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| HTML ( Hypertext Markup Language) | computer language used to design web documents |
| tags | Code to identify the different parts of a document so that a web browser will know how to display it. |
| attributes | Provides additional information about HTML elements. (ex: name=”value”) |
| ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) | The experimental network tested in the 1970’s which started the development of the internet developed by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1969. |
| web site | A collection of related web pages belonging to a company or an individual. |
| web page | Same as a web document (normally an HTML file) designed to be distributed over the web. |
| URL (Uniform Resource Locator) | A web address that provides the path to a document or location on the internet. |
| WWW (World Wide Web) | a system of linked documents that are accessible through a browser. Created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991. |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium; The organization responsible for managing standards for the WWW. |
| HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) | allows communication between a client and a server |
| HTTPS | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure; Same as HTTP but provides secure Internet communication using SSL. |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol; One of the most common methods for sending files between two computers. |
| web browser | A software program that accesses web documents. |
| network | a structure linking computers together to share resources |
| LAN | a network within a single building or a coverage area of half-a-mile |
| WAN | Links LANs extends over a very wide area.(WWW) |
| Internet | Internet worldwide system of computer networks in which users can get info from other computer networks. |
| Server | a computer that delivers information and software to other computers linked by a network. |
| client | The requesting program or user |
| backbone | hi-speed fiber-optic networks that connect other networks to make up the internet |
| ip (internet protocol) | the address for every computer of device on that network. |
| dotted quad notation | the decimal notation system used in an IP address. |
| Domain name | the text version of an IP address |
| Domain name system | translates domain names into IP addresses |
| Top Level Domain | the rightmost part of the domain name (.com, .net, etc) |
| web document | a file that contains web elements you can select |
| hyperlink | allows users to move from one topic to another by clicking a key word or phrase |
