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| Zombie PC | a computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a cracker, computer virus or Trojan horse and can be used to perform malicious tasks of one sort or another under remote direction. Because most owners of these computers are unaware that their system is being used in this way, they are called zombies. |
| HTML | (Hypertext Markup Language): the predominant coding language of web design and text formatting for the Internet. |
| FTP | (File Transfer Protocol): method for transferring files from one computer to another. Often uploading website files to be published to a host/server. |
| URL | The unique name and its parts that identifies an Internet site and the specific file path to be viewed. A website address. |
| Protocol | communication language the URL uses (i.e. http://) |
| Domain Name | unique name that identifies the website (i.e. www.vangogh.com/) |
| Directory | Part of the URL that indicates the name of main file storage folder |
| Sub-directory | Part of the URL that indicates the name of sub folders within main folder |
| File Name | name of the file of the specific web page |
| Text editor | a computer program that allows you to create and edit files that contain plain text for web page design |
| Streaming | generally a large media file fed to a digital media player progressively, allowing the user to begin playing the file while the rest of it downloads. |
| Web Design Steps | 1. Determine the purpose 2. Choose the layout/design 3. Create the text and graphic content 4. Test and publish |
Anti-aliasing,  | the digital process of blending the color of the edge of an object with the color next to it to reduce the stairway pattern (“jaggies”) that often appears on low resolution monitors. |
| Browser | the software interface used to view documents on the World Wide Web. |
| WWW | (World Wide Web) A system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessed through the Internet. |
| Client (user) | a computer that interacts with the web such as: Accessing web pages Sending email Building web pages Editing web pages …but provides no services to any other computer on the Internet. |
| Server | A computer that is connected to the Internet and can provide services such as handling web traffic, or storing information/websites for client access. |
| Rollover | A graphic found within a web page used to provide interactivity between the user and the page itself. The process of rolling the mouse cursor over a button causing the button to react by replacing the button’s source image with another image. |
| Image Map | In HTML, it is a list of coordinates related to parts of an image, created in order to hyperlink parts of the image to other parts of the website. |
| Slice | A graphic cut into pieces, which allows it to load faster on a web page. |
Dithering,  | technique used in computer graphics that imitates color depth in a graphic with limited colors. |
| Monitor | The hardware that the World Wide Web is viewed on which uses an array of pixels in different colors and shades to create an image. |
| Index Page | Web page generally associated with a URL address. |
| Web page | Text document published on a web server. |
| Web site | A collection of web pages sharing a common theme. |
