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Affiliate programs
- Affiliate programs allow Web sites who provide links to your site to receive
payments or reciprocal advertising in exchange for promoting your Web site.
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Animated Banners
- A type of GIF
image that can be animated
by combining several images into a single GIF file. Applications that support
the animated GIF standard, GIF89A, cycle through each image. GIF animation
doesn't give the same level of control and flexibility as other animation
formats but it has become extremely popular because it is supported by nearly
all Web browsers.
In addition, animated GIF files tend to be quite a bit smaller that other
animation files, such as Java applets.
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Animated Images
- A type of GIF
image that can be animated
by combining several images into a single GIF file. Applications that support
the animated GIF standard, GIF89A, cycle through each image. GIF animation
doesn't give the same level of control and flexibility as other animation
formats but it has become extremely popular because it is supported by nearly
all Web browsers.
In addition, animated GIF files tend to be quite a bit smaller that other
animation files, such as Java applets.
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Audio/Video streaming
- Audio/video streaming allows you to provide visitors to your site with a
real-time sound or video experience.
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Backbone -
The network of connections and high-speed lines that forms the infrastructure
of the Internet. An important consideration in choosing a Web site host is
that host's proximity to the backbone. The less intermediate network
distance between your provider and the backbone, the faster and more reliable
your Web site will be.
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Bandwidth
- The amount of data that can be sent through a network connection, measured in
bits per second (bps).
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Banner ad
- Banner ads are one of the primary methods of advertising on the
Internet. They are usually small graphics with a very brief advertising
message.
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Banners
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A Banner simply displays a page title or could display a title on every page
located on a web site.
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Bulletin board
- A computerized version of the bulletin boards found in stores and other
public places, where people can leave messages and advertise things they want to
buy or sell.
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Buttons
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There are several types of buttons such as a Reset or Clear button at the
bottom of a form. Another type of button is a hover button, this button
can change when a user moves the mouse over the button.
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CGI Scripts -
Programs that run on a Web server, in response to input from a browser.
CGI scripts link the server and a program running on the system; for example,
CGI scripts are used with interactive forms.
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Chat Room -
A real-time electronic forum; a virtual room where visitors can meet others
and share ideas on a particular subject. There are chat rooms on the
Internet, BBSs, and other online services.
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Client Provided Scanned Images
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To digitize an image by passing it through an
optical scanner.
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Client Provided Unscanned Images
- To digitize an image by passing it
through an optical scanner.
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Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
- A set of rules that describe how a Web server communicates with another piece
of software on the same machine, and how the other piece of software talks to
the Web server. Usually, a CGI program is a small routine that takes data
from a Web server and does something with it, like putting the content of a form
into an email message, or turning the data into a database query.
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Consulting/Instructions/Research
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Counters -
A counter keeps track of the number of users that have visited a web
site. A counter may be visible or hidden to the user.
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Custom
Backgrounds -
The area of a display screen not covered by
characters (text) and graphics. The background is like a canvas on top of
which characters and graphics are placed.
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Custom Graphics
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Custom Logo Design
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Database
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A database is a computer program that allows you to store large amounts of
information in a logical, ordered fashion
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Domain Name - The unique name that identifies an Internet site. For instance www.source1web.com is the domain name for
Source1Web.com, Inc.
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Domain Name Registration - Most Web designers will offer to register your chosen domain name for
you. Alternatively, you can choose to register your domain name directly
through InterNIC or through sites such as www.register.com.
Regardless of the method you choose there is a standard charge
for registration. To search for a domain name visit www.register.com.
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E-commerce - Electronic commerce is the exchange of goods or services via the Internet.
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E-Commerce Shopping Cart Software
- Conducting business on-line.
This includes, for example, buying and selling products with digital
cash and via Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI).
A shopping cart is a piece of software
that acts as an online store's catalog and ordering process. Typically, a
shopping cart is the interface between a company's Web
site and its deeper infrastructure, allowing consumers to select
merchandise; review what they have selected; make necessary modifications or
additions; and purchase the merchandise.
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Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI)
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Estimate Total
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Extranet
- An extranet is a private network that uses Internet protocols and public
telecommunications lines. An extranet can be viewed as part of a company's
intranet that is extended to users outside the company. The main purpose of an
extranet is to share information with individuals or groups outside a company,
such as suppliers, customers and partners.
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Features - The features available for designing a Web site are numerous, from
guest books,
to audio/video streaming, to chat rooms and bulletin boards.
