Glossary
Here's a list of words you may not be familiar with and their definations:
Bandwidth
The maximum amount of data that can travel a communications path in a given time, usually measured in bits per second. If you think of the communications path as a pipe, then bandwidth represents the width of the pipe that determines how much data can flow through it all at once.
Source: www.wmo.ch/web/www/WDM/Guides/Internet-glossary.html
Browser
A program that allows a user to find, view, hear, and interact with material on the World Wide Web. Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer are examples of popular browsers.
Source: www.getnetwise.org/glossary.php
Cache
A file on the hard drive in which a Web browser stores information such as addresses, text, and graphics from recently visited Web sites, making it easier and faster for the user to revisit a site.
Source: www.getnetwise.org/glossary.php
Connection
A way to connect your computer to the Internet. Home users usually have a dial-up account with an ISP (Internet Service Provider). Work users often have a direct connection to a T1 or T3 line.
Source: www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/web/reference/glossary.htm
Cookie
A unique identifier sent to a user's computer during a visit to a Web site. Cookies can be used to remember information such as user names and passwords (so users don't have to enter them every time they visit a site) or to track future visits to a Web site.
Source: www.namesecure.com/en_US/index.jhtml
Encrypt
To programmatically disguise content to hide its substance. Encrypted content cannot be viewed without reversing its format, a process called decryption.
Source: www.microsoft.com/hwdev/resources/glossary.asp
FAQ
Abbreviation for Frequently Asked Questions.
Filters
A means of narrowing the scope of a report or view by specifying ranges or types of data to include or exclude.
Source: www.ipro.com/analytics/glossary.shtml
Frames
Web Frames allow web publishers to divide the browser window into multiple HTML documents. Each frame contains an individual document that function independently of the other frames.
Source: www.nosh.com/resources/gloss.html
JavaScript
Popular scripting language originally developed by Netscape. Commonly used to make static HTML documents more interactive. Despite its name, JavaScript is not related to Java.
Source: www.gerbilbox.com/newzilla/glossary.php
Operating System
Sometimes abbreviated as OS, an operating system is a complex computer program and user interface that manages a computer's hardware and software. Examples include, but not limited to Linux, Mac OS, and Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.
Source: www.gerbilbox.com/newzilla/glossary.php
PDF
Acronym for Portable Document Format, a universal file format created by Adobe Systems allowing users to distribute, read, and view electronic documents with all formatting, fonts, text sizes, graphics, color, etc. intact, regardless of the software or platform used to create the file. To view PDF files you must download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader® application.
Source: www.sfimg.com/Reference/Glossary.html
Plug-In
A small piece of software that enriches a larger piece of software by adding features or functions. Plug-ins enable browsers to play audio and video.
Source: www.getnetwise.org/glossary.php
Pop-Ups / Pop-Unders
Browser windows that open in relation to an event within another window. See also "Pop-Up Blockers" in Technical Help.
Source: www.logisol.com.au/mraddoc/gstarted/mmanp59.htm
Session
A continuous period of time during which a user's browser is viewing Web pages or a Web application within the same server or domain.
Source: msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/passport25/NET_Passport_Common_Documentation/glossary.asp
VeriSign®
Verisign is the dominant certificate authority on the internet at the present time, though many of its certificates are signed as RSA Data Security.
Source: www.netcraft.com/https/glossary.html
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