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absolute URL - The full Internet address of a page or other World Wide Web resources.  The absolute URL includes a protocol, such as "http," network location, and optional path and file name.  For example, http://example.microsoft.com/ is an absolute URL.

Active Data Objects - (ADO) Components that enable client applications to access and manipulate data in a file- or server-based database through a provider.

active hyperlink - A hyperlink that is currently selected in a Web browser.  Some Web browsers indicate the active hyperlink by changing color.

Active Server Page - (ASP) A document that contains embedded server-side scripting.  ASP compatible Web servers can execute these scripts.  On the client side, an ASP is a standard HTML web browser.

ActiveX- A set of technologies that enables software components to interact with one another in a networked environment, regardless of the language in which the components were created.  ActiveX is used primarily to develop interactive content for the World Wide Web, although it can be used in desktop applications and other programs.

ActiveX controls- Reusable software components that incorporate Active X technology.  Active X controls can be embedded in Web pages to produce animation and other multimedia effects, interactive objects, and sophisticated applications.  They can be written in a variety of programming languages, including C, C++ and Visual Basic.

ALT Tag- ALT Tags are used to name your graphics, while hovering over them.

animated GIF - A file containing a series of GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) graphics that are displayed in rapid sequence in a Web browser.

Auto Thumbnail - A tool that creates a thumbnail of a picture or photograph and a hyperlink to the original picture.

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background sound - A sound clip associated with a Web page.  When the page is displayed in a Web browser, the sound is played either continuously or the number of times that the page specifies.

bevel - A three-dimensional edge effect applied to the boarder of a graphic.

BMP- (bitmap) The standard graphics file format on Widows-compatible computers.  Bitmap graphics support 24.-bit color.

bookmark - A named location on a Web page that can be the target of a hyperlink.

broken hyperlink - a hyperlink that points to an incorrect URL or missing page or file.

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Cascading Style Sheet - (CSS) An HTML specification developed by the World Wide Web Consortium that allows authors of Web pages to attach style sheets to HTML documents.

cell padding - The amount of space between cells in a table.  Cell spacing is the thickness, in pixels, of the walls surrounding each cell.

CGI - (Common Gateway Interface) A standard method of extending Web server functionality by executing programs or scripts on a Web server in response to Web browser request.  A common use of CGI is in form processing, where the Web browser sends form data to a CGI script on the server, the scrip integrates the data with a database, and sends back the results as a Web page.

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database - A file containing records of information that are organized and presented to serve a specific purpose, such as the facilitation of searching, sorting, and recombination of data.  Databases can be published on the World Wide Web to let site visitors look up information in records or add new information to the database.

default hyperlink - In an image map the hyperlink that site visitors follow when they click in an area of the pictures where there are no hotspots.

Dynamic HTML - (DHTML) An extension of the HTML language that enables the creation of presentation effects for text and objects.

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embedded style sheet - A cascading style sheet that is embedded on a page.  Styles in an embedded style sheet can be applied only to the page containing the style sheet, and will either extend or override styles defined in any external style sheet that is linked to the page.

external hyperlink - A hyperlink pointing to a page or file that is outside of the current web.

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followed hyperlink - A hyperlink on a page that has been activated.  Visited hyperlinks are usually displayed by the Web browser in specified color.

form - A set of data-entry fields on a web page that are processed on a Web server.  The data is sent to the sever when a site visitor submits the form by clicking on a button or, in some cases, by clicking a graphic.

frame page - A page that divides a Web browser's window into different areas called frames that can independently display several WebPages.

FTP- (File Transfer Protocol) The Internet services that transfers files from one computer to another over standard phone lines.
 

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GIF - graphics file formats
 

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Hit Counter component- A component that keeps track of the number of visitors to a World Wide Web site.

hotspot - A graphically defined area in a graphic or picture containing a hyperlink.  A graphic with hotspots is called an image map.  Hotspots are invisible in Web Browsers.

Hover Button component - An animated button in the navigation bar on a Web page that is activated when the mouse pointer is moved over the button or when the button is clicked.

HTML- (Hypertext Markup Language) The standard markup language used for documents on the World Wide Web.  The HTML language uses tags to indicate how Web browsers should display page elements such as text and graphics, and how Web browsers should respond to user actions such as hyperlink activation by means of a key press or mouse click.

HTTP - (Hyper text Transfer Protocol) The Internet protocol that enables Web browser to retrieve information from World Wide Web Severs.

hypertext - Originally, any textual information on a computer containing jumps to other information.  The hypertext jumps are called hyperlinks.  On the World Wide Web, hypertext is the primary way to navigate between pages and among Websites.

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Image map - A graphic containing one or more invisible regions, called hotspots, which are associative with hyperlinks.  Typically, an image map gives site visitors visual cues about the information made available by clicking each part of a picture or graphic.

Interlaced GIF - A picture in GIF format that is gradually displayed in a Web browser showing increasingly detailed versions of the picture until the entire file has finished downloading.

