ActiveX is an API that allows web browsers to execute Windows programs. An anchor is the starting point or ending point of a hyperlink. ANSI is an organization that creates standards for the computer industry. ANSI C is an international standard for the C programming language. ADO is a Microsoft technology that provides data access to a data store. ADSL is a type of DSL line where the upload speed is differs from the download speed. Animation is a set of pictures simulating movement when played in series. An Anti-Virus Program is a computer program made to discover and destroy all types of computer viruses. Apache is an open source, cross platform web server. API is an interface for letting a program communicate with another program. ARPanet is the experimental network which started the development of the Internet. Authentication is the method used to verify the identity of a user, program or computer on the web. ASCII is used by HTML when transmitting data over the web. ASF is a multimedia streaming format developed by Microsoft for Windows Media. ASP is a Microsoft, server side technology. ASX is an XML format for storing information about ASF files. Developed by Microsoft. AVI is a video compression technology developed by Microsoft. Bandwidth is a measure for the speed (amount of data) you can send through an Internet connection. Binary Data is data in machine readable form. A Bit is the smallest unit of data stored with a the value of 0 or 1. BMP is a format for storing images. A Bookmark is a link to a particular web site, stored by a user for future use. Browse is term to describe a user\'s movement through the web using a web browser. BPS is the term to describe the transmission speed for data over the web. A Byte is a computer storage unit containing 8 bits. C is a programming language. C++ is an object-oriented programming language. Case Sensitive is a term used to describe if it is of importance to use upper or lower case letters. A Cache is a web browser or web server feature which stores copies of web pages. Chat is an on-line text-based communication between Internet users. CGI is a set of rules that describes how a program communicates with a web server. CGI-Bin is the folder on a web server that stores CGI programs. A CGI Program is a small program that handles handles form input or database queries. Client/Server is the communication and separation of workload between a browser and a web server. Clickthrough Rate is the clicks on a web page advertisement, as a percentage of the number of page displays. Codec is a term for the technology used for compressing and decompressing data. Communication Protocol is a set of rules to allow computers to interact in a standard way. Compression is a method of reducing the size of files for faster delivery via the web. Computer Virus is a computer program that can harm a computer. Cookie is information from a web server, stored on your computer by your web browser. ColdFusion is a type of Web development software. CSS is a W3C recommended language for defining style for web documents. Database is data stored in a computer in such a way that a program can manipulate the data. Database System is a computer program for manipulating data in a database. DBA is the person who administers a database. DHCP is an Internet standard protocol that assigns new IP addresses to users as need. DHTML is a term commonly to describe HTML content that can change dynamically. Dial-up Connection is a connection to Internet via telephone and modem. DNS is a computer program that translates domain names into IP addresses. DOM is a programming model for web page objects. A Domain Name is the name that identifies a web site. DOS is a general disk based computer operating system. A Download is to transfer a file from a web server to a web client. DSL is an Internet connection over regular telephone lines, but much faster. DTD is a set of rules for defining the legal building blocks of a web document like HTML or XML. A Dynamic IP is an IP address that changes each time you connect to the Internet. E-mail is a message sent from one person to another via the Internet. E-mail Address is the address used for sending e-mails to a person or an organization. E-mail Server is a web server dedicated to the task of serving e-mail. Encryption is the process of converting data so that it can only be read by reversing the encryption. Ethernet is a type of local area network Firewall is software that acts as a security filter that can restrict types of network communication. Flash is a vector-based multimedia format for use on the web. A Frame is a part of the browser screen which can display content from a different web page. FrontPage is web development software by Microsoft. FTP is one of the most common methods for sending files between two computers. A FTP Server is a server from which you can download or upload files. A Gateway is a computer program for transferring data between incompatible applications or networks. GIF is a compressed format for storing images. Gigabyte is 1024 megabytes. Commonly rounded down to one billion bytes. A Helper application is a program that helps a browser to display files that it cannot handle itself. Hits is the number of times a web page has been viewed or downloaded. Home Page is the default page displayed when you visit a web site. HTML is a set of tags that are used to define the content of the web document. HTML Form is a means by which a user passes input to a server. HTTP is the standard set of rules for sending text files across the Internet. HTTP Client is a computer program that requests a service from a web server. HTTP Server is a computer program providing services from a web server. HTTPS is the same as HTTP but provides secure Internet communication using SSL. Hyperlink is a pointer to another document usually a web another page Hypertext is Hypertext is text that is cross-linked to other documents. IIS is a web server for Windows operating systems. Developed by Microsoft. IMAP is a standard communication protocol for retrieving e-mails from an e-mail server. Indeo is a codec for computer video developed by Intel. Internet is a world wide network connecting millions of computers. Internet Explorer is a browser by Microsoft. the most commonly used browser today. Intranet is a private Internet, running inside a Local Area Network. IP Address is a unique number identifying every computer on the Internet ISAPI is the Application Programming Interface for IIS. ISDN is a telecommunication standard that supports data communications over regular telephone lines. ISP is an organisation that provides access to the Internet and web hosting. Java is a programming language developed by SUN. JavaScript is the most popular scripting language on the internet. JPEG or JPG is a graphic format for storing compressed images. JScript is Microsofts version of JavaScript. JSP is a Java based technology allowing the insertion of server executable scripts in web pages. Lan is a network between computers in a local area, usually connected via local cables. Linux is open source computer operating system based on Unix. Meta Data is data that describes other data. Meta Tag is a tag inserted into documents to describe the document. MIDI is a standard protocol for communication