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animated GIF
You can construct a series of GIF files into one GIF file - each one a "frame", like in a film. See also GIF.ASCII text
American Standard Code for Information Interchange.Text that doesn't have any special formatting. Also called plain text authoring when you're creating your own web pages. B
Browser
Computer software, such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer, used to request and view World Wide Web material. Also known as a client program.
CCGI
Common Gateway Interface.Used to create such things as forms with languages such as Perl or C. You don't need to worry about CGI, Splash! performs these more complex functions for you.
Client
The end-user side of client/server, client typically refers to a consumer of network services of one kind of another. A browser is a client program that communicates with web servers, for example.
Content
The text, images, and objects that make up a web page.Cookie
A piece of limited, internal information that is transmitted between server software and the client application. DDNS
Domain Name System.The system used by machines on a network to associate standard IP addresses (such as 205.217.250.5) with hostnames (such as www.beamsoft.com). Machines normally get this translated information from a DNS server or look it up in tables maintained on their systems. DNS is the addressing protocol that allows Internet computers to find each other.
Domain
The name of a server or machine on a network. For example, in the URL http://www.gosplash.com/features.html, the domain name is beamsoft.com.Drag-And-Drop
The process by which you use your computer mouse to click on items on your screen, move them around (while holding the mouse button down), and then, when you've moved the item to the desired location, release the mouse button. Usually used to imply that a program is easy to use, since data can be manipulated in a visual manner. FFAQ
Frequently Asked Questions.A document that lists most frequently asked questions, with appropriate answers.
Forms
Forms in HTML and hence SPLASH! are made up of a series of tick boxes, check boxes and text boxes each passing specific information from the visitor to your site back to your email address. Forms are used extensively throughout the internet and add interactivity to a page. Once information has been entered into a form a submit button is clicked by the visitor as a single to send the information entered in each field.Frames
A way of organizing 2 or more web pages together, in a patchwork-like way. These patchwork pages contain rectangular frames, each frame presents its own page (similar to the picture-in-picture feature offered in some television sets). Frames are the most often abused feature of HTML, they are very difficult to use effectively and hence Splash! does not support frames. GGIF
Graphics Interchange Format.An image format used on the World Wide Web. There are two image formats you can use - JPG and GIF. GIF images have a .gif extension (e.g. button2.gif) and are favored on the web especially for small images. GIFs usually are larger (number of bytes) than their JPG counterparts, but can do things JPGs cannot. GIFs can be made to have transparent areas so that the background of a web page shows through, and the image can appear to be something other than rectangular. The buttons on this page are GIFs. GIFs can also be made to animate - by using a package such as Microsoft GIF animator you can load in a number of successive GIFs and "play" them through in order so the image appears to move. H
Home page
Home pages are usually defined as:- A web page where your browser first starts. That is, when you load your browser for the first time the page it loads is the homepage.
- A synonymous term for your own, personal web page. Eg, the Splash! Web Author homepage can be found at http://www.gosplash.com/
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language.A text-formatting language used to create Web pages. All web pages on the Internet are written in variations of HTML. HTML is a set of instructions for the browser, it tells the browser where to position text and images and other objects.
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol.A standard way for computers connected to the internet to exchange information regardless of the compatibility of individual computers.
Hyperlink
A pointer in one part of a document that transports you to another part of the same document or to another document entirely. Hyperlinks are also called links. IIMAP
Internet
The global network of computers that enable people all over the world to electronically communicate with each other.Internet Service Provider (ISP)
An organization that allows you access to the Internet via their computers. Most ISPs will charge you a fee for this service.Intranet
A network of computers, similar in function to the Internet, in which access is granted only to certain users. For example, if a company has an intranet, usually only company employees can access its intranet.IP Address
Internet Protocol address.A set of four numbers between 0 and 255, separated by periods, that specifies the location of a web page, IP addresses generally have a corresponding URL. The use of a URL is far more common. For example, 205.217.250.5 J
JavaScript
A compact, object-based scripting language for developing interactive elements of web sites. Java script is supported in Splash! via the use of plugins. You do not need to understand the JavaScript language to utilise the Java plugins in SPlash!JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group.An image format used on the World Wide Web. There are two image formats you can use - JPG and GIF. JPG (or jpeg) images have a .jpg extension (e.g. button1.jpg) and are generally smaller in size (number of bytes) than GIFs of the same width and height. That's because they use a better compression technique, however the more you compress JPGs the more quality they lose. L
Link
A pointer in one part of a document that transports you to another part of the same document or to another document entirely. Same as a hyperlink.See also mailto link.
Link Source
Where the link points from; the entry point to the link. For example, a word in one document that will bring you to a place in another document. To specify where to send the user, use the appropriate link target to identify a document and/or place within a document.Link Target
Where links point to; the ending point of a link. For example, where a link in another document takes you.Local
Pertains to your machine, e.g., a local copy of a document exists on your computer.Location
Synonymous with URL (Uniform Resource Locator). Where a page is located on the Internet or an intranet. MMailto Link
A link which doesn't actually transport the user within or to another document. It usually triggers the message composition window with the recipient's address automatically filled in.Meta Tag
It's a comment that sits in the HTML code that you never have to see or worry about, but search engines use when they're categorizing your site when it's online. Online businesses wrack their brains to put infinite permutations of words and phrases in their meta tags so they will be chosen by search engines during a likely customer's search. NNetiquette
Etiquette for communicating on the Internet. Netiquette refers to an acceptably polite method of communicating, so that misunderstandings rarely happen.Newsgroup
A collection of messages around a particular topic or existing for a specific group of individuals. Newsgroups can be open to the general public or only to a private group. PPage
See web page.Pathname
Identifies the location of an item on the server. Also used as part of a URL address. For example, in the URL http://www.gosplash.com/features/examples/index.html,the pathname is /features/examples/index.html.
Plain-text
Text that doesn't contain formatting. Also called ASCII text.Plug-in
Plugins are used by Splash! to extend its capabilities beyond simply HTML. By using plugins a user can incorporate complex languages such as JavaScript to a web page.Publish
The process you go through to put your web pages up on a site, so that others can access your pages from the internet. R SServer
A computer on a network that responds to service requests, such as allowing access to a requested web page. Can also mean the second component of a URL identifying the computer system that stores the information you seek.Site
A place where web pages reside.Stamps
Quite unlike the ones you paste on envelopes, these are more like the ones they place on bills you pay at the bank. Except instead of "paid" we're talking "made with Splash!". Basically they're little graphics you can put on your site to proclaim your allegiance to a product or cause or site. TTCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.The communications protocol used by the Internet.
Thread
Discussion or email messages concerning the same topic. Topics in the same thread are determined by the text in the subject area of the message.Thumbnail Image
An inline image that is a smaller version of the real image. Thumbnail images are much smaller and faster to transport than the full-size image.Transparent GIF
In may graphics packages you can choose to make a color or colors in a GIF transparent - invisible so that whatever is behind it shows through. It's useful for making images seem non-rectangular.Trash
A folder that contains unwanted messages. A user can empty (delete all messages within) or reclaim these messages as they wish. UURL
Uniform Resource Locator.The naming scheme that defines the location of a particular file on the Internet or an intranet. Each web page has a unique URL. The URL functions as a kind of address - it tells your browser the location of a web page. W
Web Page
An HTML document that you can either browse or edit. A web page can be on the Internet, or an intranet.World Wide Web
The graphical interface to the worldwide network of computers called the Internet.WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get.Refers to information that doesn't have to be compiled, formatted, or coded before you see what it's going to look like. X