| absolute path | The complete pathname to a file, starting at the root (/) directory. | Example:/home/myname/journal.txt The absolute path to journal.txt is /home/myname/ |
More about absolute path at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: relative filename, filesystem |
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| Access | See MS Access | More about Access at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ACK-sess | ||
| access control | The ability to control who can access or change information, such as in a computer or in a web server. | More about access control at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ACK-sess kun-trol | ||
| accessibility | The art of ensuring that as much as possible, facilities are available to people no matter what are their capabilities | More about accessibility at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ack-sess-ih-BIL-ih-tee | ||
| ACSS | Common abbreviation for Audio Cascading Style Sheets | More about ACSS at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ay-see-ess-ess | ||
| Amaya | An open-source web browser/editor, from W3C and friends, now being used to develop ideas in design of web clients ("browsers") | More about Amaya at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
uh-MYE-uh | ||
| Apache | An open-source web server | More about Apache at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
uh-PATCH-ee | ||
| blog | example | More about blog at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: references |
blog | ||
| body | 1. in programming, the set of commands executed by a loop is called the body of the loop. 2. In html, the body is the part of the html file between the <body> tags, containing the content that is shown on the web page. |
More about body at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
BAH-dee | ||
| browser | A program that allows people to view (or hear) informationon the web. A browser is one kind of web client | More about browser at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
brow-zur | ||
| buzzword | A word that gets people excited but doesn't really mean very much. | Web 2.0 | More about buzzword at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
BUZZ wurd | |
| cascading style sheets | A language for writing style sheets for the web. The recommendation for this language is written by the W3C. | More about cascading style sheets at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
kas-kay-deeng STYL-sheets | ||
| CERN | The European Particle Physics Laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, where Tim Berners-Lee invented the web | More about CERN at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
surn | ||
| click-stream | Information about where a web user has been on the web. It is made from analyzing the server access logs | More about click-stream at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
klik-streem | ||
| client | Any computer, program or process that makes requests for information from another computer, program or process: that uses the service of another program. On the web, a "web client" is a program such as a browser, editor, or search robot, that reads or writes information on the web | The FireFox web browser is a web client | More about client at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
kly-unt | |
| CSS | Common abbreviation for cascading style sheets. | More about CSS at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: style sheet |
see ess ess | ||
| cyberactivism | Using technology in the service of working for causes. The use of internet, such as web sites, email, messaging, etc., by people (not governments or businesses) to enable faster communications for some cause, and deliver a message to a large audience | example | More about cyberactivism at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: references |
sie bur ACK tih vism | |
| digital signature | "A very large number, created in such a way that it can be shown to have been done only by somebody in possession of a secret key, and only by processing a document wiht a particular content. It can be used for the same purposes as a person's handwritten signature on a physical document. Something you can do with public key cryptography. | More about digital signature at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
dij-ih-tul SIG-na-chur | ||
| DNS | Abbreviation for domain name system. | More about DNS at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
dee en ess | ||
| document | “Any specific type of file produced or edited by a specific application; usually capable of being printed.” | "HTML document"; "Word document"; "Photoshop document" | More about document at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
DOCK-yoo-munt | |
| document object model | Within a computer, information is often organized as a set of "objects". When transmitted, it is sent as a "document". The DOM is a W3C specification that gives a common way for programs to access a document as a set of objects. | More about document object model at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
dock-you-ment ob-ject mod-ul | ||
| document type definition | A document – really a "metadocument", containing information about how a given set of SGML tags can be used. In XML this role will be taken over by a schema. Often shortened to "DTD" | More about document type definition at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
DOCK-you-ment type def-ih-NIH-shun | ||
| DOM | Common abbreviation for document object model | More about DOM at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
dom | ||
| domain name | A name of a service, website, or computer. It exists in a hierarchical system called the domain name system. | w3.org, yahoo.com, webwalker.to are all domain names. | More about domain name at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
doh-MANE name | |
| domain name system | Domain names are for the use of humans, to identify machines, or such entities as websites or email servers. The computers actually are identified by IP number, and the domain name system translates the names to numbers, much like your mobile phone dials a number when you enter someone's name. | More about domain name system at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
doh-MANE name SIS-tum | ||
| DTD | Common abbreviation for document type definition | More about DTD at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: schema |
dee-tee-DEE | ||
