate with external viewers or other applications. CGI (Common Gateway Interface) A standard for programs to interface with Web servers. Clickable Map Another name for an imagemap DTD (Document Type Definition) A specification for a mark-up language Domain Name The alphabetic name for a computer host. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) A means to exchange files across a network Form HTML element that allows users to fill in information and submit it for processing. Gopher A protocol for disseminating information on the Internet using a system of menus. Graphical browser A Web client that displays images and fonts. HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) The native protocol of the Web, used to transfer hypertext documents Home page An entry page for access to a local web. HotJava A Web browser capable of executing applets written in the Java. Hypermedia Hypertext that may include multimedia: text, graphics, images, sound and video ISO (International Standards Organization) An international organization that sets standards for many things. (http://www.iso.ch) Internet A global network of information via the TCP/IP protocol. LAN (Local Area Network) Packet A set of data handled as a unit in data transmission RFC (Request For Comments) SGML (Standard Generalized Mark-Up Language) Server A software application that provides information or serves based on requests. Telnet A protocol for sharing information across networks without graphics. URL (Uniform Resource Locator) The scheme for addressing on the Web; a URL identifies a resource on the Web. Usenet A system for disseminating asynchronous text discussion. VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) A specification for three-dimensional rendering used in conjunction with Web browsers Web (World Wide Web) A Hypertext information and communication system popularly used on the Internet. WWW (World Wide Web): see Web X Window System A windowing system supporting graphical user interfaces to applications
Note: Some of these terms are from HTML & CGI By John December and Mark Ginsburg
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