Index

  • Vocabulary:
  • Anchors: (also called targets) For the purpose of hyper-linking two places on the same web page or to, the target of the hyperlink.
    Image map: an image on a webpage that has geometric areas defined that function as clickable links.
  • Bandwidth: The amount of data you can send through a network connection. Bandwidth is usually measured in bits-per-second (bps).
  • Bit: one binary digit - this digit is represented either as a 0 or 1. Bits are usually used to measure transfer speed.
  • Byte: a byte is 8 bits. Bytes are usually used to measure storage space.
  • Contrast - To show differences when compared.
  • Coordinates: Any of a set of two or more numbers used to determine the position of a point, line, curve, or plane
  • Folder: another word for a directory on a computer. Folders are used to organize and store files.
  • GIF: A image file invented by the CompuServe Company that uses indexed color-space. GIF files work better for graphic and clip art images.
  • Hierarchy: a relationship between people or things that is organized.
  • Home page: The first page on a Web site that acts as the starting point for navigation. Usually the home page offers hyperlinks that you can click to go to other pages on the web site.
  • Hyperlink: An address to another webpage either internally within a wesite (relative link), or a web address to a webpage outside on the WWW (hardlink).
  • Hypertext [ HTML Hypertext Markup Language] A term coined by Ted Nelson to refer to a nonlinear system of information browsing and retrieval that contains associative links to other related documents.
  • Hypertext is the basic organizing principle of the WWW. The coded format used to create WWW documents. HTML commands control how a piece of text will appear. Files in html format are viewed with a Web browser.
  • Image map: an image on a webpage that has geometric areas defined that function as clickable links.
  • JPEG: (Joint Photographic Experts Group) A file format using lossy compression. Commonly used for photographic images on the Internet.
  • Pixels: The basic unit of the composition of an image on a television screen, computer monitor, or similar display.
  • Resolution: the amount of pixels per inch on a screen or dots per inch in print.