Browser -or- Web
Browser:
The software that lets users look at various types of
Internet resources. Browsers can search for documents
and obtain them from other computers on the Web. The most
common browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer and FireFox. |
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E-Commerce:
Business conducted over the Internet, usually by websites
that provide product display and online ordering using
credit cards as the payment method. |
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Domian Name:
A unique name that identifies a specific website, e.g.,
mybusinessname.com. A business or individual can choose
any domain name that hasn't already been registered. |
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Domain Name Registrar:
A company that provides domain name registration services
for a fee. |
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Home Page:
The main web page in website's collection of web pages. |
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Hosting -or- Web Hosting:
A service provided by a company, for a fee, where their
web server is a repository of one or more websites so
these websites are accessible on the Web. |
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HTML:
The HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is used to create
hypertext documents for the Web. Hyperlink: The text or
graphics on a web page that can be clicked on with a mouse
to take you to another web page or a different area of
the same web page. Hyperlinks are also used to load multimedia
files. |
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Hypertext:
The HTML encoded text that comprises a web page that can
contain hyperlinks to other web pages or multimedia files. |
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Internet:
An international network of networks, the world's largest
network of interconnected computers used by individuals,
organizations and business for the exchange of information,
goods and services. |
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Network:
A group of two or more computers linked together. |
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Web -or- World Wide Web:
A hypertext-based global multimedia information network;
the Web is part of the Internet. |
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Web Page:
A document designed for viewing in a web browser. Web
Server: A computer on the Web that provides (serves up)
requested web pages. |
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Website:
Some entity's collection of web pages and other multimedia
residing on a web server that's accessible on the Web. |
