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FAQs defined

• the Internet . USENET FAQs: Graphics Answers to Frequently Asked
• Compression FAQ Usenet FAQs on compression. Compression FAQ Lists and
• on the Web . USENET FAQS: comp.dcom.isdn A menu of the five
• Compression FAQ Usenet FAQs on compression . Compression FAQ Lists and
• Prodigy, including FAQs . W3E References: America On-Line
• by Netscape Security FAQs A good page of links to FAQs regarding
• good page of links to FAQs regarding specific areas of security Print
• to access the WWW, to FAQs , standards and finding e-mail addresses.
• questions ( FAQs ) that aim to answer the question: "
• Page, PC Modem News, FAQs, Files, Tips & Tricks This is a neat site
• menus that relate to FAQs with TCP/IP in their titles. Better yet,
• bibliographies, FAQs (the X Window System FAQ is so long it

• into an interactive field for education and entertainment. HTML
• standards for the field of mechanical engineering. After a
• entered in a numeric field , but more intelligent databases will
• queries, all of the field names and values are concatenated into a
• in the comment field as unexpected results can occur. Most
• at one end...and Sally Field at the other." Purportedly the fruit
• and communications field . There are standards for nearly every
• you are ready. URLs: A Field Guide to Home Pages This fun site from D.
• This may be a text field with an FTP address , or provide contact
• for a <SELECT> field within a form, should the user choose no
• for a <SELECT> field , and for supplying a default for such
• values for an input field . Example: Please see the Fill In Forms
• a name for the form field , which will be paired with the value
• lines of text that the field can accommodate. Typical values for
• text in the TEXTAREA field . Common practice is to limit the number
• used to initialize the field (which can include a default string
• a multi-line input field in a form. Example: Please see the Fill
• HTTP-EQUIV=" field " This attribute binds the element
• to the HTTP header field . The server may use this information to
• determines the type of field . Attributes: ID An SGML identifier used
• the type of the field as one of: TEXT, PASSWORD, CHECKBOX ,
• used to name the field when submitting the form's data. Several
• When present, the field should be rendered as normal, but can't
• provide a cue that the field is disabled e.g. by graying out the text,
• explaining why the field 's current value is incorrect. When this
• is missing, the field can be assumed to be ok. User agents are
• to indicate that the field is in error. CHECKED The presence of this
• of a text or password field . For fixed pitch fonts, the size
• bound for a range field . MAX This is an integer or real number
• bound for a range field . ACCEPT A comma separated list of MIME
• to a form with a file field . SRC (Source) The SRC attribute
• IMAGE, SUBMIT or RESET field . Its syntax is the same as that of the
• or bottom of the field should be aligned with the baseline for
• With ALIGN=LEFT, the field will float down and over to the current
• right hand side of the field . Likewise for ALIGN=RIGHT, the field
• The formal name of the field which is used in the form's contents list
• lines shown by the field . User agents should allow text to grow
• characters across the field . User agents should allow text to grow
• When present, the field should be rendered as normal, but can't
• provide a cue that the field is disabled e.g. by graying out the text,
• explaining why the field 's current value is incorrect. When this
• is missing, the field can be assumed to be ok. User agents are
• to indicate that the field is in error. ALIGN Take values TOP or
• or bottom row of the field should be aligned with the baseline for
• With ALIGN=LEFT, the field will float down and over to the current
• to indicate that the field is in error. ALIGN Take values TOP or

• programs by file extension types. Print Resources Text C
• programs by file extension types. WinZip's Home Page
• as an abbreviation and file extension for Postscript files on the WWW.
• normally take the file extension ".tar." For more
• .zip .zip is the file extension for a file created by PKZip -- a
• compression utility file extension .Z an older UNIX-based
• compression utility file extension file compression

• site W3E References: file compression GZIP Detail: Gzip is a widely
• GZ IP GZIP is a file compression technique that uses Lempel-Ziv
• of associations. In file compression applications, the location of
• shareware DOS / OS/2 file compression utility that squeezes files
• compression file compression Detail: PKZ204G.EXE 202,574
• binary format. File Decompression .sit can sometimes be
• handbook on file compression and decompression tools, this
• tool. W3E References: file compression GZIP SEA SIT ZIP
• Asked Questions about file compression in general from the Usenet
• replaces compress. file compression Print Resources: "A
• 1 A free version of a file compression .archive utility WinZip Home
• utility file extension file compression

• Web site HTML Fill-in Forms Print References: The Foundations
• in combination with fill-in forms and CGI scripts which handle or
• W3E References: Fill-In Forms CGI HTML Print References: The
• W3E References: Fill-in Forms METHOD
• Topic: Fill-In Forms One of HTML 's most innovative
• Please see the Fill-in Forms tutorial for examples.

