Glossary of Terms

• Browser – A software program that is used to view web pages, for example Internet Explorer or Firefox.
• CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) – An extension to HTML which allows you to present a certain style (color, font, size, etc.) to all of your web pages.
• cPanel – An online web hosting control page that provides a web interface to web site management tools.
• Domain Name – Is an identifier of a site on the Internet, such a google.com or fcm.org.
• FTP (File Transfer Protocol) – A software protocol that allows you to send files to and receive files from a remote computer.
• GIF (Graphs Interchange Format) – GIFs are one type of image that can be added to a web page.  These file types will end in .gif .
• HTML (HyperText Markup Language) – HTML is the standard protocol used to format and display web pages (content) on the internet.
• HTML Attribute – Some HTML tags can also set attributes which further define the content that is wrapped between the opening and closing tags.  For example, if you had <img src=”magic.gif” alt=”Magic Wand” /> then src (source) is an attribute telling the browser where to find the image file.
• HTML Tag – In HTML each piece of content is wrapped between an opening and closing tag which defines the content.  For example, <b> puts the text in bold and stops when it’s closed with the following tag, </b>.  Tags should always be in lowercase.
• HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) – HTTP is the standard protocol used to transfer HTML web pages on the internet.
• Internet Hosting Service – A service that runs Internet servers which host content (websites) on the Internet.
• ISP (Internet Service Provider) – A company that you use to access the internet.
• JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) – JPEGs are one type of image that can be added to a web page.  These file types will end in .jpg or .jpeg .
• Open Source Software – Open Source Software and technology is typically made available for free.  The idea is that anyone can download, use, modify and contribute changes to the software.  The hope is that the software gets better and better through community involvement.
• Protocol – The rules that govern the format of how messages are exchanged between computers.
• Social Media or Social Media Marketing – Using word-of-mouth type of advertisement.  Popular forms of web based platforms are:  Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, MySpace, etc.
• URL (Uniform Resource Locator) – The unique web address that identifies a specific website.
• Web Host or Web Hosting – Is an Internet hosting service that allows domain name owners to make their website available on the World Wide Web.
• Web Server – A dedicated set of computers that sends (serves) out web pages as they are requested from browsers.
• WWW (World Wide Web) – Commonly known as the Web which is available on the Internet.
• WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) – An editor that lets you see content the way it will be displayed while you edit it.
• XHTML (eXtensible HTML) – This is a newer form of HTML.  You shouldn’t need to know much more than that.