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Script |
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A generally short
program written in an interpreted language such as Perl or Java.
Scripts usually provide simple instructions for data and browser
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Search |
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Submitting a
word or phrase to a web catalog or engine and receiving a series
of URLs containing the word or phrase. Search engines have become
an important method of locating data on the web. |
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Search Engine |
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Software that
searches through a database located on you computer. At Web-based
search engines, surfers type in a keyword query (descriptor
words), and the search engine responds with a list of all the
sites in its database fitting the query description. |
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Secure Server |
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Software which
prevents network transactions from being decoded, thus preserving
the privacy of credit card numbers and other sensitive information.
When a URL points to a web page stored on a secure Web server,
the URL always begins with https ://. In Netscape, the broken
key at the bottom of the screen becomes whole, a blue rule appears
at the top of the screen and the Location box becomes a Website
box when a secure server is contacted. |
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Secure Transaction |
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A secure transaction
is a transaction between a browser and a server that both support
the same security protocol. When a URL points to a Web page
stored on a secure Web server, the URL always begins with https://.
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Security |
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Software, utilities
and hardware which prevent data and applications from being
inappropriately accessed or destroyed. |
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Server |
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A computer and
software that maintains information and applications accessed
by distributed users. A program running on an Internet site
that makes the web pages at that site available to browsers
throughout the Internet. |
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Server Side
Imagemap |
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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 on the server.
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SGML |
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Standard Generalized
Markup Language. A simple coding language using hard-coded tags
to represent markup. An SGML document is a sequence of characters
organized physically as a set of entities and logically into
a hierarchy of elements. An SGML document consists of data characters
and markup; the markup describes the structure of the information
and an instance of that structure. |
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Shockwave |
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A program from
Macromedia for viewing files created with Macromedia Director.
Shockwave is now freely available as a plug-in for the Netscape
Navigator and Internet Explorer web browsers. A technology developed
by Macromedia, Inc, that allows the user to view Web pages with
multimedia objects, such as audio, animation, video, and processes
user actions such as mouse clicks. |
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Sound |
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Digitizing voices,
music, etc.. so they can be played by a computer. Popular sound
file formats include AU, WAV, SND, MPEG, MIDI, AIFF. |
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Streaming |
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The simultaneous
download and display of a video or audio file. |
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Submit |
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A form input
attribute that transfers data from a form to a script or mailto
action. |
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