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absolute URL -
An absolute link defines a specific location of the Web file or document including: the protocol to use to get the document, the server to get it from, the directory it is located in, and the name of the document itself. For example:
<a href=" http://www.example.com/example.html"></a>
browser -
A Web browser, often just called a "browser" is the program people use to access the World Wide Web. It interprets HTML code including text, images, hypertext links, Javascript, and Java applets. After rendering the HTML code, the browser displays a nicely formatted page. Some common browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, and Apple Safari.
content -
A content is the 'stuff' that makes up a website. This could be words (text), pictures, images or sounds. In essence however, when we talk about web content, we are essentially referring to content in a textual nature. Content therefore in this sense is the 'information' a website provides.
CSS -
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics (the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML and XHTML, but the language can also be applied to any kind of XML document, includin SVG and XUL.
The <div> tag in XHTML is a tag that defines logical divisions within the content of a page. What this means is that a <div> tag defines sections of a Web page to make it easier to manage, style, and manipulate. You can use the <div> tag when you want to center a block of content or position a content block on the page.
Domain Name -
A domain name is the unique name of a computer on the Internetthat distinguishes it from the other systems on the network. For example, in the URL http://www.example.com/index.html the domain name is example.com. Every domain name has a suffix that indicates which top level domain it belongs to. There are only a limited number of such domains. For example:
The <font> tag is used to add style, size and color to the text on the website. The font tag is deprecated and should not be used. The proposed alternative is Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
FTP -
File Transfer Protocol (FTP), a standard Internet protocol, is the simplest way to exchange files between computers on the Internet. Like the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which transfers displayable Web pages and related files, and the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), which transfers e-mail, FTP is an application protocol that uses the Internet's TCP/IP protocols. FTP is commonly used to transfer Web page files from their creator to the computer that acts as their server for everyone on the Internet. It's also commonly used to download programs and other files to your computer from other servers.
homepage -
This is the main page on a Web site. Usually this page will point to all other pages on the site and will be the page people come to first. This can be used to welcome visitors to your site and to tell them a little about what your site is about and/or who you are
HTML -
Stands for "Hyper-Text Markup Language." This is the language that Web pages are written in. Also known as hypertext documents, Web pages must conform to the rules of HTML in order to be displayed correctly in a Web browser.
index.html -
The default name for a home page in a Web server. The page is appropriately named, because the home page is an index to the entire Web site. When you type in a URL such as www.example.com, it is the same as www.example.com/index.html.
Internet -
The Internet, sometimes called simply "the Net," is a worldwide system of computer networks - a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer (and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers). It was conceived by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. government in 1969 and was first known as the ARPANet. The original aim was to create a network that would allow users of a research computer at one university to be able to "talk to" research computers at other universities. Today, the Internet is a public, cooperative, and self-sustaining facility accessible to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
link -
A hyperlink, often referred to as just "link", is a word, phrase, or image that you can click on to jump to a new document or a new section within the current document. Hyperlinks are found in nearly all Web pages, allowing users to click their way from page to page. Text hyperlinks are often blue and underlined, but don't have to be. When you move the cursor over a hyperlink, whether it is text or an image, the arrow should change to a small hand pointing at the link. When you click it, a new page or place in the current page will open.
meta tag -
A meta tag is a tag in the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) that describes some aspect of the contents of a Web page. The information that you provide in a meta tag is used by search engines to index a page so that someone searching for the kind of information the page contains will be able to find it. The meta tag is placed near the top of the HTML in a Web page as part of the heading. There are several kinds of meta tags, but the most important for search engine indexing are the keywords meta tag and the description meta tag.
As the name indicates, Net Neutrality (also known as Network Neutrality or Internet neutrality) is all about creating a neutral internet. The term supports the view that Internet traffic should be treated equally. Internet should be an open platform like any other utility used in our home like electricity as Internet has already become part and parcel of our lives and has been indispensable. Net Neutrality advocates no restrictions by Internet service providers (ISPs) and governments on content, sites, platforms, the kinds of equipment that may be attached, and the modes of communication.
He is the inventor of the World Wide Web and head of the World Wide Web Consortium, which oversees its continued development.
URL -
A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the unique address for a file that is accessible on the Internet. A common way to get to a Web site is to enter the URL of its home page file in your Web browser's address line. The URL contains the name of the protocol to be used to access the file resource, a domain name that identifies a specific computer on the Internet, and a pathname, a hierarchical description that specifies the location of a file in that computer.
W3C -
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) is an international association where member organizations and the public work together to develop standards for the World Wide Web. W3Cs mission is to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long term growth for the web.
WWW -
World Wide Web (WWW) is the leading information retrieval service of the Internet. The Web gives users access to a vast array of documents that are connected to each other by means of hypertext or hypermedia links. WWW was developed in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee of the European Particle Physics Lab (CERN) in Switzerland.