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Provides the
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Glossary
of Terms Relating to World Wide Web, Internet and Web Hosting etc. |
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little effort to provide you a knowledge by NextTrak. |
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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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Bookmarklet |
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A short Javascript program that is intended to be contained with a
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can be useful in various ways, but are most often used to either (a)
modify the contents of the current page (or a form field on that page,
(b) extract information about the current page, or (c) redirect to
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is the term used by Mozilla-based browsers; Internet Explorer uses
the term favorites. Thus, a synonym for bookmarklet is favlet. |
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Boolean Logic |
| A way to
combine terms using "operators" such as "AND,"
"OR," "AND NOT" and sometimes "NEAR."
AND requires all terms appear in a record. OR retrieves records with
either term. AND NOT excludes terms. Parentheses may be used to sequence
operations and group words. Always enclose terms joined by OR with
parentheses. |
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| A measurement
of how fast data is moved from one place to another. A 56K modem can
move about 56,000 bits per second. |
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Category |
| A subcategory
in the directory, adopting the tree analogy. |
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| Broadband |
| Generally
refers to connections to the Internet with much greater bandwidth
than you can get with a modem. There is no specific definition of
the speed of a "broadband" connection but in general any
Internet connection using DSL or a via Cable-TV may be considered
a broadband connection. |
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Link |
| A URL which
results in an error of some kind. |
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| Browse |
| To follow
links in a page, to shop around in a page, exploring what's there,
a bit like window shopping. The opposite of browsing a page is searching
it. When you search a page, you find a search box, enter terms, and
find all occurrences of the terms throughout the site. When you browse,
you have to guess which words on the page pertain to your interests.
Searching is usually more efficient, but sometimes you find things
by browsing that you might not find because you might not think of
the "right" term to search by. |
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| Browser |
| A Client
program (software) that is used to look at various kinds of Internet
resources. Browsers are software programs that enable you to view
WWW documents. They "translate" HTML-encoded files into
the text, images, sounds, and other features you see. Microsoft Internet
Explorer (called simply IE), Netscape, Mosaic, Macweb, and Netcruiser
are examples of browsers that enable you to view text and images and
many other WWW features. They are software that must be installed
on your computer. See also LYNX, a browser often used from slow modems
because it does not display images, colors, or sound, but lets you
perform most basic WWW functions and see the content. |
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