| Dublin Core | A set of basic metadata properties (such as title, etc.) for classifying web resources | More about Dublin Core at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
dub-lin KOR | ||
| dynamic content | Information on web pages which changes or is changed automatically, e.g. based on database content or user information. | More about dynamic content at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
die-NAM-ik CON-tent | ||
| editor | An editor is a program to edit files. They can be any kind of file, not just ascii text, such as binary files. | The editor vi is used to edit ascii text files such as html, php, and unix configuration files. Some other editor may be used to edit the hexadecimal numbers in a file. | More about editor at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ED-i-tor | |
| electronic advocacy | See cyberactivism | example | More about electronic advocacy at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: references |
ee-leck-TRON-ICK AD-vo-kuh-see | |
| example | More about email at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: references |
EE-mail | |||
| Enquire | A program written by Tim Berners-Lee that became the prototype of the first web browser. The name came from the Victorian book Enquire Within upon Everything. | More about Enquire at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
en-KWIRE | ||
| eXtensible Markup Language | (XML) A simplified successor to SGML. It is W3C's generic language for creating new markup languages. | More about eXtensible Markup Language at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ex-TEN-sih-bul MARK-up lang-widge | ||
| eXtensible Stylesheet Language | "A stylesheet language like CSS, but also allowing document transformation." | More about eXtensible Stylesheet Language at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ex-TEN-sih-bul STYLE-sheet lang-widge | ||
| filter | Getting certain data from a broad stream of data. "Filtering information is essential for everyone in daily life. Filter by parents for their small children may be wise. Filtering by others — by ISPs or governments — is called censorship. | More about filter at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
FIL-tur | ||
| GIF | Probably pronounced "gif", not "jif", since it stands for Graphics Interchange Format, not "Jraphics ... " | More about GIF at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
gif | ||
| popular search engine plus "world's largest text-ad broker" | More about google at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: g1, g2 |
goo-gul | |||
| graphics | Images, or pictures. Two- or three-dimensional, typically drawings or photographs. | More about graphics at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
GRAF-icks | ||
| Graphics Interchange Format | A format for graphics (pictures) transmitted pixel by pixel over the internet. | More about Graphics Interchange Format at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
GRAF-icks IN-tur-change-FOR-mat | ||
| hacktivism | "Using technology in the service of human rights" — Dr. Patrick Ball | More about hacktivism at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
HAK-tuh-vizm | ||
| HTML | Common abbreviation for HyperText Markup Language | More about HTML at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
aitch-tee-em-ell | ||
| HTTP | Common abbreviation for HyperText Transfer Protocol | More about HTTP at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
aitch-tee-tee-pee | ||
| http:// | ... | As in http://www.w3.org | More about http:// at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
aitch tee tee pee | |
| hypertext | "Nonsequential writing": text that does not follow a sequence, but in which one can enter at any point and jump to any other point in the writing. The term usually implies that there are links in the text. These days it also includes other media than text, and can be called hypermedia. | More about hypertext at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: Ted Nelson, Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web |
HIGH-pur-text | ||
| Hypertext Markup Language | A computer language for markin up a page of hypertext. It is the language that most web pages are currently written in. The language is made of tags inserted in the content. Often shortened to HTML | More about Hypertext Markup Language at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
HIGH-pur-text MARK-up lang-widge | ||
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol | A computer protocol for transferring information across the internet for a hypertext system. Often shortened to HTTP | More about Hypertext Transfer Protocol at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
HIGH-pur-text TRANS-fur PRO-to-kol | ||
| information space | An abstract idea: everything that can be accessed through networks — the web | More about information space at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
in-for-MAY-shun space | ||
| Intellectual Property | A figment of one's imagination, conceived in desire and nurtured by dreams of happiness. | More about Intellectual Property at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: open source |
in-tuh-LECK-chu-ul PROP-ur-tee | ||
| interactivism | See cyberactivism | example | More about interactivism at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: references |
IN-tur-ACK-ti-vism | |
| International Standards Organisation | An international group of standards bodies | More about International Standards Organisation at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
in-tur-NASH-un-ul STAN-durds or-gun-eye-ZA-shun | ||
| internet | A world-wide network of networks. Each network is made of computers connected by cables or by wireless links. Computers communicate through the internet by sending information in packets, using a common language, or protocol, that they can all understand. One of the most common languages is TCP/IP. The web and email are two of many services which get to us through the internet. | More about internet at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
IN-tur-net | ||
| internet activism | See cyberactivism | example | More about internet activism at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: references |
IN-tur-net ACK-tih-vism | |
| Internet Protocol | The protocol (language) that computers use to talk to each other across the internet. Sometimes shortened to IP. IP sends packets, which are defined by the Transmission Control Protocol (and so together they are known as TCP/IP). The IP protocol was designed by Vint Cerf and Bob Khan. | More about Internet Protocol at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
