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You have to be familiar with some Web Jargon before you get into web design.
As you know, a jargon is a technical term, usually used among web design
professionals and other Internet users. But it's not that complicated once you
get the hang of it.
We will deal with some of the common Web Jargon that are frequently used among
web design professionals.
Understanding Web Jargon.
Don't know your HTML from your HTTP? Your cache from your cookies? The web has
serious amounts of jargon, and it seems like people come up with new words
almost every day. Most of it isn't especially useful, but there are some words
that it's good to know to help you along on the web.
Here are the essentials.
Apache. The most popular web server. It is open source and free for
anyone to use.
Blog. A short for 'weblog'. A web page that is updated like a diary, with
the most recent writing first. Usually done using blogging software instead of
being maintained by hand. You can also
make money
with blogs if you do not have a web site.
Browser. A web browser is the software that you use to view pages on the
web. Internet Explorer is the most common browser.
But the most important to know is that your web design must be tested on various
browsers like Mozilla, Netscape etc. There are many people who uses browsers
other than Internet explorer and your site has to display correctly on each of
them.
The relevance of a browser from the angle of web design comes here. Your web
site is going to be displayed by them and your site must be tested on as many of
them as possible.
Cache. A web browser's cache is where it keeps files that it has
downloaded from the web and might need to use again. A site's logo and
navigation graphics may be stored in the cache, for example, so that they don't
have to be downloaded again each time you go from one page of the site to
another. This happens automatically.
Cookies. Small files that websites can store on your computer to let them
'remember' you. When you log into a website and you're still logged in when you
go back there later on, that's because the site gave your browser a cookie.
Favorites. Also known as Bookmarks, this is a place in your browser where
you can save links to pages that you'd like to visit again.
Flash. A browser plug-in developed by Macromedia that displays animations
and animated websites.
FTP. File Transfer Protocol. The usual method of uploading files from
your computer to a web server.
HTML. Hypertext Markup Language. The language that web pages are written
in.
HTTP. Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Theoretically, the way that HTML pages
are sent between a server and a browser, although in practice HTTP is used for
sending all sorts of data, including graphics and file downloads. Many files
should really be provided using FTP, but HTTP is considered to be easier and
faster.
IIS. Internet Information Server. Microsoft's competitor to Apache, comes
with versions of Windows that can be used as web servers. Often considered to be
somewhat insecure and prone to crashing, although recent versions have improved.
ISP. Internet Service Provider. The company or institution that provides
your computer with access to the Internet, usually in exchange for a monthly
fee.
Link. A link is some text on one web page that will take you to another
page if you click on it.
MySQL. MySQL is a free, open source database. It is often used for
smaller web applications and websites.
Open source. Open source software is software which makes its source code
freely available. This is intended to give you more freedom to modify the
software however you want (or pay someone to modify it for you), instead of
tying you to a company and relying on them for updates. In practice, this means
that the software is available for download at no cost. Visit
www.opensource.org
for more information.
PDF. Portable Document Format. A document format that aims to reproduce
text exactly the way it would appear on a page. Viewable in web browsers using a
plug-in, but disliked by many users because it can be very slow.
Another important thing about PDF is that it can load on most browser. That is,
you can incorporate PDF's into your web design strategy.
PHP. Stands for 'PHP: Hypertext Processor'. A very easy to learn and easy
to use scripting language that is one of the most common on the web, helped
along by the fact that it is also free. It is most often used in quite simple
ways, such as retrieving text from a database and adding it to a page.
URL. Uniform Resource Locator. A technical term for a whole web address,
such as http://www.example.com/page.html. It is called uniform because you can
use similar addresses to refer to entirely different kinds of resources: for
example, file://c:/windows refers to your Windows folder, and ftp://ftp.example.com/public_html
refers to a folder on an FTP server.
In general conversations among web design professionals, URL is also simple
referred as link.
W3C. The World Wide Web Consortium (three Ws and a C, so W3C). This is
the standards body that is considered to be 'in charge' of the web, and decides
what gets put in and taken out of the various versions of HTML, amongst other
things.
These are some of the common web jargons used among web design
professionals and Internet users. If you would like browse through more articles
on web design, there are many more on this site. Enjoy!
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