Web #1 Flashcards
Anchor Text
An anchoring effect is a form of cognitive bias that causes people to focus on the first available piece of information
banner ad
Banner grabbing is the act of capturing the information provided by banners, configurable text-based welcome screens from network hosts
bandwidth
Network bandwidth is the capacity of a wired or wireless network communications link to transmit the maximum amount of data from one point to another
bitmap
A bit map (often spelled “bitmap”) defines a display space and the color for each pixelor “bit” in the display space.
Domain name
A domain name locates an organization or other entity on the Internet.
download
Downloading is the transmission of a file from one computer system to another, usually smaller computer system
flash
A flash controller is the part of solid-state flash memory that communicates with the host device and manages the flash file system directory
frames
See frames for the use of multiple Web pages on a single display screen.
gateway
An SMS gateway is a website that allows users to send SMS messages from a web browser to people within the cell served by that gateway
hit
Health IT (health information technology) is the area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems
homepage
Grep, a UNIX command and also a utility available for Windows and other operating systems, is used to search one or more files for a given character
hotspot
For users of portable computers equipped for wireless, a hot spot (or hotspot) is a wireless LAN (local area network) node that provides Internet
hyperlink
On the Web or other hypertext systems, hyperlink is a synonym for both link and hypertext link.
Java Script
JavaScript is a programming language that started off simply as a mechanism to add logic and interactivity to an otherwise static Netscape browser.
meta tag
A meta tag is a tag (that is, a coding statement) in the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) that describes some aspect of the contents of a Web page