IN-tur-net PRO-to-kol | ||
| internet service provider | A person or organisation that provides connection to the internet. The connection to the ISP may be by phone line, cable, wireless connection, satellite connection, etc. The ISP then forwards the packets over the internet. | More about internet service provider at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
IN-tur-net SUR-viss pro-veye-dur | ||
| IP | Common abbreviation for Internet Protocol, or Intellectual Property | More about IP at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
eye pee | ||
| ISO | Common abbreviation for International Standards Organisation | More about ISO at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
eye ess OH | ||
| ISP | Common abbreviation for internet service provider | More about ISP at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
eye ess pee | ||
| Java | A programming language developed by James Gosling of Sun Microsystems. It was originally written to be an embedded language in small devices, but grew and was marketed as a web language. | More about Java at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: Oak, applet |
JAH-vuh | ||
| JavaScript | A programming language developed by Netscape. It is sent to the the web browser as part of a web page or as a separate file referred to by the web page. It then runs in the browser (and so is a client-side language. (The name "JavaScript" was given by marketers. It is not Java and has no relationship to Java.) The language is now considered a variation of ECMAscript. | More about JavaScript at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
JAH-vuh skript | ||
| Joint Photographic Experts Group | A group which has defined a format for encoding photographs. This uses fewer bytes than the pixel-by-pixel languages of GIF and PNG. | More about Joint Photographic Experts Group at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
joint pho-to-GRAF-ick EX-purts group | ||
| JPEG | Common abbreviation for Joint Photographic Experts Group | More about JPEG at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
JAY-peg | ||
| libwww | A library (collection) of web-related code, from the W3C | More about libwww at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
lib-dubl-you dubl-you dubl-you | ||
| line-mode | Long long ago, people did not communicate with computers through "windows", or, before that, even screens. They typed commands (as text) on a terminal. The computer replied with text, which was displayed the screen, or printed on a roll of paper. It was kind of like a chat session. "Line-mode is still a very respectable way to communicate with a computer." | More about line-mode at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
line-mode | ||
| line-mode browser | A web client, or web browser, that communicates with the user in line-mode. It can run on all devices that do not have windows or mice. | More about line-mode browser at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
line-mode BROWZ-ur | ||
| link | A reference from one document to another (external link), or from one location in the same document to another (internal link). It can be followed easily by a person using a web browser, or by a computer program alone. The link is the "unit of connection" in hypertext. | More about link at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: World Wide Web |
link | ||
| media literacy | "the ability to access, understand and create communications in a variety of contexts" | More about media literacy at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: Article by Bill Thompson on news.bbc.co.uk |
MEE-dee-uh LIT-ur-uh-see | ||
| meta | Means, "something about itself". | We might have a meeting to discuss where and when to have our meetings. That would be a "meeting about meetings" – a meta-meeting. Meta-data is information (or data) about data. |
More about meta at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
MEH-tuh | |
| micropayments | Technology allowing one to pay for some in very small amounts, usually meaning over the internet | More about micropayments at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
MIE-kro pay-ments | ||
| MicroSoft Access | See MS Access | More about MicroSoft Access at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ACK-sess | ||
| MIT | Common abbreviation for Massachusetts Institute of Technology | More about MIT at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
em eye tee | ||
| mobile devices | Pagers, phones, handheld computers, etc. | More about mobile devices at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
MOH-bil dih-VEYES-us | ||
| Mosaic | An early web browser developed by Marc Andreesen, Eric Bina, and colleagues at NCSA. | More about Mosaic at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
moh-ZAY-ick | ||
| MS Access | A database system developed by Microsoft. Part of Microsoft Office Professional. Mostly used on low traffic web sites running on the Windows platform. | More about MS Access at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
em-ess ACK-sess | ||
| National Center for Supercomputing Applications | A center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Their software development group created Mosaic. Often known as NCSA | More about National Center for Supercomputing Applications at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
NASH-un-ul CEN-ter for SOO-per-com-pyu-teeng ap-li-KA-shuns | ||
| NCSA | Common abbreviation for National Center for Supercomputing Applications. | More about NCSA at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
en see ess ay | ||
| net | Short for internet. Sometimes used instead of web. | "I saw it on the net." | More about net at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
net | |
| NeXT | The computer that was the development platform for the first web browser program. | More about NeXT at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
next | ||
| node | A thing that is joined by links. In the web, a node is a web page – or technically, any resource with a URI. | More about node at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
node | ||
