Berners-Lee’s System
linked together documents to allow navigation from one document to related documents
Bot
automated program
Browser (Web 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 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.
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: Cascading Style Sheets
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
Electronic Communication
Includes asynchronous such as email and text messaging as well as synchronous such video or phone
Financial Services, Online
support money management, loans, investments, and transactions for individuals, businesses, and organizations
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
the primary markup language used to specify the formatting of a webpage
HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol
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
IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
responsible for managing URLs and IP addresses
Emoji
pictures from punctuation, like (-;
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
Plug-In (Extension or Add-On)
works with a web browser to offer extended services such as audio players, video, animation, 3D graphics viewers, and interactive media
RSS: Really Simple Syndication
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
Social Media (Social Networks)
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
Tag
In a markup language describe the formatting of a page. An HTML tag is a specific command inside angle brackets < and />
TLD: Top-Level Domain
The final portion of the domain name—.com, .co, .edu, .biz, and so on
URL: Uniform Resource Locator
acts as a webpage address, incorporating the domain name of the web server and the location of the webpage file on the server
Web: World Wide Web
an Internet service that provides convenient access to information and services through hyperlinks
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 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
Glossary: Web Technologies