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| Access key | A single key on the keyboard that you type in conjunction with the Alt key or the Control key in order to jump to one of the control elements on a form. |
| Check box | A control element for specifying an item as either present or absent. |
| Command button | A button on a field that causes some action via a server-based script. |
| Common Gateway Interface (CGI) script | A server-based program that can process the information in a form. |
| Control element | The different parts of a form, such as input boxes, selection lists, and option buttons. |
| Drop down list box | A method of displaying the choices of a selection list. |
| Field | A control element in which the user can enter information. |
| Field set | A method for organizing option buttons into a group of fields on a form. |
| Field value | Information entered in a field. |
| Form button | A control element that users click to start processing the form. |
| Get | A method for submitting form data that appends the data to the end of the URL specified in the action attribute. |
| Group box | A box around a field set, to set the fields off from other, unrelated fields. |
| Hidden field | A field on a form that has a predefined values and that is invisible to the form’s user. |
| Input box | A control element for entering text and numerical data |
| Name/value pair | The name and id of a field, used by a server-side program for processing form data. |
| Option button | A control element for selecting a single item from a small group of items. |
| Option groups | A method for organizing values into distinct groups in a selection list. |
| Password field | An input box in which the characters typed by the user are displayed as bullets or asterisks. |
| Perl | A programming language used to write CGI scripts. |
| Post | A method for submitting form data that sends the data in a separate data stream. |
| Radio button | A control element for selecting a single item from a small group of items. |
| Reset button | A button on a form that returns the form to its default values. |
| Selection list | A control element for offering a choice from a long list of values. |
| Submit button | A button on a form that sends the information in the form to the server for processing. |
| Text area | A control element that allows users to enter several lines of text. |
| Value | Information entered in a field. |
