Glossary for Computer Concepts: web-technologies

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berners lee system: linked together documents to allow navigation from one document to related documents
Berners-Lee’s System: linked together documents to allow navigation from one document to related documents
   Berners-Lee’s System
Bot: automated program
   Bot
bot: automated program
Browser: requests webpages from web servers, interprets the HTML code in the webpage that is delivered, and displays the content as defined by the HTML
   Browser (Web Browser)
browser: requests webpages from web servers, interprets the HTML code in the webpage that is delivered, and displays the content as defined by the HTML
Cloud Computing: delivers a variety of computing resources from the Internet as a service for free or for a fee, to relieve users from the burden of installing, maintaining, and securing those resources themselves
   Cloud Computing
cloud computing: delivers a variety of computing resources from the Internet as a service for free or for a fee, to relieve users from the burden of installing, maintaining, and securing those resources themselves
Cloud Models: There are several cloud models that serve various environments, including private clouds, community clouds, public clouds, and hybrid clouds
   Cloud Models
cloud models: There are several cloud models that serve various environments, including private clouds, community clouds, public clouds, and hybrid clouds
Cloud Services: include computing services provided over the Internet in three categories: infrastructure, platform, and application.
   Cloud Services
cloud services: include computing services provided over the Internet in three categories: infrastructure, platform, and application.
Cookie: small text file placed on a user’s computer by a web server in order to identify the user whenever he or she returns to visit a website
   Cookie
cookie: small text file placed on a user’s computer by a web server in order to identify the user whenever he or she returns to visit a website
CSS: allows easy application of visual styles for fonts, colors, layouts, and other page attributes to create visual themes for webpages and sites
   CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
css: allows easy application of visual styles for fonts, colors, layouts, and other page attributes to create visual themes for webpages and sites
Education, Online: refers to websites designed to educate or support education and training
   Education, Online
education: refers to websites designed to educate or support education and training
Electronic Communication: Includes asynchronous such as email and text messaging as well as synchronous such video or phone
   Electronic Communication
electronic communication: Includes asynchronous such as email and text messaging as well as synchronous such video or phone
Emoji: pictures from punctuation, like (-;
   Emoji
emoji: pictures from punctuation, like (-;
Financial Services, Online: support money management, loans, investments, and transactions for individuals, businesses, and organizations
   Financial Services, Online
financial services: support money management, loans, investments, and transactions for individuals, businesses, and organizations
HTML: the primary markup language used to specify the formatting of a webpage, it is NOT a programming language.
   HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
html: the primary markup language used to specify the formatting of a webpage
http: controls communication between web clients and servers
Hyperlink: an element in an online document—a word, phrase, or image—that, when clicked, opens a related online document
   Hyperlink
hyperlink: an element in an online document—a word, phrase, or image—that, when clicked, opens a related online document
IANA: responsible for managing URLs and IP addresses
   IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
iana: responsible for managing URLs and IP addresses
Internet Communications: include text-based communications, voice, video, and others such as forums
   Internet Communications
internet communications: include text-based communications, voice, video, and others such as forums
Online Information: information of all kinds that is delivered over the Internet
   Online Information
online information: information of all kinds that is delivered over the Internet
plug in: works with a web browser to offer extended services such as audio players, video, animation, 3D graphics viewers, and interactive media
Plug-In: works with a web browser to offer extended services such as audio players, video, animation, 3D graphics viewers, and interactive media
   Plug-In (Extension or Add-On)
RSS: a web technology used to automatically deliver frequently updated web content
   RSS: Really Simple Syndication
rss: a web technology used to automatically deliver frequently updated web content
Search Engine: a software tool that enables users to find information on the web by specifying keywords
   Search Engine
search engine: a software tool that enables users to find information on the web by specifying keywords
Social Media: websites that allow people to share information, ideas, photos, and other forms of media in virtual communities and to comment on items shared
   Social Media (Social Networks)
social media: websites that allow people to share information, ideas, photos, and other forms of media in virtual communities and to comment on items shared
Stateless: HTTP is classified as a stateless protocol: it does not retain information (a particular state) regarding a user between visits
   Stateless
stateless: HTTP is classified as a stateless protocol: it does not retain information (a particular state) regarding a user between visits
Tag: In a markup language describe the formatting of a page. An HTML tag is a specific command inside angle brackets < and />
   Tag
tag: In a markup language describe the formatting of a page. An HTML tag is a specific command inside angle brackets < and />
TLD: The final portion of the domain name—.com, .co, .edu, .biz, and so on
   TLD: Top-Level Domain
tld: The final portion of the domain name—.com, .co, .edu, .biz, and so on
URL: acts as a webpage address, incorporating the domain name of the web server and the location of the webpage file on the server
   URL: Uniform Resource Locator
url: acts as a webpage address, incorporating the domain name of the web server and the location of the webpage file on the server
Web Development Software: allows developers to create webpages more easily using a word-processing-style environment and automating complex coding activities
   Web Development Software
web development software: allows developers to create webpages more easily using a word-processing-style environment and automating complex coding activities
Web Programming: the development of software written to run either in a web browser or on a web server, using web-based input and output
   Web Programming
web programming: the development of software written to run either in a web browser or on a web server, using web-based input and output
Web Server: software that fulfills webpage requests from web clients and to the computers that run such software
   Web Server
web server: software that fulfills webpage requests from web clients and to the computers that run such software
Web Technologies: the hardware, software, and protocols that allow the web to exist
   Web Technologies
web technologies: the hardware, software, and protocols that allow the web to exist
Web: an Internet service that provides convenient access to information and services through hyperlinks
   Web: World Wide Web
web: an Internet service that provides convenient access to information and services through hyperlinks
: controls communication between web clients and servers
   HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol
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