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Internet Words and Terms Glossary

Active-X a Microsoft copyrighted programming that allows great freedom in providing active content to a website.
Animated Gif a graphic or picture of a word or thing that appears to move.
Address a unique identifier that provides a location of a person, place or thing on the internet or within a computer or network of computers.
Banners Banners or banner ads are site promotional graphics that are usually in thin strips and hyperlinked to the site they promote. Banners are frequently traded among sites to increase site traffic for both parties exchanging banners.
BBS Bulletin Board Service, an electronic message center that allows persons to post messages online like on the cork board at a grocery store.
Bookmarks a collection of addresses that you accumulate based on personal preference for future access. Similiar to speed dial for your telephone. Usually accessed through an icon on the tool bar at the top of your computer screen.
Browser Software that allows you to roam the net and convert the various programming to something that you can see. Think of it as your car on the information super highway.
Domain Name A unique internet address of which there can be NO duplicate anywhere in the world. Regardless of the money you've spent in the past promoting your business, you wouldn't be allowed to use the name City Service on the net in Denver if someone in London had registered the name first. Get one today.
Favorites (see Bookmarks).
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions, most sites and companies develop a FAQ for their users to serve as an online help desk.
Flamed Term referring to a massive influx of e-mail response to undesired e-mail. It can be large enough to temporarily clog the system.
Freeware Refers to downloadable software offered for your use at no cost.
FTP File Transfer Protocol, a method of sending and receiving files over the net.
GIF pronounced "giff", a graphics format.
HTML Hyper Text Mark-up Language, one of the most widely used programming languages for production of web pages.
HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, an addressing protocol which allows location of people, places and things on the net, i.e., http://www.myblt.com.
Hyperlink a word, phrase or graphic which, when clicked, jumps you to other sites or information. For example, the "H" above would have moved you here, or the links on the menu bar at your left which move you among pages or to other sites.
Icon A small graphic or picture that represents an action, link, procedure, etc. that may occur if you click on it.
ISP Internet Service Provider, the group that actually provides you with a "hook-up" to the internet.
InterNIC The group that handles all registration of domain names and any disputes over their use or ownership on a global basis.
JAVA Another common programming language that allows websites to be interactive and have moving scripts, for example.
JPG/JPEG Pronounced jay-peg, see GIF.
Load Time Refers to the amount of time required for a computer to access and transfer data or web pages to a screen so you can begin viewing them. The more graphics a site has, the slower it loads. If your prospects get bored waiting, they'll leave your site.
MIDI file a type of file that produces sound from a PC enabled with proper sound card and software. Sound files may add music or may add voice recordings to compliment video clips, ie, advertisements, company directives from management, orientation videos.
News Groups Specific interest groups that generate issue specific content of interest to that group.
Object Oriented Refers to programming that responds to user actions, i.e., when you pass the Mouse over or click on a GIF or Icon, an action occurs, such as, changing color, shape, pop-ups, etc.
POP Point Of Provider, an access point to the Internet.
Search Engine A mechanism that searches huge, online data bases to help you locate information. They may be used to search the world for a person, place or thing, or, to search internal company or site information.
Spam Term referring to unsolicited, bulk e-mail. Frequently results in the sender getting Flamed.
URL Uniform Resource Locator, (see address and domain names).
Web Master Individual responsible for managing and updating a website.
Web Page An individual screen of data / graphics on the web.
Web Site Multiple web pages that tell a story or deliver a message.
WWW World Wide Web, that portion of the internet in which we see graphical display of information for commercial or promotional purposes. Utilizes browser technology.

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