Glossary
There are currently 286 definitions and acronymns in the glossary.
Safari
A popular web browser for the Apple MacIntosh.
Scalable Vector Graphics
A standard to display graphics with interactive animation. The presentation is similar to Flash Animation or Shockwave Animation, but built into the browser instead of requiring a third-party proprietary plug-in. SVG is not yet well supported.
Schema
The organization of a data system often expressed as a document. The term is most frequently used in conjunction with Databases.
Search Engine
(1) A Web site designed to search other web sites for specific terms and return a list of matches. (2) A facility of a web
site to search its own pages and return a list of matches.
Search Engine Optimization
The process of designing a Web site so that it is positioned favorably by Search Engines.
Secure Sockets Layer
A protocol that works in conjunction with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol to encrypt data as it is sent back and forth between the server and browser.
SSL is essential if you want to accept credit card numbers or other sensitive personal information.
Server Push
A data transaction that is initiated by the server instead of the browser.
Server-side Includes
A technology to allow the Source Code for one Web page to be used in another. This can reduce the redundancy of code and allow for quicker page loading.
Server-side Scripting
Any of several scripting technologies designed to run on the Web server before a page is sent to the browser. Server-side scripting allows pages to be
created dynamically based on information in a database.
Servlet
An Object, typically written in Java, and similar to an Applet except that it runs on the server. Applets often communicate
with servlets to exchange information between a Web Page and the server.
Session
A series of transactions between a Web site and a visitor, where information is saved on the server between Web page requests. A session typically
lasts from log-in to log-out.
Shockwave Animation
A type of interactive animated graphic, optionally with sound. Use of a Shockwave animation object requires that the Shockwave player be installed on the
browser. Similar to Flash Animation.
Shopping Cart
A combination of Web Pages, Scripting, and a Database that allows visitors to select items for purchase.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
A protocol for locating the correct server for sending email to, and then sending it. And SMTP server is the email sending server.
Compare with POP.
Simple Object Access Protocol
A protocol based in XML for sending messages between applications, particularly over the Internet.
Single Page Application
A Web Application that runs entirely in a browser using Client-side scripting to modify its internal structure and the browser's Save Page command to save the results to disk.
Site Map
A hierarchical index to all the pages of a Web site, making it easy for viewers to find them.
Socket
Each end of a two-way Internet connection.
Source Code
All the software written to make a Web site work, which may include HTML, server-side scripts such as PHP or ASP, and client-side scripts such
as JavaScript or VBScript.
Spam
Unsolicited e-mail.
Spider
An application, usually used by Search Engines, to locate and catalog Web pages. Also called robot or crawler.
Splash Page
A standard Web page shown briefly as an introduction when a viewer first goes to a Web site.
Standard Generalized Markup Language
A specification for developing Internet-related data communcations languages.
Streaming
A technique of delivering multimedia content such as audio and video so that the recording starts playing before it is all downloaded.
Streaming Media
Audio or video content that is played while it is still downloading.
Structured Query Language
A data definition and manipulation language used by Server-side Scripting to interact with databases.
Subdomain
More than one server might support a single Domain Name. In that case, the www at the beginning is replaced with something else. For example,
my.netscape.com, home.netscape.com, and developer.netscape.com are all subdomains of netscape.com.
