 |  Inline/Online: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web, 2/e Raymond Greenlaw,
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Ellen Hepp,
The University of New Hampshire
The World Wide Web
Chapter 4 Key TermsThis glossary contains a list of important terms used in the text. Both the terms and their meanings are presented. This list is not intended to be exhaustive. For example, many of the HTML concepts are not included, but can easily be traced through the index.
| bookmark | A way to identify a URL and make it easy to recall. The browser saves the URL and its title. The saved URL is also referred to as a bookmark.
(See 47, 59, 145-148, 632)
| | | | | cache | Local memory where copies of frequently used or recently requested Web pages are saved.
(See 47, 48, 144, 633)
| | | | | cookie | A piece of information saved by your Web browser to a file on
your disk. The information can be retrieved by a Web server that your browser accesses.
(See 47, 133-134, 144, 634)
| | | | | footer | The content displayed at the bottom of a Web page.
(See 174, 175, 281-284, 637)
| | | | | header | The content displayed at the top of a Web page.
(See 174, 175, 278-279, 637)
| | | | | helper or helper application | A stand-alone program that is used to process or display data that a Web browser cannot handle.
(See 44, 145, 148-150, 531-532, 638)
| | | | | hit | A URL that a search engine returns in response to a query. Match
is a synonym.
(See 177, 212, 226, 638)
| | | | | homepage | The Web page that is loaded when a browser is first activated;
also, the first page in a set of related Web pages.
| | | | | hyperlink | Text and/or graphics on a Web page that, when selected, will
cause the browser to retrieve and render another Web page or graphic.
(See 45, 50-51, 163, 638)
| | | | | image map | An image used in an HTML document with clickable areas that cause the loading of other documents.
(See 171, 638)
| | | | | Internet Explorer | The name of Microsoft’s Web browser.
(See 45, 106, 125, 149, 150-151, 536, 610, 639)
| | | | | Java | An object-oriented programming language that was developed by
Sun Microsystems and is widely used to create dynamic Web pages.
(See 106, 145, 487, 507-515, 639)
| | | | | JavaScript | A scripting language that is embedded in HTML and is useful for adding dynamic features to Web pages.
(See 145, 486-506, 640)
| | | | | multimedia | More than one type of media; any combination of two or more of animation, audio, graphics, text, and video.
(See 153, 530-545, 642)
| | | | | plug-in | A software application designed to extend the functionality of a Web browser. Plug-ins are launched from within the browser and
are capable of playing audio, showing movies, and running animations, among other things.
(See 44, 148-150, 532, 533, 643)
| | | | | prototyping | The process of designing a system to work out the design
deficiencies before building the final product.
(See 174, 644)
| | | | | register a Web page | The process of submitting the URL of a Web page to a search engine or directory.
(See 176-178, 645)
| | | | | signature file | A file that contains an email signature. A person’s signature file is usually appended to all email messages they send.
(See 23-24, 145, 647)
| | | | | Uniform Resource Locator (URL) | A Web page address, such as
http://www.playground.com/ ∼killface/cats.html
(See 116-117, 143, 649)
| | | | | Webmaster | A person who maintains, creates, and manages a Web presentation, and is responsible for responding to questions and comments. The term Webmaster usually implies a certain minimal level of knowl-edge. Web manager is a synonym.
(See 53, 173, 650)
| | | | | Web presentation | A collection of associated and hyperlinked Web pages that usually has some underlying theme.
(See 53, 161-176, 650)
| | | | | Yahoo! | A popular search engine and directory developed by former
Stanford graduate students David Filo and Jerry Yang.
(See 12, 105, 127, 188, 191, 192, 194, 199, 206, 651)
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