Glossary of Internet Terms

Browser. Short for Web browser, a software application used to locate and display Web pages. The two most popular browsers are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). A new feature being added to HTML that gives both Web site developers and users more control over how pages are displayed. With CSS, designers and users can create style sheets that define how different elements, such as headers and links, appear. These style sheets can then be applied to any Web page.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol). FTP is the protocol to exchange files over the internet. FTP is most commonly used to download a file from a server using the Internet or to upload a file to a server (e.g., uploading a Web page file to a server).

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). HTML is a laguage used to create web pages. HTML defines the structure and layout of a Web document by using a variety of tags and attributes.

Link. A link is a reference to another document. Such links are sometimes called hot links because they take you to other document when you click on them.

Server. A computer or device on a network that manages network resources. For example, a file server is a computer and storage device dedicated to storing files.

Upload. To transmit data from a computer to a bulletin board service, mainframe, or network. For example, if you use a personal computer to log on to a network and you want to send files across the network, you must upload the files from your PC to the network.

URL. Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator, the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web. Example: http://www.google.com

Source:
The Webopedia Computer Dictionary
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