• such as information filtering for people. For example, an

• handy to have at your finger tips, so why not keep all that
• address is only a finger command away. If you only know their
• . Good luck! URLs: Finger Gateway at Digital CRL Finger Gateway at
• Gateway at Digital CRL Finger Gateway at MIT LookUP! Directory Search

• References: PGP RSA firewall Detail: The IETF is charged with
• Authenticated Firewall Traversal (aft) Common Authentication

• the header and the footer . The body of a Web page typically
• W3E References heading footer
• heading , body and footer . URLs WWW Page Design and Layout Yahoo
• W3E References body footer Detail Below is an example of a basic
• Header, Body and Footer , lies somewhere in between. URLs: HTML
• the site, with a footer which indicates the page origin on every
• a page header and footer from the body -- the <HR> tag can

• If your browser has forms capabilities, you can take advantage of
• provide well-designed forms for customers order a product on-line.
• length of text in forms . Boundary errors are a special concern
• browser involving forms , queries and other information exchange
• Web site HTML Fill-in Forms Print References: The Foundations of WWW
• it with different forms of stored information (word processing,
• where workflow and forms delivery are required. Mailboxes can be
• advantages over other forms of communication. E-mail is fast , so
• as processing HTML forms , get their input mainly from environment
• Fill-in Forms Fill-in Forms are a type of World Wide
• Fill-in Forms Fill-in Forms are a type of World Wide Web CGI
• way to learn about forms ; it has lots of examples. Carlos' FORMS
• of examples. Carlos' FORMS Tutorial A humorous approach to learning
• learning about fill-in forms . W3E References: Topic Forms in HTML
• W3E References: Topic Forms in HTML pages How to create forms in HTML
• pages How to create forms in HTML documents, plus tag syntax . CGI
• (ISBN) Detail: Fill-in forms are extremely useful in gathering
• from Web users. Forms can be created easily to request
• with fill-in forms and CGI scripts which handle or
• References: Fill-In Forms CGI HTML Print References: The
• with traditional forms of mass media, the observer is passive,
• URLs: Decoding Forms with CGI This is an NCSA site that
• can take one of two forms : Terminal access, where users connect to
• handle most fill-in forms and will display "[image]"
• user input (and not forms ) Linux Manual Pages Linux manual pages
• W3E References: forms CGI
• It applicable to all forms of data exchange which require
• list. URLs: Fill-out FORMS in HTML A description of the FORM element
• writing. Supporting FORMS with CGI Discusses the use of CGI in
• of CGI in designing Forms for the WWW. Print Resources: HTML
• commercial entities. Forms are commonly used to aid a user in
• interested in writing forms in HTML for WWW pages , a lot more
• in designing useful forms , we can imagine a situation in which
• involved with forms is similar to this scenario, as it
• computer's memory that forms an image. URLs: The Single-Pixel GIF
• and computer. It forms a bridge for the incoming information by
• how HTML fill-out forms <INPUT> ... </INPUT> are
• References: Fill-in Forms METHOD
• doesn't "support forms ", there are still ways for you to
• and can drive multiple forms of output ("all future
• to create a variety of forms of output. Since it's so much easier to
• and Guides Search Forms Search Engines Web Page Lists Posting
• your CGI-dependent forms to fail or work improperly. This could
• turn in Web comment forms with objections, complaints, and negative
• as filling out the forms ; for more information, please visit this
• to build specialized forms and CGI applications around this toolkit
• . WinWeb supports forms , downloads text before graphics (or lets
• Topic: Fill-In Forms One of HTML 's most innovative and
• associated with forms . They are: <FORM> <INPUT>
• to add the power of forms and CGI to their Web documents. Each
• placement controls Forms Forms-related markup tags <FORM> ..
• Please see the Fill In Forms tutorial for examples.
• a form will align, for forms that contain images. Otherwise, these
• ingredient for HTML forms of all kinds, since it provides the
• Please see the Fill In Forms tutorial for examples.
• tag pair for a forms definition, where users must select a
• Please see the Fill-in Forms tutorial for examples.
• values within HTML forms , which are suitable whenever users need
• Please see the Fill In Forms tutorial for examples.
• for non-narrative forms range from 2 to 6, but HTML will allow
• Please see the Fill In Forms tutorial for examples.
• Allows use of online forms , such as search engines Built in FTP and
• takes of the following forms : "default" - Used to define a
• HTML fill-out forms can be used for questionaires, hotel
• for attaching files to forms . Submit buttons for sending form
• Please see the Fill In Forms tutorial for examples.
• within HTML fill- out forms . The TYPE attribute determines the type
• Please see the Fill In Forms tutorial for examples.
• takes of the following forms : "default" Used to define a
• Please see the Fill In Forms tutorial for examples.
• Please see the Fill In Forms tutorial for examples.
• lists, paragraphs , forms , figures, preformatted text and even
• Please see the Fill In Forms tutorial for examples.

