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GIF - Graphics
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Graphics Interchange
Format. A method used to compress and transfer graphics images
into digital information; it is commonly used to transfer graphics
files on the Internet because of its excellent display of solid
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GIF Animation |
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A simple and
cheap way to create "instant animation". It will allow a limited
form of sprite-based animation. You can add a smaller image
to a larger one and change its coordinates in following images.
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Gopher |
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A client/server
application for indexing and retrieving information on the Internet.
The predecessor to the World Wide Web. |
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Graphic |
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Pictures or images,
either scanned for online use or created with graphics software.
Graphic file formats include GIF, JPEG,
BMP, PCX, and TIFF. |
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Hit - A
hit |
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An instance of
someone (or something, such as a Webcrawler robot indexing program)
accessing a Web page. |
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Home Page |
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A introductory
page within the web site that provides a navigational system
like a table of contents to view other pages within the site.
It is the first page that will appear when viewing a web site.
It is also know as the index page with the HTML programming
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Host Name |
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The DNS name
for a single computer on the Internet, e.g., www.yahoo.com. |
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HTML - Hypertext
Markup Language |
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Hypertext Markup
Language. A language used to create electronic documents, especially
pages on the World Wide Web, that contain hyperlinks. |
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Host |
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The company or
organization that maintains the computer on which a Web site
is stored. If you use a host service, also called local internet
service provider, it is common that your Web site address will
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HTTP - Hyptertext
Transfer Protocol |
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Hypertext Transfer
Protocol. The standard for governing how Web browsers and Web
servers communicate. |
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Hyperlink |
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An icon, graphic,
or word in a Web page file that, when clicked with the mouse,
will automatically open another file for viewing. Hyperlinks,
when clicked on, can dispaly a new graphic, or perhaps start
an animation sequence or go to a different page in a Web site
or to an entirely new Web site.
See Also: Hypertext below.
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Hypertext |
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Text containing
links that, when chosen by a user, will "jump" to another block
of text, either in the same document or in another. See Also:
Hyperlink above. |
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