Glossary

CSS:

Cascading Style Sheets, enable you to define the appearance of a web page, instead of formatting individual paragraphs.

DHTML:

Dynamic HyperText Markup Language, enables you make web pages active, by using scripts that can change elements on the page.

Folder (or directory):

Location on your PC's hard drive (or your web host server) where files are stored.

Frames:

Frames are like separate panes within a normal "Windows" window. A master frames page contains the layout information for two or more HTML pages that are displayed as if they were a single page.

FTP:

File Transfer Protocol, means of transferring files to and from a server.

GIF:

Graphics Interchange Format, file format for vector web images.

HTML:

HyperText Mark-up Language, code for creating web pages.

Hyperlink:

A hot spot on a web page that links to another document or web site.

ISP:

Internet Service Provider, the company that provides your Internet access, and often whose computer server your website is located on.

JavaScript:

Scripting language originally introduced by Netscape.

JPEG or JPG:

Joint Photographic Experts Group, compressed file format for photographic web images.

PNG:

Portable Network Graphics, a new file format for vector images, not yet supported by all browsers and web design software.

Tag:

An HTML command which instructs the browser how to display text and images on a web page.

URL:

Uniform Resource Location, a unique web address which includes the protocol, server name, path and (optionally) the document name.