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Glossary of Terms Relating to World Wide Web, Internet and Web Hosting etc.
A little effort to provide you a knowledge by NextTrak.
  This list is not complete, by any means. If you have any terms that you would like to see added to this glossary, e-mail your request to info@nexttrak.com
 
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ASCII -- (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
This is the defacto world-wide standard for the code numbers used by computers to represent all the upper and lower-case Latin letters, numbers, punctuation, etc. There are 128 standard ASCII codes each of which can be represented by a 7 digit binary number: 0000000 through 1111111.
A numerical representation of a character such 'a' or '?'. ASCII is a code which allows for compatibility between various types of data processing equipment. Computers can only understand numbers so characters such as 'x' and '!' would be meaningless to a computer without a standard for representing them. ASCII is that standard.
This is also used to describe files that are stored in clear text format. Some rather inventive individuals have developed what is known as ASCII art, a lowbrow art in a high tech medium, using only the ASCII character set to create images.
ASF (Advanced Streaming Format)
A multimedia streaming format. Developed by Microsoft for Windows Media.
ASO (Address Supporting Organization)
A supporting body of ICANN whose purpose is to review and develop recommendations on Internet policy and structure in relation to the system of IP addresses.
 
ASP (Active Server Pages)
A Microsoft technology allowing the insertion of server executable scripts in web pages.
ASP (Application Service Provider)
A organization (usually a business) that runs one or more applications on their own servers and provides (usually for a fee) access to others. Common examples of services provided this way include web-based software such as Calendar systems, Human Resources tools (timesheets, benefits, etc.), and various applications to help groups collaborate on projects.
ASX (ASF Streaming Redirector)
An XML format for storing information about ASF files. Developed by Microsoft for Windows Media.
Atom
An evolving protocol for syndication and sharing of content.
Atom is being developed as a successor to and improvement over RSS and is more complex than RSS while offering support for additional features such digital signatures, geographic location of author, possibly security/encryption, licensing, etc.
Like RSS, Atom is an XML-based specification. See also: RSS, XML
Authentication
In web terms: the method used to verify the identity of a user, program or computer on the web.
Auto Responder E-mails
An e-mail autoresponder is a special function that automatically returns a pre written templated message to anyone who sends e-mail to a particular e-mail address. E-mail autoresponders are widely used for the purpose of responding to visitor comments and suggestions in a pre-made, templated answer. NextTrak provides this facility too.
AVI (Audio Video Interleave)
A File format for video files. A Video compression technology developed by Microsoft.
       
     
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