a private network that uses Internet technologies to share company information among employees. It is contained within a company or organization's private network, which makes it private and only available to those who need access.
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World Wide Web
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an information system on the internet that allows documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another.
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T1 lines
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specific type of copper or fiber optic telephone line that can carry more data that is traditional telephone lines
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Web pages
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an individual page on a Web site
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Internet service provider (ISP)
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A company that has a permanent connection to the internet backbone.
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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
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an authoring language used to create documents for the World Wide Web.
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text editor
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a simple program used to develop text, (such as HTML) edit, and print text. Examples include: notepad++,TextPad, TextEdit
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Portal Web site
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provides a variety of Internet services from a single, convenient location,
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Educational Web site
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provides exciting, challenging avenues for formal and informal teaching and learning.
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web browser
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a program that interprets and displays web pages and enables you to interact with a web page. Safari, google chrome, internet explorer, and mozilla firefox are all examples.
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deprecated
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tags and attributes that are being phased out and therefore no longer recommended in the latest W3C standard. They are highlighted with an asterisk.
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DNS
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an Internet service, translates domain names into their corresponding IP addresses.
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Informational Web site
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contains factual information , such as research and statistics,
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Extensible Markup Language (XML)
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is a software and hardware independent tool that is used to transport and carry info.
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WYSIWYG editor
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a program that provides a graphical user interface that allows a developer to preview the Web page during its development. Examples include Adobe Dreamweaver, Amaya, and CoffeeCup HTML Editor.
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Server Logs
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keep track of the numbers of accesses.
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Usability
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it the measure of how well a product (Web site) allows a user to accomplish their goal.
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
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a set of rules for exchanging text, graphic, sound, video, and other multimedia files.
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publishing
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copying the web pages and associated files such as graphics and audio to a web server.
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hyperlink
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Used to connect one Web page to another Web page on the same server or Web pages on different Web servers located anywhere around the world. They can be elements like text, graphics, and animations.
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Personal web site
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published by an individual or family and generally is not associated with any organization.
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Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
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is designed to work with XML. It allows different documents in different programming languages to work better together.
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Internet
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a network that consist of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange. (TCP/IP = Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. This is the basic communication language or protocol of the Internet.)
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Focal point
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A design element called a that provides a dominating element that captures your attention.
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pixels
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Screen resolution refers to the number of dots/units in a display, such as 1280 x 800.
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Blog Web site
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uses a regularly updated journal format to reflect the interests, opinions, and personality, of the author and sometimes of site visitors.
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Social Network
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an online community that encourages members to share their interest, stories, photos, music, and videos with other members
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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
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the address of a document or other file accessible on the Internet.
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Web server (host)
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computers that store and send requested Web pages and other files. Any computer can be a Web server so long as it has Web server software installed and an Internet connection. Every Web site is is stored on and runs from at least one Web server. Larger Web sites may use multiple servers in varying locations around the world.
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Business/Marketing Web site
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contains content that promotes or sells products or services,
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News Web site
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contains news articles relating to current events,
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HMTL is platform independent. What does that mean?
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Because HTML is run through a web browser it will execute on any operating system (WIndows, Mac OS, Linux).
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network
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A collection of two or more computers that are connected to share resource and information. Today, high-, medium-, and low-speed data lines connect networks.
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Broadband
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transit a large number of moving images or a vast quantity of data simultaneously at high speed.
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ISP
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provides temporary connections to individuals or businesses through its permanent Internet connection.
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Purpose Statement
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communicates the intention of the web site.
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World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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a foundation that maintains the standards of the HTML language, and the requirements it must meet in order to ensure its integrity.
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Wiki Web site
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a collaborative web site that allows users to create, add to, modify, or delete the web site content via their web browser.
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Section 508
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was added as an amendment in 1998 to the Rehabilitation Act, requires that electronic and information technology that is developed by or purchased by federal agencies be accessible to people with disabilities.
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Browser
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a software program that displays content from the World Wide Web.
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Domain
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names should be easy to recall or should reflect the organization's name so that people can easily find the site.
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home page
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the first document a viewer sees when they access the website. They serve as indexes or table of contents to other documents and files displayed on the site.
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White space
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is the empty space around the focal point and other design elements that enables important aspects of the page to stand out.
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tags (markup)
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define the structure and layout of a web document and specify how the page is displayed in a browser.
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Typography
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the appearance and arrangement of the characters that make up your text, is vital to the success of your Web page.
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Advocacy Web site
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you will find content that describes a cause, opinion, question or idea,
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Publishing
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is the process of transmitting all the files that constitute your Web site from your computer to the top directory, also called the root folder on the selected server or host computer.
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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
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allow designers to specify styles for various Web page elements. It is a language used to enhance and alter the style or display capabilities of a Web page.
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e-commerce
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The buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet.
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Entertainment Web site
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offers an interactive and engaging environment and contains music, video, sports, games, and other similar features