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| Web page | The product or output of one or more Web-based files, which are displayed on your computer in a format similar to a page in a book. |
| Web | Millions of Web pages are interlinked and available on an Internet service |
| hypertext links | Clickable links between Web pages, that allow you to follow a thread of information from one Web page to another |
| Web servers | The computers that store web pages |
| Web sites | Each Web server hosts one or more ___________ that contain information about a specific topic, company, organization, person, event, or place. |
| Webmaster | The person who creates, updates, and maintains a Web site. |
| home page | The main page of a Web site |
| text links | Usually appear in blue or green underlined words. |
| graphics links | appear as pictures, rather than underlined text. |
| link pointer | When you point to a text or graphics link, the arrow-shaped pointer changes to a hand shaped _____________. |
| URL | Essentially a Web page address. |
| HTTP | A communication standard used by Web servers for transmitting Web pages over the Internet. |
| top-level domain | The last part of the server name indicates a Web server categorty or _______, such as .com for commerical businesses, .gov for the US government, etc. |
| HTML | A file format that contains embedded instructions called "tags" that produce specific effects, such as bold text, colored backgrounds, and underlined links. |
| Web browser | The software that displays Web pages on your computer screen by interpreting HTML tags. |
| HTML tags | Embedded in the files used to create Web pages. |
| plug-ins | Special computer programs that extend the variety of files and media that your browser can display on Web page. |
| cookie | A message that contains information to help a Web server identify you, and perhaps, customize the information it presents. |
| search engine | Catalogs Web pages to make it easier to find information. |
| blog | A type of Web site that's formatted as a series of journal entries. |
| e-commerce site | Offers online access to merchants and services |
| Web hosting service | A company that operates rack-mounted, industrial-strength servers, which are linked to high-capacity Internet connections, backed up by uninterruptible power supplies, and supervised by trained technicians. |
| Web page hosting | Offers space for personal Web pages that might include your resume, a small photo album, a holiday greeting, and other information that is of interest to family and friends. |
| blog hosting | Offers software for creating blogs and space for storing them. |
| video hosting | An example is www.youtube.com |
| image hosting | Offer sites where individuals can upload photos for access by the publice or select a group of friends or family. |
| e-commerce hosting | Offers software and server space for constructing an online store, complete with catalog and shopping cart. |
| filtering software | Makes it possible to block access to certain Web sites. |
