| Glossary
of Common Internet Terms:
Adobe
Acrobat Reader™
- Adobe Acrobat Reader™ is free, and freely distributed,
software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) files on all major computer platforms, as well
as fill in and submit PDF forms online.
Animated GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) - Used
for viewing animated graphics online. An animated GIF contains
multiple images that are displayed in succession for varying
amounts of time. GIF animation's are useful because they
do not require a plug-in to be seen on most Web browsers.
Bookmark - A place saver
foe Web site addresses in the browser software program.
Browser (Web Browser)
- An http client program that is used to view various kinds
of World Wide Web resources, including HTML documents. Common
browsers include Netscape Navigator™, Microsoft Internet
Explorer™, and America Online.
Domain
- A Proprietary Web site address, e.g. http://www.mycompany.com.
Download
- To copy data (usually an entire file) from a main source
to a peripheral device. The term is often used to describe
the process of copying a file from an on-line service or
bulletin board device service (BBS) to one’s own computer.
Downloading can also refer to copying a file from a network
file server to a computer on the network. The opposite of
download is upload, which means to copy file from your own
computer to another computer.
E-mail
(Electronic Mail) - Messages, usually text, sent
from one person to another via computer. E-mail can also
be sent automatically to a mailing list of E-mail addresses.
GIF
(Graphic Interchange Format) - A file format
often used foe viewing graphics on the World Wide Web. An
interlaced GIF is one which first appears with poor resolution,
then comes into focus in digital waves. An animated GIF
contains multiple images that are displayed in succession.
HTML
(Hypertext Markup Language) - A programming language
used for creating hypertext documents on the Web.
Hypertext
Link - A highlighted text link to other documents
or other areas within a document containing more information
on the same or related topic. Clicking on the hyperlink
allows the user to jump from on point to the other.
JPEG
(Joint Photographic Experts Group) - A file format,
also called JFIF, developed by the Group for compressing
image data to reduce storage space and transmission time.
The JPEG format is often used for viewing images on the
World Wide Web, and is especially suitable for photographic
imagery.
PDF
(Portable Document Format) - PDF is a file format
created by Adobe™ that lets you view and print a file
exactly as the author designed it, without needing to have
the same application or fonts used to create the file. Since
its introduction in 1993,PDF has become an Internet standard
for electronic distribution that faithfully preserves the
look and feel of the original document, complete with fonts,
colors, images, and layout.
Server
- A computer with services or resources for Web access;
servers also store Web sites.
Template
- In spreadsheet and database applications, a template is
a blank form that shows which fields exists, their location,
and their length. In spreadsheet applications, for example,
a template is a spreadsheet in which all the cells have
been defined but no data has yet been entered. In some word-processing
applications, a template is used in place of a style sheet.
TIFF
(Tagged Image File Format) - One of the most
widely supported file formats is storing bit-mapped images
on personal computers (both PCs and Macintosh computers).
TIFF graphic can be resolution, and they can be black and
white, gray-scale, or color. Files in TIFF format often
end with a .tif extension.
URL
(Uniform Resource Location) - The standard way
to give the address of any resource on the Internet that
is part of the World Wide Web. The most common way to use
a URL is to enter it into a Web browser program, such as
Netscape Navigator™ or Microsoft Internet Explorer™.
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