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ASP
Active Server Pages. Part of Microsoft's Internet Information
Server that allows the creation of dynamically generated web
pages. |
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| C |
CGI
Common Gateway Interface. The mechanism for communication between
the web server and other programs (CGI scripts) running on the
server.
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets. An addition to HTML that is used to
control the presentation of a document. |
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| F |
FTP
File Transfer Protocol. A protocol used for moving files over
the Internet from one computer to another. |
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| G |
GIF
Graphic Interchange Format. A common file format for web graphic
images. It is most commonly used for images with areas of flat
colour and sharp contrast. |
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| H |
HTML
HyperText Markup Language. The format used for web documents.
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol. The protocol that defines how web
pages and media are requested and transferred between servers
and browsers. |
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| I |
i18n
The W3C abbreviation for 'Internationalization' ('i', 18 letters,
then 'n') which relates to efforts towards making the Web accessible
in all languages. |
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| J |
JPG / JPEG
A way of compressing image files developed by the Joint Photographics
Expert Group. It is most efficient at compressing images containing
graduations of tone and no sharp edge contrasts. Typically used
for storing photographic images. |
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| M |
MIME
Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions. A protocol that defines
a number of content types and subtypes which allow programs
such as web browsers, news-readers and email clients to recognize
different types of files and deal with the appropriately.
The type defines what type of media a file is and the subtype
identifies the precise file format.
MP3
An audio file format (MPEG 1, Level-III) that is capable of
high levels of compression with little discernible loss of
quality. It has become the standard for sharing audio files
over the Internet.
MPEG
A family of multimedia standards created by the Motion Picture
Experts Group, commonly used to refer to audio and video files
saved using one of the MPEG compression schemes. |
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| P |
PDF
Portable Document Format. A file format developed by Adobe Systems
that allows capture of formatted page layouts for distribution,
which can later be displayed exactly as intended.
PHP
Hypertext Preprocessor. An open source tool used on web servers
for creating dynamically generated web pages. |
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| R |
RGB
A colour system that describes colours based on combinations
of Red, Green and Blue light. |
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| S |
SSI
Server Side Includes. Special placeholders in a HTML document
that are replaced by the server with actual data just before
sending the final document to the web browser. |
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| W |
W3C
The World Wide Web Consortium. A consortium of many companies
and organizations that "exists to develop common standards
for the evolution of the World Wide Web". |
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| X |
XML
Extensible Markup Language. A new standard for marking up documents
and data. |
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