Internet Dictionary – The Basics

 Internet - The Internet or - World Wide Web is simply a linkage if Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks using a common “language” to speak with each other.

Web Page - A Web page is a single electronic document that is formatted in HTML, a software language. The person who created the document has the ability to put photographs, text and images into the document. In addition, links to other Web pages can be added to the page. A Web page is similar to a single document placed in a file folder in a filing cabinet.

Web Site - A Web site is a collection of two or more pages that are linked together under a common Web address (Domain Name). A Web site is similar to a folder in a filing cabinet.

Search Engines - These are Internet software services that sort and categorize specific key words used to describe information and location on the Internet. Search engines allow retail customers to locate Web sites based on key words.

E-Commerce - This defines electronic business transactions (Electronic Commerce), on the World Wide Web. E-commerce allows customers to shop on your Web site 24/7 with “real time” processing.

HTML - Hypertext Markup Language is the authoring software language used on the Internet's World Wide Web. HTML is used for creating World Wide Web pages.

Domain - On the Internet, a domain is the address for a Web site, allowing your Web site to be located (i.e., www.anysite.com ). The domain name for a Web site is like the street address for an apartment complex. By entering the domain name, you will go to the first page of a Web site.

URL – A Universal Resource Locator is a more specific Internet address. It is like the street address for and apartment complex, with the apartment number and zip code (i.e., www.anysite.com/info/rent). By entering a specific URL you can jump to a certain page of a Web site.

Kilobyte – This is a unit of measurement for data storage. It is 1,024 bytes of information.

Megabyte – This is a unit of measurement for data storage, equal to 1,024 kilobytes. Our standard Web site is 50 MB's.

Gigabyte – This is the largest unit of data storage. It is 1,024 megabytes of information.

ISP – An Internet Service Provider is a company who provides access for you and your Web site owners and customers to reach the Internet (AOL, Earthlink, Prodigy).

Upload - Transmitting a data file from your computer to another computer comprises an upload. This is the opposite of a download, which is receiving a file on your computer from another computer. Upload means the same as transmit, while download means the same as receive.

Merchant Account – This defines an account provided by a financial institution allowing your web site owners to accept payment transactions for products/services in real time, via credit cards, e-checks, and debit cards.

Hit – Hits are a unit measure of file openings done on a web site. It refers to how many times someone opens the home page of a web site, or any other page on that web site.

FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions- This is information often posted at a web site, provided to answer commonly asked questions.

Browser – A browser is a program on a computer that is able to read a web page written in HTML. It re-arranges it into a format that the person using the computer can read and understand (Netscape, Internet Explorer).

Link - A link is an electronic tag that directs a computers browser to another web page, e-mail address, video file, audio file or graphic image.

Host – A host is a company that has the necessary equipment (file servers) to hold the pages of a web site. There is usually a monthly and other fees for storing the Web site on the server and for allowing access to that web site by its visitors.