| open source | Software whose source code is freely distributed and can by viewed (and modified) by anyone. open source is a trademark of opensource.org. Open Source Software, abbreviated as OSS | linux, perl, php, internet | More about open source at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: Intellectual Property, FLOSS, Richard Stallman, Larry Wall, Tim O'Reilly |
OH-pen SORSE | |
| packet | A unit, or a piece, into which information is divided for transmitting across the internet. The rules (or protocols) saying how this packet is built are called TCP and IP. | More about packet at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
PACK-et | ||
| perl | A fourth-generation programming language, developed especially for powerful manipulatiion of strings and files. "the Golden Swiss Army Chainsaw" (cfeaver) | Larry Wall | More about perl at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
purl | |
| PGP | Common abbreviation for Pretty Good Privacy | More about PGP at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
pee gee PEE | ||
| php | A fourth-generation programming language, developed especially for the web. | More about php at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
pee-aitch-pee | ||
| PICS | Common abbreviation for Platform for Internet Content Selection. | More about PICS at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
pee eye see ess | ||
| PKC | Common abbreviation for public key cryptography. | More about PKC at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
pee kay see | ||
| PKI | Common abbreviation for Public Key Infrastructure. | More about PKI at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
pee kay eye | ||
| Platform for Internet Content Selection | A technology from W3C that allows parents to select web content for their children by their own criteria. A self-guided form of censorship; arguably better than government censorship. Often known as PICS | More about Platform for Internet Content Selection at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
PLAT-form for IN-tur-net CON-tent suh-LEK-shun | ||
| PNG | Common abbreviation for Portable Network Graphics | More about PNG at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
pee en jee | ||
| Portable Network Graphics | A format for encoding a picture pixel by pixel, for sending it over the net. Often known as PNG. It is a recommendation of the W3C, to replace GIF. | More about Portable Network Graphics at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
POR-tuh-bul net-work GRAF-icks | ||
| Pretty Good Privacy | An email security system that uses public key cryptography. Often known as PGP | More about Pretty Good Privacy at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
PRUH-tee good PRIE-vuh-see | ||
| program | One or more commands in a file, written in one of the many programming languages. | In the unix shell a program would be run as a command. In a graphical interface (GUI) it would be run by clicking on an icon or select from a menu. On the web it might be run by clicking on a link or typing in a url. | More about program at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
PRO-gram | |
| protocol | "language"; also "rules of behavior". The language and set of rules that define how computers will interact. | Examples of protocols are FTP and HTTP. | More about protocol at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
PRO-to-kol | |
| public key cryptography | Mathematical basis of a security system in which people do not need to exchange secret keys. Instead people have one "private" key that only they know, and one "public" key that everyone knows. Often known as PKC | More about public key cryptography at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
PUB-lik kee krip-TOG-ru-fee | ||
| Public Key Infrastructure | A hierarchy of "certification authorities" which allows individuals and organisations to identify each other, mostly for the purpose of doing business electronically. Often known as PKI | More about Public Key Infrastructure at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
PUB-lik key IN-fruh-struc-chur | ||
| RDF | Common abbreviation for Resource Description Framework | More about RDF at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ar dee EFF | ||
| remote procedure call | When one part of a program calls on another part to do something, this is called a procedure call. RPC is a set of tools that allow you to write a program whose different parts are on a different computers, without having to write the code for how the communication happens. RPC is a generic technique; it is not a specific product. | More about remote procedure call at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ree-mote pro-SEE-jur call | ||
| Resource Description Framework | A framework for constructing logical languages that can work together in the semantic web. A way of using XML for data as well as documents. Often known as RDF. | More about Resource Description Framework at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ree-sors de-SKRIP-chun frame-work | ||
| RPC | Common abbreviation for remote procedure call | More about RPC at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ar pee see | ||
| RSA | A public key encryption system. The letters are for its inventors: Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman. | More about RSA at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
are ess ay | ||
| schema | 1. In the web world, a schema is a document that describes the vocabulary of an XML or RDF document. 2. In the database world, a schema describes the structure of a database, usually as an entity relationship (ER) diagram. |
More about schema at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
skee-muh | ||
| semantic web | The data, or information, in the web, with meaning, that is, that there is data about the data, (meta data), so that "a computer program can learn enough about what the data means to process it." | More about semantic web at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
suh-MAN-tick WEB | ||
| separation of form from content | The principle that one should work separately, with the content of a document and with the style in which it is presented. This was an important factor in the decision to use SGML in the web's language, by the web's creator Tim Berners-Lee. | More about separation of form from content at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: CSS, style sheet |
sep-uh-ray-shun uv FORM frum KON-tent | ||
| server | A program that provides a service to another program (called the client). | A web server can access web pages, and pass them to the client programs. | More about server at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
