2HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Internet service provider (ISP)
• A company that has a permanent connection to the internet backbone
3HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• World Wide Web • The Part of the Internet that supports multimedia and consists of a collection of linked documents
4HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
• A set of rules for exchanging text, graphic, sound, video, and other multimedia files
5HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Web Pages • Linked documents, or pages of information, on the web
6HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Web Site • A related collection of Web pages that is created and maintained by an individual, company, educational institution, or other organization
7HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Home Page • The first document users see when they access the Web site.
• Often serves as an index or table of contents to other documents and files stored on the site
8HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Web Server/Host • A computer that stores and sends (serves) requested Web pages and other files
9HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Publishing • Copying Web pages and other files to a Web server
10HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Internet site/Web site • A site generally available to the public
11HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Electronic Commerce (e-commerce)
• The buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet
12HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Intranet • A private network that uses standard Internet technologies to share company information among employees
13HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Extranet • A private network that uses Internet technologies to share business information with select corporate partners or key customers
14HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Web Browser • A program that interprets and displays Web pages and enables you to view and interact with a Web page
15HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
• The address of a document or other file accessible on the Internet
16HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Hyperlink/Link • An element used to connect one Web page to another Web page on the same, or a different, Web server located anywhere in the world
17HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
• The authoring language used to create documents on the World Wide Web
18HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Tags/Markup • A special set of instructions used by HTML to define the structure and layout of a Web document and specify how the page is displayed in a browser
19HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Platform Independent • Meaning documents can be created on one type of computer and viewed with another type
20HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
• An industry consortium that seeks to promote standards for the evolution for the Web and Web technologies
21HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Dynamic HTML (DHTML)
• A term that describes a combination of HTML tags, cascading style sheets (CSS) and a scripting language such as JavaScript
22HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• A markup language that uses tags to describe the structure and content of a document, not the format
23HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
• A reformulation of HTML so it conforms to extensible Markup Language (XML) rules
24HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Text Editor • A program that allows a user to enter, change, save, and print text, such as HTML
25HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• HTML Editor • A program that provides basic text-editing functions, as well as more advanced features such as color-coding for various HTML tags, menus to insert HTML tags, and spell checkers
26HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• WYSIWYG Editor“wizzywig”
(What You See Is What You Get)
• A program that provides a graphical user interface that allows a developer to preview the Web page during its development
27HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Linear Web Site Structure
• Connects Web pages in a straight line
28HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Hierarchial Web Site Structure
• Connects Web pages in a tree-like structure
29HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Webbed Web Site Structure
• Has no set organization
30HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Broad Web Site • A site in which the home page is the main index page, and all other Web pages are linked individually to the home page
31HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Deep Web Site • Has many levels of pages, requiring the user to click many times to reach a particular Web page
32HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Usability • The measure of how well a product, such as a Web site, allows a user to accomplish his or her goals
33HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Usability testing • A method by which users of a Web site or other product are asked to perform certain tasks in an effort to measure the product’s ease-of-use and the user’s perception of the experience
34HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Internet Backbone • A collection of high-speed data lines that connect major computer systems located around the world
35HTML Project 1: Introduction to HTML
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• Log • The file that lists all of the Web pages that have been requested from the Web site