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Caching |
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Local storage
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Cascading
Style Sheets |
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CSS A mechanism
that allows authors and readers to attach the same style (e.g.
fonts, colors and spacing) to multiple HTML
documents. The CSS language is human readable and writeable,
and expresses style in common desktop publishing terminology.
One of the fundamental features of CSS is that style sheets
cascade; authors can attach a preferred style sheet, while the
reader may have a personal style sheet to adjust for human or
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CGI |
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Common Gateway
Interface. A standard that determines how a web server will
gather information from viewers of a web page. Typical information
may be names, addressees, on-line ordering of products and what
clients will be ordering and paying. |
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CGI-BIN Script |
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CGI Binary script;
a server-side program that accomplishes a task that cannot be
done using HTML.
A means of extending the usefulness and versatility of the Web. |
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Checkbox |
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A field on a
form
which, when selected, enters a check in the box. These form
input tags are best used to select members of small sets. |
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Client |
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An application
or computer that receives and interprets data sent by a matching
server computer/application. |
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Client-side
Imagemaps |
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A graphic with
sub-areas that are linked to different URLs.
The MAP that relates parts of the image
to different URLs is stored in the current file. This saves
a round trip to the server,
and should display pages faster. Destination URLs can be displayed
in the browser status
line as the mouse selects portions of the imagemap. |
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Cookies |
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A general mechanism
which server side connections (such as CGI scripts) can use
to both store and retrieve information on the client side of
the connection. The addition of a simple, persistent, client-side
state significantly extends the capabilities of Web-based client/server
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Database |
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A database is a structured
set of records, such as a mailing list. A web browser
can access a public database by Perl scripts. There are many
ways for a user to find information in a database. When the
data is structured as a table in a single file, a user need
only browse the page and use the browser's Find feature. However,
to search a relational database spread over many files, a sophisticated
CGI script is required to
access the data. |
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Design |
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The look, feel, and structure
of a web site. It is the the synergy and synthesis of three
aspects: sensory, conceptual, and reactive. |
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Domain Name |
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This is the "unique" name
address of a web site on the Internet. Domain names typically
end with a suffix denoting the type of site; i.e.,cobalt.com.
It would be the name you would title your web site such as a
business name. |
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Dynamic HTML -- DHTML |
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Allows a Web page to change
after it's loaded into the browser --there doesn't have to be
any communication with the Web server for an update. You can
think of it as 'animated' HTML.
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