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| angle brackets | HTML tags appear in pairs and are enclosed in angle brackets. The brackets can be found on the comma (,) and period (.) keys on the keyboard |
| flash | A high impact multimedia creation tool for the creation of Web page content |
| file name extension | three letter names added to filenames by the computer |
| .doc | Microsoft Word extension |
| .txt | text file extension used in Notepad |
| .html | HTML file extension |
| .xls | Excel file extension |
| .ppt | PowerPoint extension |
| .pub | Publisher extension |
| home page | The main Web page for a corporation, individual, or organization. A home page is often the first page you see when you start your Web browser |
| HTML page | An HTML page, or HTML document, is any document created in HTML that can be displayed on the World Wide Web |
| HTML tags | Instructions to the Web browser |
| Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) | Tags created within a Web document that give instructions to a Web browser. These instructions determine the look and feel of a Web document on the Internet |
| Java | A programming language that creates programs called applets. Applets can be added to Web documents using tags similar to HTML text |
| JavaScript | More powerful than HTML, JavaScript allows Web page developers to add programming features to a Web document without having to know a programming language |
| Mosaic | The first Web browser that allowed pictures and sound to accompany text on a Web page. It was created in 1992 at the University of Illinois |
| Netscape Navigator | One of two major Web browsers used on the Internet today. Navigator, created in 1994, added to the powerful features of Mosaic, allowing additional features like animated graphics into a Web document |
| Web browser | Often referred to as a Web client. Allows users to interface with different operating systems and view information on the World Wide Web. It allows Web page developers to have JavaScript compiled and interpreted “on the fly.” |
| web page | Any page created in HTML that can be placed on the World Wide Web |
| web site | Includes a series of Web pages that can be linked to other Web sites on the Internet. Web sites are stored on Web servers |
| welcome page | An introduction page when you visit a Web site. A welcome page often includes the Web page owners’ e-mail address and name |
