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| Wiki site | A Web site that allows all visitors to collaborate on its construction |
| portal | A Web site that acts as a centralized access point for other sites |
| markup language | A series of commands used to format, organize and describe information on a Web page. |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language; traditional authoring language used to develop Web pages for many applications |
| XHTML | Extensible Hypertext Markup Language;the current standard authoring language used to develop Web pages and other electronically displayed documents requiring stricter code syntax than HTML |
| WML | Wireless Markup Language;markup language that presents the text portions of Web pages to wireless devices |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions; a protocol that enables operating systems to map file name extension to corresponding applications |
| WAP | Wireless Application Protocol;standard protocol that wireless decices used to access the Internet |
| GUI | A program that provides visual navigation with menus and screen icons |
| image map | a set of coordinates on an image that create a "hot spot" which acts as a hyperlink when clicked. |
| WCAG | Web Content Accessiblity Guidelines; created by W3C to proide a universal set of standards promoting accessibility |
| Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act | requires that all electronic and information technology developed, procured, maintained or used by federal agencies be comparably accessible to users with disabilities |
| Child Online Protection Act | COPA; act that helps reduce the possibility that minors will be exposed to harmful material |
| SQL | Structured Query Language;language used to create and maintain professional, high-performancecorporate databases |
| bandwidth | The amount of information that can be carried on a network at one time;the total capacity of a line |
| mailing list server | e-mail server that regularly sends e-mail messages to a specified list of users |
| spam | Unsolicited and unwanted e-mail messages |
| cookie | a text file that contains information sent between a server and a client to help track user activities |
| pull technology | any technology that provides informaiton to a client only upon request |
| JPEG | standard Web page image format |