between computers and musical instruments. MIME is an Internet standard for defining document types. Modem is hardware equipment to connect a computer to a telephone network Mosaic is the first graphical web browser. MOV is a codec for computer video developed by Apple. MP3 is an audio compression format specially designed for easy download over the Internet. MPEG is an ISO standard codec for computer audio and video. MS-DOS is a general disk based computer operating system developed by Microsoft. MySQL is free open source database software often used on the web. Netscape is a browser from the company Netscape. Newsgroup is an on-line discussion group dedicated to a particular subject of interest. News Reader is a computer program that enables you to read messages from an Internet newsgroup. News Server is an Internet server dedicated to the task of serving Internet newsgroups. Node is a computer connected to the Internet, most often used to describe a web server. Opera is the browser from the company Opera. OS is the software that manages the basic operating of a computer. PDF is a document file format developed by Adobe. Perl is a scripting language. PHP is a technology allowing the insertion of server executable scripts in web pages. Ping is a method used to check the communication between two computers. Plug-In is a program built added to a web browser to handle a special type of data like sound or video. PNG is a format for encoding a picture pixel by pixel and sending it over the web. POP is a standard communication protocol for retrieving e-mails from an e-mail server. Port is a number that identifies the I/O channel. a web server normally uses port 80. Proxy Server is an Internet server dedicated to improve Internet performance. QuickTime is a multimedia file format created by Apple. RAID is a standard for connecting multiple hard disks for higher security, speed and performance. RDF is a framework for constructing languages for describing web resources. Real Audio is a common multimedia audio format created by Real Networks. Real Video is a common multimedia video format created by Real Networks. Redirect is the action when a web page automatically forwards the user to another web page. RGB is the combination of the three primary colors that can represent a full color spectrum. Router is a hardware or software system that directs data to different computers in a network. Script is a collection of statements written in a Scripting Language. Scripting Language is a programming language that can be executed by a web browser or server. Search Engine is a computer program used to search and catalog the information on the web. Semantic Web is a web of data with a meaning. A computer programs can then intelligently process it. Shareware is software that you can try free of charge, and pay a fee to continue to use legally. Shockwave is a format developed by Macromedia for embedding multimedia content in web pages. SGML is an international standard for markup languages. SMIL is a W3C recommended language for creating multimedia presentations. SMTP is a standard communication protocol for sending e-mail messages between computers. SOAP is a standard protocol for letting applications communicate with each other using XML. Solaris is a computer operating system from SUN. SPAM is the action of sending multiple unwelcome messages to a newsgroup or mailing list. Spoofing is addressing a web page or an e-mail with a false referrer. Spyware is software hidden in a computer that collects information about the computer. SQL is an anSI standard computer language for accessing and manipulating databases. SQL Server is a database system from Microsoft. SSI is a type of server side include to instruct the web server to generate dynamic content. SSL is Software to secure web site communication using encrypted transmission of data. Static IP is an IP address that is the same each time connect to the Internet. Streaming is a method of sending audio and video files over the Internet. SVG is a W3C recommended language for defining graphics in XML. TCP/IP is a collection of Internet communication protocols between two computers. TCP/IP Packet is a unit of data sent over a TCP/IP network. Unix is computer operating system, developed by Bell Laboratories. UNZIP is To uncompress a ZIPPED file. Upload is to transfer a file from a web client to a web server. URI is term used to identify resources on the internet. URL is one type of an URI. URL is a web address. USENET is a world wide news system accessible over the Internet. User Agent is the same as a Web Browser. VBScript is a scripting language from Microsoft. Visual Basic is a programming language from Microsoft. VPN is a private network between two remote sites, over a secure encrypted virtual Internet connection. VRML is a programming language to allow 3D effects to be added to HTML documents. W3C is the organization responsible for managing standards for the WWW. Wan is Computers connected together in a wide network. WAP is a leading standard for information services on wireless terminals like digital mobile phones. Web Applet is a java based program that can be downloaded and run from the web. Web Client is a software program used to access web pages. Web Browser is a software program used to display web pages. Web Document is most often a web document formatted with a markup language like HTML or XML. Web Host is a web server that provides web services like web site space to companies or individuals. Web Page is a document normally an HTML file designed to be distributed over the Web. Web Server is a server that delivers web content to web browsers. Web Server Error is a message from a web server indicating an error. Web Service is a software component or application running on a web server. Web Site is a collection of related web pages belonging to a company or an individual. Web Spider is a computer program used by search engines like Google and AltaVista to index the web. Wildcard is a character used to substitute any character. WINZIP is a computer program for compressing and decompressing files. WMA is an audio file format for the Internet, developed by Microsoft. WMV is a video file format for the Internet, developed by Microsoft. WML is a standard for information services on digital mobile phones, based on XML. WML Script is Scripting language for WML. Worm is a computer virus that can make copies of itself and spread over the Internet. WSDL is an XML-based language for describing Web services and how to access them. WWW is a global network of computers using the internet to exchange web documents. WYSIWYG is to display a web page being edited exactly the same way it will be displayed on the web. XForms is a future version of HTML Forms, based on XML and XHTML. XHTML is HTML reformulated as XML. XPath is a set of syntax rules for defining parts of an XML document. XQuery is a set of syntax rules for extracting information from XML documents. XML is a simplified version of SGML especially designed for web documents, developed by the W3C. XML Document is a document written in XML. XML Schema is a document that describes the syntax elements and parameters of a web language. XSL is an XML language for transforming XML documents. ZIP is a compressing format for computer files.