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Acronyms and terminology of the Web that beginning Web designers should know.TRANSCRIPT
WWWs! & HTTPs! & URLs! Oh, my!
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Bruce Clary, McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas
Internet
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Internet
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• International network of computers used to share data.
Internet
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• International network of computers used to share data.
• Includes e-mail, bulletin boards, IM, newsgroups, databases, newsgroups, streaming audio and video–almost all of which is delivered, of course, through the WWW.
World Wide Web
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World Wide Web
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• The graphical interface that uses the Internet to share information.
World Wide Web
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• The graphical interface that uses the Internet to share information.
• The WWW cannot exist without the Internet. The Internet can and does exist without the Web.
Protocols
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Protocols
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Sets of rules that allow data to be shared via the Internet
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HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
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HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
The rules that move Web pages across the Internet and that link pages together
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FTPFile Transfer Protocol
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FTPFile Transfer Protocol
The rules that move digital files across the Internet
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IPInternet Protocol
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IPInternet Protocol
IP addresses are unique numbers that identify specific computers connected to the Internet.
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DNSDomain Name System
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DNSDomain Name System
Connecting to computers and Web sites through the Internet would be far more laborious and error-prone if it had to be done with IP addresses—e.g., 10.0.1.197).
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DNSDomain Name System
Connecting to computers and Web sites through the Internet would be far more laborious and error-prone if it had to be done with IP addresses—e.g., 10.0.1.197).
The DNS is what translates domain names (www.mcpherson.edu) meaningful to humans into an IP.
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URLUniform Resource Locator
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• The rules that identify specific files available on the Internet
URLUniform Resource Locator
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• The rules that identify specific files available on the Internet
• The address beginning with the transfer protocol HTTP:// in a browser address bar
URLUniform Resource Locator
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• The rules that identify specific files available on the Internet
• The address beginning with the transfer protocol HTTP:// in a browser address bar
• See pg. 22 in Robbins for parts of a URL address
URLUniform Resource Locator
Other Web acronyms
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Other Web acronyms
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• DHTML: Dynamic HTML
Other Web acronyms
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• DHTML: Dynamic HTML
• PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
Other Web acronyms
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• DHTML: Dynamic HTML
• PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
• MySQL: Structured Query LanguageThe preceding “My” indicates that MySQL is Open Source and free for anyone to use
Other Web acronyms
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• DHTML: Dynamic HTML
• PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
• MySQL: Structured Query LanguageThe preceding “My” indicates that MySQL is Open Source and free for anyone to use
• CMS: Content Management System
Other essential Web terms
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Other essential Web terms
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• JavaScript: A client-side scripting language (which means end-users can turn it off, disabling any parts of your Web page dependent upon scripting
Other essential Web terms
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• JavaScript: A client-side scripting language (which means end-users can turn it off, disabling any parts of your Web page dependent upon scripting
• jQuery: A JavaScript library that can be called with just a few lines of code in your XHTML pages
Other essential Web terms
AR340 WEB-BASED DESIGN ● FALL 2010
• JavaScript: A client-side scripting language (which means end-users can turn it off, disabling any parts of your Web page dependent upon scripting
• jQuery: A JavaScript library that can be called with just a few lines of code in your XHTML pages
• AJAX: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
