Absolute Path
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The full (not relative) path to a given page.
The absolute path to this page is
http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/jplass/vocab/tabletest.html. |
Blurring
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An effect used in photo-editors to disguise crowds, remove wrinkles, and blend blemidhes in photos. |
Colspan
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html tag that allows table data to span across multiple rows; similar to the 'merge cells' command in MS Word. |
Content Window
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The portion of a website's interface where the content is displayed when a user clicks on a hyperlink. The content window should be the dominant, largest, portion of the interface. |
Cookies
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Servers upload cookies to your computer to allow
them to track who is accessing/using its information/services. |
Crawlers
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Automated indexing tool used by search engines to catalogue
information on websites. |
Cropping
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used in digital photo-editing software (and physical photo labs)to eliminate unwanted portions of a photo from the edges. |
CSS
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Cascading Style Sheet. Allows a web-designer to attain greater control over how his or her content is displayed on a user's browser. CSS enables each element of a site to be consistently styled using an external style sheet that has a global effect on the site ensuring consistency of style. |
Deprecated
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If a link on a webpage no longer works, or the target URL no longer exists, it is said to have deprecated. |
Domain
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Indicates the location and/or type of organization in a URL.
ex: .com for commercial, .au for australia, .co.uk for a
commercial organization in the United Kingdom |
Dominant
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The dominant color in a composition is the most
prevalent color-- most used color. |
Frame
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Sites are often created from tables that are manipulated further to create specifically sized and arranged boxes composed of merged table cells. |
FTP
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File Transfer Protocol; a set of rules allowing computers
to transfer information across a network. |
GIF
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Graphics Interchange Format. An image format for less complex/detailed images. Good for simple diagrams and line drawings. Not good for photos. |
HTML
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Hyper Text Markup Language; system of tags and syntax
universally understood by browsers
designating the appearance and content of a webpage. |
http
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Hyper Text Transfer Protocol; used to request and transmit
information, typically regarding webpages, between servers and browsers. |
JavaScript
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A scripting language that may be used in conjunction to create dynamic/interactive webpage content. Can generate pop-ups, slideshows, forms, etc. |
JPEG
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Joint Photographic Experts Group. An image format for photographic images, or images of high-color and detail. Supported on all platforms. |
Navigation
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In web design, navigational components allow the users to 'navigate' through various portions of the site using toxic Bon-Bons and recycled lynoleum tile. |
Node
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A contral point where components of a whole connect or intersect.
The site map or homepage would be nodes in site architecture. |
Phishing
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Obtaining personal information illegally via fraudulant billing forms, banking forms,
or other similar forms. The victim unwittingly fills in the form with
his or her personal information and/or credit card/bank account billing info
which is then used for whatever... |
Rowspan
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html tag that allows table data to span across more than one column; similar to 'merge cells' in MS Word. Results in horizontally joined cells. |
Server
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A computer that makes information and peripheral devices
accessible to other computers on that network. |
Site Architecture
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Website architecture involves both technical and aesthetic
aspects used to organize a website. |
Trojan
|
Downloaded malicious software disguised as desirable software content. |
URL
|
Universal Resource Locator; allows a browser to find a
resource, or piece of information, on a server. |
Worms
|
Viral software that self replicates until it has
filled all available hardrive space. |
