Web #2 Flashcards
Above the Fold
Above the fold content is the part of a web page shown before scrolling. Any content you’d need to scroll down to see, would be considered ‘below the fold’. The ‘fold’ is where the browser window ends, but the content continues underneath.
Applet
An applet is a small program that runs within an application. Applets are commonly used to make otherwise static Web pages more interactive. Examples include animated graphics, games, configurable bar charts and scrolling messages.
blog
A blog, which derives from the term “weblog,” is a website designed to make it easy for users to create entries in chronological order. The entries are then displayed in reverse chronological order (most recent entry first) and are generally archived on a periodic basis.
cascading style sheets
CSS is the acronym of “Cascading Style Sheets”. CSS is a computer language for laying out and structuring web pages (HTML or XML). This language contains coding elements and is composed of these “cascading style sheets” which are equally called CSS files (. css).
host
A network host is a computer or other device connected to a computer network. A host may work as a server offering information resources, services, and applications to users or other hosts on the network. Hosts are assigned at least one network address
image map
In HTML and XHTML, an image map is a list of coordinates relating to a specific image, created in order to hyperlink areas of the image to different destinations (as opposed to a normal image link, in which the entire area of the image links to a single destination).
listserv
A listserv is a computerized list of names and email addresses that a company or organization keeps, so that they can send people emails containing information or advertisements.
mailing list
A mailing list is a compilation of email addresses that are used to send email to multiple users simultaneously. Rather than individually sending an email to each user, mailing lists send email to specific user groups through a single email message
pop-up window
A popup is, usually, a small window or banner that appears in the foreground while browsing a website. The website’s visitor can then interact with this window, if, for example, the pop-up contains a signup/ contact form, a button, or a link
Search engine
In general computing, a search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. It is an information retrieval software program that discovers, crawls, transforms, and stores information for retrieval and presentation in response to user queries
status bar
A status bar is a horizontal window at the bottom of a parent window in which an application can display various kinds of status information. The status bar can be divided into parts to display more than one type of information. The following screen shot shows the status bar in the Microsoft Windows Paint application.
streaming
The technology of transmitting audio and video files in a continuous flow over a wired or wireless internet connection. What is streaming? Streaming refers to any media content – live or recorded – delivered to computers and mobile devices via the internet and played back in real time.Feb 21, 2023
tagging
In information systems, a tag is a keyword or term assigned to a piece of information (such as an Internet bookmark, multimedia, database record, or computer file). This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching.
template
A template is a pre-created document that already has some formatting. Rather than starting from scratch to format a document, you can use the formatting of a template to save yourself a lot of time. You can use a template that comes with Word, download one from the internet, or create your own
traffic
Network traffic is the amount of data moving across a computer network at any given time. Network traffic, also called data traffic, is broken down into data packets and sent over a network before being reassembled by the receiving device or computer.