• of platforms, to read formatted text . The standard markup language

• to C from Pascal, FORTRAN and other programming languages .
• include BASIC, Pascal, FORTRAN , COBOL, C/C++, dBASE, and Perl . URLs:

• client/server front end

• service, such as FTP or World Wide Web (e.g. www.xyzcorp.com
• services include: an FTP server Where connection software can be
• Anonymous ftp Anonymous ftp is a form of file transfer
• ftp Anonymous ftp is a form of file transfer protocol
• all clients. Anonymous ftp sites constitute public archives on the
• . URLs: anonymous ftp FAQ anonymous ftp sites A very long list of
• ftp FAQ anonymous ftp sites A very long list of anonymous ftp
• long list of anonymous ftp servers. Archieplex at NASA A world wide
• program of anonymous ftp resources. W3E References: ftp Detail: At
• W3E References: ftp Detail: At the initial name prompt, simply
• one time. Anonymous ftp is used by government agencies, educational
• from anonymous ftp sites.
• for all anonymous FTP sites on the Internet . Archie uses a
• URLs. W3E References: FTP Archie is commonly used to locate a file to
• to be retrieved by an FTP client . Detail: Archie servers are
• every known anonymous FTP server and retrieve a full directory
• such as gopher and FTP clients also store bookmarks. Most Internet
• standard , there is no ftp site to download the latest draft. Instead,
• to end a Telnet or ftp session with a particular host .
• and provides links to ftp sites for data compression programs by file
• does for anonymous ftp sites, or Veronica for gopher menus. Yet
• utilities that handle FTP , gopher , telnet or Web services. UNIX
• the Net using e-mail , ftp , or Telnet , you're also using DNS.
• Bare Bones Software's FTP Area - information and FTP site. BBEdit
• - information and FTP site. UNIX Using the Pico Editor Pico -
• and encryption. ftp.rsa.com/pub/faq/faq.asc The RSA Frequently
• Common with anonymous FTP sites. Bad Request 400: The server can't
• Or, try the Anonymous FTP site rtfm.mit.edu (in the pub/usenet/news
• instruct browsers, FTP clients, and other applications as to how
• FTP Mirror An FTP mirror is a site that copies,
• FTP Mirror An FTP mirror is a site that copies, or mirrors
• the files from another FTP site. A mirror contains a complete copy of
• time. W3E References: FTP Print References: The Windows Internet Tour
• World W3E References: FTP Telnet WAIS The Web Bookmark Veronica Print
• services such as FTP and Telnet , and also acts as a gateway
• free via anonymous ftp at boombox.micro.umn.edu in the /pub/gopher
• clients such as FTP , Gopher or Email. GUI Internet clients
• mail, telnet , and FTP . URLs: RFC 1392 This Request for Comment
• computer system. The FTP program Fetch also can get and put files
• version 1.6 Chameleon ftp site ICA is available by anonymous ftp .
• available by anonymous ftp . Print Resources: The Integrated Chameleon
• of CGI programs on an FTP server . W3E References: Bourne Shell CGI
• set of links to useful ftp sites. W3E References: background gif
• newsgroups , anonymous ftp (including Archie ), gopher (including
• and LaTeX by ftp . rfc1459 For more technical information,
• and access to Telnet , ftp , gopher , WAIS and the World Wide Web .
• specifically FTP and Web transfers. W3E References: Mbps
• Gopher , Archie , FTP , Web , etc.). Without load balancing, a
• ), gopher servers, FTP servers and news servers (NNTP). With the
• to IBM, CompuServe , FTP Software, and many other commercial
• net-pointer is a URL , ftp address or other location pointer to
• W3E References: URL ftp