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Form
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HTML documents designed with fill-in text boxes, lists of options, and other
elements that allow the user of the form to send information back to the web
server. (E.g. registration form, order form, etc.)
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Footer
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FTP
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GIF
- A popular type of image file format. Stands for Graphic Image Format.
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Global
Navigation Bar -
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Guest Book - A guest
book allows visitors to your site to give you their contact
information (e.g. name, email or postal address, telephone number,
business). You may be able to use this information to send email or direct
marketing newsletters or simply collect marketing information about your
customers.
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HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) is the most basic of the coding languages
used to develop Web pages. It is used to format text and create hyperlinks
from one page to another.
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HTTP
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Index
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Instructions on Maintaining Site
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Intranet
- An intranet is a private network that is contained within a company or
enterprise. The main purpose of an intranet is to share company information and
computing resources among employees.
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ISP - Internet Service Provider
- A company that provides access to the Internet. For a monthly fee, the service
provider gives you a software package, username, password and access phone
number. Equipped with a modem, you can then log on to the Internet and browse
the World Wide Web and USENET, and send and receive e-mail. In addition to
serving individuals, ISPs also serve large companies, providing a direct
connection from the company's networks to the Internet. ISPs themselves are
connected to one another through Network Access Points (NAPs).
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Java
- A programming language designed for program execution on the client side, i.e.,
in a browser. It is best for creating applets and applications for the Internet,
intranets and any other complex distributed network.
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Java Scripts
- A script is a program that tells an object such as an image to do
something.
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JPEG, .JPG
- Joint Photographic Experts Group, ISO/CCITT standard for compressing still
images (grayscale or color). Image files.
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Links/E-mail Links - A link is a pointer to another internal page (a page within the
web site) http://www.source1web.com/index.html or an external page
(ex. http://www.lycos.com). Another type of
link is an email link. Example, this web site contains such a link, mailto:webmaster@source1web.com.
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Local Navigation
Bar -
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Logo
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Merchant Account
- An Internet merchant account allows a merchant to process credit cards online
and to have the funds electronically transferred into his/her bank account.
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Merchant Payment Center
- A merchant payment center consolidates and automates the tasks of establishing a
merchant bank account and accessing a payment gateway for online transaction
processing.
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No. of Items for Sale
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Page
- This glossary page is an example of a web page. A page may
contain different objects such as animated images, text, forms, links to other
pages, etc. A web site may have only one page or many pages.
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Page Title
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Proprietary
Algorithm
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Query
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Search Engine
- Typically, a search engine works by sending
out a spider to
fetch as many documents as possible. Another program, called an indexer, then
reads these documents and creates an index
based on the words contained in each document. Each search engine uses a proprietary
algorithm to
create its indices such that, ideally, only meaningful results are returned for
each query.
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Search Feature
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Secure Server Setup
- A web server
that supports any of the major security protocols, like SSL,
that encrypt and decrypt messages to protect them against third party tampering.
Making purchases from a secure Web server ensures that a user's payment or
personal information can be translated into a secret code that's difficult to
crack. Major security protocols include SSL, SHTTP, PCT, and IPsec.
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Security functions - Securing areas of your Web site can allow visitors to your site to submit
credit card payments online or access sensitive information (e.g. account
information).
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Shopping Cart
- Shopping carts serve two functions: to manage your Web-based inventory and to
help you design a browser interface to display your product or service line.
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Site Maintenance
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Site Maintenance Total
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Spider
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Thumbnail
- A picture that has been decreased in size for
easier viewing on the internet, usually you can click on the image to see a full
size version.
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TIFF (Tag Image File Format)
- A common format for exchanging raster graphics (bitmap) images between
application programs, including those used for scanner images. One of the most
common graphic image formats, TIFF files are commonly used in desktop
publishing, faxing, 3-D applications, and medical imaging applications.
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URL
- Uniform Resource Locator (formerly Universal Resource Locator). An
Internet address which tells browsers where to find an Internet resource.
For example, the URL for Source1Web.com is http://www.source1web.com.
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Vector graphics
- Creation of digital images through a sequence of commands or mathematical
statements that place lines and shapes in a given two-dimensional or
three-dimensional space.
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Vertical Navigation
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Virtual Hosting
- Provides a customer who wants a Web site with: domain name registration
assistance, multiple domain names that map to the registered domain name, an
allocation of file storage and directory setup for the Web site files (HTML and
graphic image files), e-mail addresses, and, optionally, Web site creation
services.
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Web browsers
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Web Site
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