SUR-vur | |
| SGML | Common abbreviation for Standard Generalized Markup Language | More about SGML at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ess jee em ell | ||
| SMIL | Common abbreviation for Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language. | More about SMIL at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ess em eye ell | ||
| Standard Generalized Markup Language | An international standard in HTML and a precursor to XML. Usually known as SGML. | More about Standard Generalized Markup Language at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
STAN-durd JEN-uh-ruh-lizd MARK-up LANG-widge | ||
| style sheet | A document that describes to a computer program (such as a browser) how to translate the document markup into a particular presentation (such as fonts, colors, spacing, etc.) in the screen, print, sound, etc. | More about style sheet at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: CSS, XSL, separation of form from content |
style sheet | ||
| Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language | A language for creating a multimedia presentation. | More about Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
SIN-kro-nizd MUL-teye med-ee-uh IN-tu-gra-shun lang-widge | ||
| tagging | Labelling online content by the users, making it easier to organise information for all the users of a site. It is becoming the new search tool of choice among web users | Used in sites like google and Flickr where people can label the content themselves. | More about tagging at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: semantic web; Web 2.0; interesting article at news.bbc.co.uk |
TAG-eeng | |
| TCP | Common abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol | More about TCP at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
tee see pee | ||
| Ted Nelson | A guru and visionary. Invented the word hypertext, and envisioned much of modern use of it with his project Xanadu. | More about Ted Nelson at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ted NEL-son | ||
| text | text – ASCII characters | More about text at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
text | ||
| Transmission Control Protocol | (TCP) A computer protocol that allows one computer to send to the other a continuous stream of information by breaking it into packets which the other computer can reassemble. The sending computer can resend any packets that get lost in the internet. TCP uses IP to send the packets. The two together are referred to as TCP/IP | More about Transmission Control Protocol at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
trans-mish-un kun-TROL pro-to-kol | ||
| Uniform Resource Locator | "(URL) A term used sometimes for certain URIs to indicate that they might change." (I don't understand this either.) | More about Uniform Resource Locator at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
you-nih-form ree-sors lo-kay-tur | ||
| Universal Resource Identifier | (URI) The string (often starting with http://) that is used to idetify anything on the web. (The thing that most of us call a URL.) | More about Universal Resource Identifier at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
you-nih-vur-sul ree-sors eye-den-tih-fie-ur | ||
| URI | Common abbreviation for Universal Resource Identifier | More about URI at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
you are eye | ||
| URL | Common abbreviation for Uniform Resource Locator | More about URL at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
you are ell | ||
| W3C | Common abbreviation for World Wide Web Consortium | More about W3C at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
dub-ul-you three see | ||
| Weaving the Web | Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web, by its Inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, the book, written in 1999, when the Web was 8 years old. The history of the Web, and his vision for the future. | More about Weaving the Web at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/Weaving |
weev-eeng thuh web | ||
| web | Short for the World Wide Web | More about web at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
web | ||
| Web 2.0 | A buzzword meaning: 1. technically, to use several technologies together on a website; 2. socially, "the social networking element to the net that encourages sharing and collaboration." |
More about Web 2.0 at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: Berners-Lee discusion of "Web 2.0" |
web too-oh | ||
| web site | example | More about web site at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia See also: references |
WEB site | ||
| World Wide Web | (WWW) "The set of all information accessible [through HTTP?] using computers and networking" and linked together as hypertext. Each unit of information is identified by a URI (what we usually call a URL). The Web was dreamed by several people, incluiding Ted Nelson, and finally invented by Tim Berners-Lee and first released in 1991. | More about World Wide Web at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
world wide web | ||
| World Wide Web Consortium | A neutral meeting of those to whom the web is important — commercial companies as well as non-profit organisations. They set the standards by which the web works. | More about World Wide Web Consortium at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
world wide web kon-sor-shyum | ||
| WorldWideWeb | With no spaces — The name of the first web client. It was a browser and editor that ran on a NeXT machine. | More about WorldWideWeb at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
world-wide-web | ||
| www | Common abbreviation for World Wide Web | As in www.w3.org | More about www at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
"dub-ul-you dub-ul-you dub-ul-you" If we are lucky enough to speak Hebrew, we can say "vu vu vu" instead. It is also becoming common to say "dub dub dub". Thank goodness. |
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| Xanadu | Ted Nelson's planned global hypertext project. | More about Xanadu at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ZAH-nuh-doo | ||
| XML | Common abbreviation for eXtensible Markup Language. | More about XML at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ex em ell | ||
| XSL | Common abbreviation for eXtensible Stylesheet Language. | More about XSL at foldoc.org techweb dictionary.com wikipedia |
ex ess ell |