The Definitions List

Ancor

An anchor is another word for internal link or bookmark on a web page. An anchor is a link that links within the same page of the document

Applet

This tag names the Java applet that your browser should download and execute

Bandwidth

Bandwidth is the amount of data that is requested from your website over time. Bandwidth is expressed in terms of kilobits per second (Kbps)

Block-Level elements

The short definition is that block-level elements are elements that create blocks or large groupings of text

block-level elements have some specific distinctions from inline elements

block-level elements generally can contain text, data, inline elements, or other block-level elements

block-level elements generally begin new lines of text

block-level elements inherit directionality information differently from inline elements

Bookmark

An anchor is another word for internal link or bookmark on a web page. An anchor is a link that links within the same page of the document

Browser

Computer program to view and interact with Internet Web pages

Cascading Style Sheets

A language for the Web to define the style (look and feel) of a Web page. Cascading Style Sheets can define: fonts, colors, layouts, and more

Cookie

A cookie on the web is a line of text that is saved to a computer's hard drive that can be accessed and written by websites

DHML

Dynamic HTML; The fusion of XHTML, the DOM, Cascading Style Sheets, and JavaScript to create a dynamic and interactive Web document

DNS

DNS is the TCP/IP stack that converts IP addresses into domain names. If you purchase a domain name, DNS servers are given the IP address of your Web server and the corresponding domain name. Then, when someone comes to your domain, the DNS server translates that to an IP so it knows where to send the request

DOM

Document Object Model; The DOM or Document Object Model is the API that binds JavaScript and other scripting languages together with HTML and other markup languages. It is what allows Dynamic HTML to be dynamic

Domain

On the Internet or Web a domain is the name by which a computer is identified. It is mapped to a number called an IP address. Domains can be purchased in any combination of letters, numbers, and hyphens (-) and up to between 26 and 63 characters long (not including the TLD: .com, .net, .org, etc.)

GIF

A graphic format suited for flat color images and drawings. Created by CompuServ and often used for animated images on the Web. An acronym that stands for Graphics Interchange Format

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language. The language used to write Web pages. Based on SGML and recently rewritten to follow XML guidelines

HTML tags

An HTML tag is a code that describes how a Web page is formatted. HTML tags are defined by the characters

Hyperlink

An image or portion of text that is highlighted in some way (usually underlined on the web) and connects the current document to another

Hypertext

Computer based information retrieval method. On Web pages, hypertext is any text that is "clickable"

Image map

An image map in XHTML or Web Development is an image that has different clickable elements within the same single image. This allows Web developers to define only portions of the image as clickable while others are not, or to define specific areas of the image to point to different URLs

IP

IP stands for Internet Protocol. It is a packet-based protocol for delivering data across networks, specifically the Internet

IP address

An IP address is the numerical designation of a computer attached to the Internet. They are usually written as 4 groups of 3 numbers (IPv4). Domain names use IP addresses as their address so that Web browsers can find their location on the Internet

JPEG

A lossy graphics format best suited for photographs and images with a lot of colors. It's an acronym that stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group