| A | B |
| complete URL | includes the protocol the brower uses, the server or domain name, the path, and the filename. |
| audience definition | profile on your average user |
| extranet | part of the private intranet extended outside the organizations via the Internet |
| File Transfter Protocol (FTP) | standard communications protocol for transferring files over the Internet |
| Internet Service Provider (ISP) | offers Web hosting services for both personal and business use |
| intranet | smaller, limited verion of the Internet on a company's private local area network (LAN), accesible only to those who are authorized to use their network |
| partial URL | refers to the files that reside in the same directory and need no path information other than the filename |
| Points of Presence (POPs) | dial-up access points to your service provider's network |
| Search engines | software programs that search out and index Web sites into a catalog format |
| Secure Socket Layer (SSL) | an Internet communications protocol that allows encrypted transmission data between the user and the server |
| shareware | used to describe programs that you can download and use for a trial period |
| site specification | refers to the design document for your site |
| Structured Quert Language (SQL) | programming language that lets you select information from a database |
| Uniform Resource Locator (URL) | unique address of a file's location on the World Wide Web |
| Web server | a computer connected to the Internet and running server software |