| ASCII
|
coding for a small subset of
characters consisting of the numbers 0-9, upper and lower case letters
a-z without diacritical marks, and simple punctuation normally used for
creating simple text files equivalent to IEC 606 |
| browser |
computer program used to locate
and display documents on the World
Wide Web |
| diskette
or floppy disk |
small magnetic disk used for
storage of data |
| ftp
|
abbreviation for File Transfer
Protocol, the protocol used on the Internet for exchanging files |
| FAQs
|
abbreviation for Frequently
Asked Questions, a document, often designed as a hypertext document,
that answers questions on a technical topic |
| home
page |
main page of a web site,
typically serving as an index or table of contents to other documents
or services provided at the site |
| hypertext
|
database system in which various
types of object (such as text, pictures, sound, video, programs) can be
creatively linked to each other |
| HTML
|
abbreviation for Hypertext
Markup Language, the authoring language used to create documents on the
World Wide Web and is similar to SGML, although not strictly a subset |
| Internet |
global, decentralised
communications network connecting millions of computers, providing
exchange of data, news and opinions |
| link |
reference to another document
permitting, in the case of the World Wide Web, direct access to the
document referenced |
| media |
a.
<communications> physical means of linking computers and similar
devices together so that they can communicate (for example, cable,
optical fibre) b. <storage> form and technology used to communicate information; for example, multimedia combines text, sound, pictures and video, all of which are different types of media c. objects on which data can be stored |
| PDF
|
abbreviation for Portable
Document Format, a file format developed by Adobe which captures
formatting information from a variety of applications and makes it
possible to transmit and display documents in an identical way,
independent of the platform |