• using anonymous FTP during high-use business hours. URLs:
• the output of UNIX ftp programs into HTML , translating the
• requires telnet or ftp .
• and provides links to ftp sites for data compression programs by file
• WWW graphical browser FTP port Details: Perhaps the m os t relevant
• of Mosaic via an FTP program such as Fetch would have to obtain
• (for example, HTTP , FTP , Gopher , and WAIS ) uses its own type of
• Mosaic , Netscape , or ftp clients. URLs: SLIP/PPP Home Page Basic
• software like Telnet , FTP , etc. The most commonly used SLIP/PPP
• via anonymous ftp at: ftp.trumpet.com.au (/winsock dir).
• References: browsers FTP Detail: A PPP connection allows a user to
• and send files via an FTP program such as Fetch, and read and store
• TCP/IP W3E Resources: FTP HTTP Gopher Detail: A protocol is a
• functions are: FTP (File Transfer Protocol) -- The method of
• software like Gopher , FTP and e-mail . Many on-line services like
• obtained via anonymous FTP from: (DOS, OS/2) gr5*, gd2* (DOS,Windows)
• Internet traffic. FTP FTP , the file transfer protocol of the
• Internet traffic. FTP FTP , the file transfer protocol of the
• itself. Anonymous ftp sites serve as repositories for program and
• receive them over an FTP program. Files converted from binary to the
• available from this ftp site at MIT. sed & awk O'Reilly &
• This site links to an ftp site from which you can download the SETUID
• at the Xerox Parc ftp site will probably give you more
• References: .sea .hqx FTP Print References: The Internet Guide for
• downloaded from an FTP (file transfer protocol ) site, or has been
• the GNU directory This ftp site at MIT is a massive collection of GNU
• can be found at this ftp site. W3E References: binary executables
• Transfer Protocol ( FTP ), and TELNET Protocol.
• public domain. URLs: ftp://tesla.ee.cornell.edu Tcsh is available by
• Tcsh is available by ftp . T(C) Shell Style Features Spe c ial
• available by anonymous FTP from oak.oakland.edu in the directory
• graphics : ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/graphics , as
• giftrans by anonymous ftp from ftp.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de at the path
• "usual Macintosh FTP sites", such as mac.archive.umich.edu;
• from many Macintosh FTP sites), and clip2gif (available by
• available by anonymous FTP from orathost.cfa.ilstu.edu in the
• of the name is: " ftp ://" This points to a file accessible
• for example, with FTP , the directory where the files originate
• page (which then uses FTP in the background to transfer the requested
• as during a Telnet or FTP session. It is also required by some
• When using the popular FTP program Fetch, it is necessary to know the
• Standards FAQ This ftp site has the latest Frequently Asked
• such as gopher , and ftp as well as http ; its search pattern is for
• you'll hear about FTP mirrors, WAIS mirrors, and also
• W3E References: FTP mirror
• retrieval such as FTP and Gopher . Their enthusiasm was quickly
• around Gopher and FTP , which simply don't compare to a Web
• it begins with " ftp ", it takes you to an ftp site to
• e-mail , Web , FTP and USENET . Most other Internet services
• but can also point to FTP , Telnet , WAIS , e-mail , or gopher
• a text field with an FTP address , or provide contact information
• the link (e.g. http , ftp , gopher , WAIS , news, etc.). This helps
• engines Built in FTP and Gopher operation To provide increased

• W3E References: FTP mirror

• called " fuzzy logic " that allows the engine to
• search engine with fuzzy logic (finds near-hits as well as exact