Web Terminology

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1. Web Terminology
Md. Ejhar Uddin Nomani
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2. World Wide Web
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•ThegraphicalinterfaceusestheInternettoshare
information.
•Allpubliclyaccessiblewebsitescollectively
constitutetheWorldWideWeb.
•TheWWWcannotexistwithouttheInternet.

3. W3C
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•W3CstandsforWorldWideWebConsortium.
•ItisaninternationalcommunitywhereMember
organizations,afull-timestaff,andthepublicwork
togethertodevelopWebstandards.
•W3Cisthemaininternationalstandardsorganization
fortheWorldWideWeb.

4. Network
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•AComputerNetworkisInterconnectionbetweentwoor
morecomputers.
•Itisdonetosharecomputersandavailablerecourses.
•Fourtypesofcomputernetworksbasedontheirsize
–PAN:Personalareanetwork
–LAN:Localareanetwork
–MAN:MetropolitanareaNetwork
–WAN:Wideareanetwork

5. Internet
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•INTERNETstandsforInterconnectedNetworkthatis
anetworksystemthatconnectsmillionsofweb
servers.
•It’sinternationalnetworkofcomputersusedtoshare
data.
•Includese-mail,bulletinboards,IM,newsgroups,
databases,streamingaudioandvideo–almostallof
whichcannowbedeliveredthroughtheWWW

6. Email
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•Emailshortfor”ElectronicMail”.
•Itisoneofthemostwidelyusedfeaturesofthe
Internet,alongwiththeweb.Itallowsyoutosend
andreceivemessagestoandfromanyonewithan
emailaddress,anywhereintheworld.

7. SMTP
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•SMTPorSimpleMailTransferProtocolispartofthe
applicationlayeroftheTCP/IPprotocol.
•Itisaninternetstandardcommunicationprotocolfor
electronicmailtransmission.

8. MIME
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•TheabbreviationMIMEstandsforMultipurpose
InternetMailExtensions.
•ItisanextensiontotheInternetemailprotocolthat
allowsit’suserstoexchangedifferentkindsofdata
filesovertheInternetsuchasimages,audio,and
video

9. FTP
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•TheFileTransferProtocol(FTP)isastandard
communicationprotocolusedforthetransferof
computerfilesfromaservertoaclientonacomputer
network.
•FTPisastandardinternetprotocolprovidedby
TCP/IPusedfortransmittingthefilesfromonehost
toanother.

10. Telnet
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•Telnetisaprotocolthatallowsyoutoconnectto
remotecomputers(calledhosts)overaTCP/IP
network(suchastheinternet).
•Usingtelnetclientsoftwareonyourcomputer,you
canmakeaconnectiontoatelnetserve
•Telnetenablesausertomanageanaccountor
deviceremotely.

11. HTTP/HTTPS
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•HTTP(HyperTextTransferProtocol)-theinternet
protocolwhichallowswebpagestowork.
•HTTPSstandsforHyperTextTransferProtocol
Secure.Itishighlyadvancedandsecureversionof
HTTP

12. Blog
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•Shortfor‘weblog’
•Blogsarewebjournals,withupdatesdaily,monthly,
oranywhereinbetween
–Whileoftenconsidered‘journals’blogsdon’t
alwayscoverpersonaltopics
–Manycompaniesandlibrariesnowhaveblogsto
delivernewsandindustryupdates.

13. Forum
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•Aforumisaplace,situation,orgroupinwhich
peopleexchangeideasanddiscussissues,especially
importantpublicissues.
•Forumsareawayofcontactingpeoplewithsimilar
interestsfromallovertheworld.

14. Web Address
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•Thewebaddresscontainsinformationaboutthe
locationofthewebpage.
•ItisalsoknownastheURL(uniformresource
locator).

15. Plugin
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•Aplug-inisasoftwarecomponentthataddsaspecific
featuretoanexistingcomputerprogram.
•Forexample,ifyouwantedtowatchavideoona
website,youmayneedaplugintodoso.Iftheplugin
isnotinstalled,yourbrowserwillnotunderstandhow
toplaythevideo.

16. Web Page
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•Awebpageorwebpageisadocument,commonly
writteninHTML,thatisviewedinanInternetbrowser.
•AwebpagecanbeaccessedbyenteringaURLaddress
intoabrowser'saddressbar.
•Awebpagemaycontaintext,graphics,andhyperlinksto
otherwebpagesandfiles.
•Therearetwotypesofwebpages:staticanddynamic.

17. Website
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•Awebsiteisacollectionofpubliclyaccessible,
interlinkedWebpagesthatshareasingledomain
name.
•Websitesconsistofanarrayofcontent(likeimages
andtext)aswellasinteractiveelementslikeforms,
games,andanimations.Torenderthedesired
results,yourwebbrowserreliesonprogramming
languages,primarilyHTML,CSSandJavaScript,to
accomplishwhatisrequired

18. Types of Website
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•Businesswebsites.
•BrochureandCataloguewebsites.
•eCommerceWebsites.
•Non-profitwebsites.
•Educationalwebsites.
•Businessdirectorywebsites.
•Portalwebsites.
•Searchengines.
•Crowdfundingwebsites.
•Portfoliowebsites/CVwebsites

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