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FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions |
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Frequently
Asked Questions list, which attempts to answer the most-asked
questions on a given topic. Many are transmitted on a monthly
basis over Usenet, and are archived on the Net. |
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Font |
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A
set of characters in the same face. For example, Times Roman
is a typeface, italic Times Roman is a font; bold Times Roman
is a different font. While font selection is typically considered
very important to graphic design, browser users can override
the default font when displaying a web page. Also, graphic designers
for the web have no way of knowing what fonts browser users
have on their machines, though some fonts (Times Roman, Courier
and Helvetica) are fairly standard across platforms. |
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Forms |
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Web
page elements used to gather information from a user visiting
a site. Forms can have a variety of different input methods
such as text input, check boxes, radio buttons, and drop-down
lists. A "Submit" button is found at the end of a form to allow
you to send the entered information to a CGI program or translation
application for processing. |
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Frames |
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An
HTML
tag introduced by Netscape to allow partitioning of the browser
window into independent document display areas. |
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FTP
- File Transfer Protocol |
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The
standard method used to transfer files between computers. The
method has built-in error checking for safe transfer over lines.
FTP often refers to a standard way of transferring many types
of files over the Internet. |
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