Education Definitions
- Blog -- (weB LOG)
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A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Read more about blog at Wikipedia.
- Browser
- A Client program that is used to look at various kinds of Internet resources (i.e. Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc...). Read more about browser at Wikipedia.
- co-location
- Most often used to refer to having a server that belongs to one person or group physically located on an Internet-connected network that belongs to another person or group. Usually this is done because the server owner wants their machine to be on a high-speed Internet connection and/or they do not want the security risks of having the server on their own network. Read more about co-location at Wikipedia.
- CSS -- (Cascading Style Sheet)
- A standard for specifying the appearance of text and other elements. CSS is typically used to provide a single "library" of styles that are used over and over throughout a large number of related documents, as in a web site. Read more about CSS at Wikipedia.
- Domain Name
- The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain Names always have 2 or more parts, separated by dots. The part on the left is the most specific, and the part on the right is the most general. Read more about Domain Name at Wikipedia.
- FTP -- (File Transfer Protocol)
- A common method of moving files between two computers. Read more about FTP at Wikipedia.
- Home Page (or Homepage)
- The main web page for a business, organization, or person. Read more about Home Page at Wikipedia.
- HTML -- (HyperText Markup Language)
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The coding language used to create Hypertext documents for use on the World Wide Web. HTML looks a lot like old-fashioned typesetting code, where you surround a block of text with codes that indicate how it should appear. Read more about HTML at Wikipedia.
- HTTP -- (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
- The protocol for moving hypertextfiles across the Internet. Read more about HTTP at Wikipedia.
- JavaScript
- JavaScript is a programming language that is mostly used in web pages, usually to add features that make the web page more interactive. Read more about JavaScript at Wikipedia.
- SEO -- (Search Engine Optimization)
- The practice of designing web pages so that they rank as high as possible in search results from search engines. Read more about SEO at Wikipedia.
- Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simp. Read more about Twitter at Wikipedia.
- URI -- (Uniform Resource Identifier)
- An address for s resource available on the Internet. Read more about URI at Wikipedia.
- URL -- (Uniform Resource Locator)
- The term URL is basically synonymous with URI. URI has replaced URL in technical specifications. Read more about URL at Wikipedia.
- Web page
- A document designed for viewing in a web browser. Typically written in HTML. A web site is made of one or more web pages. Read more about Webpage at Wikipedia.
- Website
- The entire collection of web pages and other information (such as images, sound, and video files, etc.) that are made available through what appears to users as a single web server. Read more about Website at Wikipedia.
XHTML -- (eXtensible HyperText Markup Language)
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Basically HTML expressed as valid XML. XHTML is intended to be used in the same places you would use HTML (creating web pages) but is much more strictly defined, which makes it a lot easier to create sofware that can read it, edit it, check it for errors, etc. Read more about XHTML at Wikipedia.
XHTML is expected to eventually replace HTML.
- XML -- (eXtensible Markup Language)
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A widely used system for defining data formats. XML provides a very rich system to define complex documents and data structures such as invoices, molecular data, news feeds, glossaries, inventory descriptions, real estate properties, etc. Read more about XML at Wikipedia.
