web #1

Question 1

anchor text

Answer 1

the text that appears highlighted in a hypertext link and that can be clicked to open the target web page.

Question 2

banner ad

Answer 2

Clickable banner ads can be found on the top, side, or bottom of a website, and they’re used to drive traffic to a business website. They’re a type of pay-per-click (PPC) ad that allows businesses to attract attention.

Question 3

bandwidth

Answer 3

a range of frequencies within a given band, in particular that used for transmitting a signal.

Question 4

bitmap

Answer 4

a representation in which each item corresponds to one or more bits of information, especially the information used to control the display of a computer screen

Question 5

bookmark

Answer 5

A bookmark is a place holder for a web page that will allow you quick access to that page instead of having to browse to it or search for it.

Question 6

domain name

Answer 6

the part of a network address that identifies it as belonging to a particular domain.

Question 7

download

Answer 7

Downloading is the transmission of a file or data from one computer to another over a network, usually from a larger server to a user device. Download can refer to the general transfer of data or to transferring a specific file. It can also be called to download, DL or D/L.

Question 8

flash

Answer 8

Flash memory, also known as flash storage, is a type of nonvolatile memory that erases data in units called blocks and rewrites data at the byte level. Flash memory is widely used for storage and data transfer in consumer devices, enterprise systems and industrial applications.

Question 9

frames

Answer 9

In networking, a frame is a unit of data. A frame works to help identify data packets used in networking and telecommunications structures. Frames also help to determine how data receivers interpret a stream of data from a source.

Question 10

gateway

Answer 10

1. A computer that sits between different networks or applications. The gateway converts information, data or other communications from one protocol or format to another. A router may perform some of the functions of a gateway.

Question 11

hit

Answer 11

A hit, in the context of Web servers, is a particular page request command that seeks access to a record on a Web server. Hits are a method of monitoring the traffic on a specific website. The more hits (or requests), the more traffic is thought to be visiting the page.

Question 12

home page

Answer 12

What Does Home Page Mean? A home page is the default or front page of a site. It is the first page that visitors see when they load a URL. Web managers can control the home page as a way of directing the user experience.

Question 13

hotspot

Answer 13

A hot spot in computer science is most usually defined as a region of a computer program where a high proportion of executed instructions occur or where most time is spent during the program’s execution (not necessarily the same thing since some instructions are faster than others).

Question 14

hyperlink

Answer 14

An area on a Web page that, when clicked on with a mouse, will transport the user to another Web page

Question 15

java script

Answer 15

JavaScript is a scripting or programming language that allows you to implement complex features on web pages

Question 16

meta tag

Answer 16

The <meta></meta> tag defines metadata about an HTML document

Question 17

PDF

Answer 17

portable document format

Question 18

QuickTime

Answer 18

QuickTime, file-compression and translation format developed by Apple Computer that facilitates the distribution of audio-visual material over computer networks such as the Internet and contributes to the multimedia environment of the World Wide Web (the leading information retrieval service of the Internet).