Glossary

This glossary should help you become familiar with some of the terminology used to put your business online. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

DOMAIN NAME
Is the name which by a domain is known to the network. Domain names consist of a sequence of labels separated by periods. EXAMPLE: www.anyone.com ("Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in 14-days", 1997 Second Edition: Laura Lemay)

DOMAIN
A collection of computers that share a common directory database. EXAMPLE: WWW or World-Wide-Web ("Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in 14-days", 1997 Second Edition: Laura Lemay)

KEYWORDS
Are important information provided to search engines in the form of the "Meta Keywords Tag." Your keywords tell the search engines what words you consider important to you for listing and categorizing your site in their indexes. You should be accurate and descriptive in your keywords. In selecting keywords, you should consider what terms or phrases people might enter in search engine queries to find you. Know your market and focus on it. Do not senselessly over-duplicate keywords or create an overly extensive list of keywords. A tightly focused group of keywords between 10 and 20 in number is suggested for best results.

WEB SERVER
A computer equipped with server software to respnd to HTTP requests, such as requests from a Web browser. EXAMPLE: Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator ("Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in 14-days", 1997 Second Edition: Laura Lemay)

WEB HOST
A company that can be located anywhere in the world, that provides "hosting" services for your website for a fee (and in some cases free). They will give you a USER NAME and USER PASSWORD, to be used to publish your website for hosting.

I.S.P. (Internet Service Provider)
A company or educational institution that enables remote users to access the Internet by dial-up connections (modems) or installing leased lines (I.S.D.N.). ("Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in 14-days", 1997 Second Edition: Laura Lemay)

HOMEPAGE
The initial p[age of information for a collection of pages. The starting point for a Website or section of a Website is often referred to as the homepage. Individuals also post pages that are called homepages. ("Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in 14-days", 1997 Second Edition: Laura Lemay)

SUB-PAGE
Sub-Page: Any Website pages that are under the Homepage.

LINK or HYPERLINK
A pointer from text, from a picture or a graphic, or from an image map to a page or file on the WWW. On the WWW, hyperlinks are the primary way to navigate between pages and from one website to another.

SEARCH ENGINE
When you use Microsoft, Alta Vista, Lycos, AOL, Excite, Hotbot, Northern Light, Snap, Yahoo! or any other site that allows you to do a "SEARCH", you are using that Website's "Search Engine" program to do your search.

H.T.T.P. (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
The Internet protocol that enables Web browsers (such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) to retreive information from the WWW. ("Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in 14-days", 1997 Second Edition: Laura Lemay)