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Glossary
absolute URL | browser | content | CSS | <div> tag | domain name | <font> tag | FTP | homepage | HTML | index.html | Internet | link | meta tag | network neutrality | Tim Berners-Lee | URL |W3C | WWW
absolute URL -
An absolute URL is a complete URL specifying the exact location of a file on the web, including the protocol, the host name, and the exact path to the file location.
browser -
Software that reads and translates HTML-coded Web pages automatically, allowing you to view, download, upload or otherwise access documents on Internet sites and navigate from one site to another.
content -
The "content" is the information loaded onto webpages.
CSS -
Cascading Style Sheets refers to how browsers interpret your style sheet. It lets you separate the structure of your page from the presentation.
<div> tag -
The <div> element gives structure and context to any block-level content in a document. Unlike some other structural elements that have very specific connotations, the author is free to give meaning to each particular <div> element by virtue of the element's attribute settings and nested content.
domain name -
A network name associated with an organization (e.g., google.com or yahoo.com).
<font> tag
A font element is a container whose contents are rendered with the font characteristics defined by the element's attributes.
FTP -
File Transfer Protocol is a protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.
homepage -
The homepage is the viewable landing page of a live website. From this page, the user can navigate to the different parts of the site.
HTML -
Hyper Text Markup Language is the code language that underlies all visible aspects of a website.
index.html -
Index.html is the "homepage" page, viewable only by the web designer in Dreamweaver.
Internet -
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that interchange data by packet switching using the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP).
link -
A link is a connection between a information (usually a word or phrase) on one site to another.
meta tag -
Meta tag is information - such as keywords - inserted into the site by the web designer. This information is picked up by search engines when searches have been made.
network neutrality -
Network neutrality is the principle that Internet users should be in control of what content they view and what applications they use on the Internet.
Tim Berners-Lee -
Tim Berners-Lee is the British computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web, the internet-based hypermedia initiative for global information sharing, in 1989.
URL -
The Uniform Resource Locator is used to specify the address of Web sites and Web pages.
W3C -
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web (abbreviated WWW or W3).
WWW -
The World Wide Web is an internet-based hypermedia initiative for global information sharing.