IP address - (Internet Protocol address) The standard way of identifying a computer that is connected to the Internet, much the way a telephone number identifies a telephone on a phone network.

ISP - Internet Service Provider.

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Java - A general-purpose programming language created by Sun Microsystems.  Currently, the most widespread use of Java is in programming small applications, or applets, for the World Wide Web.

Java applet- A Java class that is loaded and run by an already-running Java application such as a Web browser.  Java applets can be downloaded and executed by a Web browser capable of interpreting Java, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigation.  Java applets are frequently used to add multimedia effects and interactivity to WebPages, such as video displays, animations, calculators, clocks, lake applets and interactive games.

JPEG-(Joint Photographic Experts Group) A graphics file format used to display high resolution color graphics on the World Wide.

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Liveweb - A web that has been published to a Web server and concurrently be browsed by site visitors. Editing a live web with FrontPage lets site visitors immediately see all pages updates and changes every time the page is saved.
 

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Marquee component - A region on a page that displays a horizontally scrolling text message.

META tag- An HTML tag that must appear in the head portion of the page.  META tags supply information about a page but do not affect it's appearance.

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navigation bar - a collection of graphical or textual buttons containing hyperlinks to pages that are part of the same web structure.

nested frames page - A frames page containing another frames page inside of its frames.

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one-line text box - A labeled, single-line form field into which site visitors can type text.

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page banner - A section of a Web page containing a graphic element and text, such as the page title.  Page banners are usually displayed at the top of a Web page.

page template - A pre-designed, generic Web page you can use to create to custom pages.

page title - A descriptive  text string identifying a page.

parent page - a page in a web that is part of the navigation structure of the web and is linked to one or more pages on the child level.  A page on the child level is accessed from its parent page by following a link from a navigation bar on the parent page.

picture - A graphics file that can be inserted on a Web page and displayed in a Web browser.

plug-in One of a set of software modules that integrate into Web browsers to offer a range of interactive and multimedia capabilities. 

progressive JPEG - An enhancement to the JPEG graphics file format specification that gradually displays a photo-realistic picture in a Web browser, showing increasingly detailed versions of the picture until the entire file has finished downloading.  While this is similar to interlaced GIFs, progressive JPEGs can retain the high quality of 24-bit color and they offer the same efficient compression as a standard JPEG.

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radio button - A form field that presents a site visitor with a selection that can be chosen by clicking on a button.

record - In a database, a group of related fields of information that are treated as a unit.  

registered user - A visitor to a Web site whose name and password has been recorded within the Web site.

Registration form handler - a form handler that allows site visitors to automatically register themselves for access to a services implemented as a Website.  The Registration form handler adds the site visitors to an authentication database, then gathers optional information from the form and stores it in one of many supported formats.

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Scheduled Picture component - A component that is replaced on the page by a graphic during a specified time period.  When the time period has expired, the graphic is no longer displayed.

script - A type of computer code that can be directly executed by a program that understands the language in which the script is written.

scrolling text box - A labeled, multiple-line form field in which site visitors can type one or more lines of text.

Search Form component - A component that creates  a form that provides full text-searching capability in your web when a site visitor browses to your web.  When a site visitor submits a form containing words to locate, the search form returns a list of hyperlinks to the pages in your web that contain matches for the words.

Secure Sockets Layer - (SSL) A proposed open standard developed by Netscape Communications to prevent the interception of critical information, such as credit card numbers.  They primary purpose of SSL is to enable secure electronic financial transactions on The World Wide Web, although it is designed to work with other Internet services as well.

slow pages - Pages that take an inordinate amount of time (20 seconds or more) for a site visitor to download in a Web browser.

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table - One or more rows of cells on a page used to organize the layout of a page or arrange data systematically.

target frame - The name of frame in which the target page of a hyperlink is displayed.  

template - A set of pre-designed formats for text and graphics on which new pages and webs can be based.

theme - A theme applies professionally designed graphics to elements of the pages in a web.

thumbnail - A small representation of pictures on a Web page, usually containing a hyperlink to a full-sized version of the graphics.

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) - A high-resolution, tagged-based graphics format.

transition effect - One of a set of page-display effects, such as Dissolve and Fade To black, that are available in some Web browsers.  Transition effects can be configured to occur when a site visitor visits or leaves a page.

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UNIX - A multi-user, multitasking operating system that exist in various forms and implantations, typically used on proprietary computer workstations.  Many Web servers run on UNIX systems.

URL- (Uniformed Resource Locator) A string that supplies the Internet address of a Web site or resource on the World Wide Web.

V- No definitions listed.

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watermark - A graphic that appears on the backgrounds of pages in a Web site to decorate and identify the pages, but does not scroll as the page scrolls.  Not all Web browsers support watermarks.

web browser - Software that interprets the markup of files in HTML, formats them into Web pages, and displays them to the user.

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Credit for definitions goes to MS Front Page, with permissions granted on March 25, 2004