Terminology - the list is certainly not exhaustive and as our course progresses, we may find that we will add new terms to the list.
Browser - Software programs that enable you to view web pages and other documents on the Internet. They "translate" HTML-encoded files into the text, images, sounds, and other features you see. The most commonly used browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer (often called IE), Firefox, Mozilla, Safari, Opera, and Chrome.
Domain Name - The name that identifies a web site. (i.e.: newlifetifton.org)
Home Page - The document displayed when you first open Mosaic. Home Page also refers to the first document you come to at a Web site.
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language. A standardized language of computer code, imbedded in "source" documents behind all Web documents, containing the textual content, images, links to other documents (and possibly other applications such as sound or motion), and formatting instructions for display on the screen. When you view a Web page, you are looking at the product of this code working behind the scenes in conjunction with your browser. Browsers are programmed to interpret HTML for display.
HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Navigation - the menu of links (often located on in a bar across the top or along the side of a site) used to access various pages of a website.
PDF or .pdf or pdf file - Abbreviation for Portable Document Format, a file format developed by Adobe Systems, that is used to capture almost any kind of document with the formatting in the original. Viewing a PDF file requires Acrobat Reader, which is built into most browsers and can be downloaded free from Adobe.
Publish Site – uploads your current site to the server so that anyone can view your site online
Server - A computer system that manages and delivers information for client computers.
Site or Website - This term is often used to mean "web page," but there is supposed to be a difference. A web page is a single entity, one URL, one file that you might find on the Web. A "site," properly speaking, is an location or gathering or center for a bunch of related pages linked to from that site. When we estimate there are 5 billion web pages on the Web, we do not mean "sites." There would be far fewer sites.
Source or Source Code - the html or other computer languages used to create websites and computer software. Generally the source code is a collection of information and files that your browser or other software translate into a form that easy for us to understand, use, and interact with.
URL - Uniform Resource Locator. The unique address of any Web document. There is a logic the layout of a URL.
Web Host - A web server that "hosts" web services like providing web site space to companies or individuals.
WWW – World Wide Web