web terms

1.   Web Site--a collection of related pages

2.   Home page--like a table of contents; usually the first page of a site

3.   Links--way to get around from page to page
      a.   Internal links-jump to other pages in the same web site
      b. External links-jumps to pages outside of a particular web site
      c. Email links-opens up email forms
      d. Anchors-jumps to another place on the same page

4.   Hypertext--text that is "connected" to other pages that jumps you to other pages

5.   Underline--way to recognize hypertext links

6.   Little hand--mouse pointer turns to when it is positioned over a link

7.   Loading--as the page appears on your screen

8.   Browser--software that allows you to see pages on the World Wide Web

9.   Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer--two most popular browsers

10. Address--every page on the WWW has a location

11. URL--Uniform Resource Locator

12. Post--when you finish your web site and place it on a server

13. Server--a special computer directly connected to the Internet

14. Hosting--the owner of the server where your web site it located

15. Location box--where you type the URL

16. Domain name--nature of the web site
      a..com-commercial
      b..edu-educational
      c..gov-government
      d..mil-military
      e..net-network
       f..org-organizations

17. Case--sensitive-typing the address exactly as it should be (all caps, all lower cased, etc)

18. Space--there is never a space in a web address

19. Plug-in--little pieces of software that make special things happen

20. Web authoring software--way to create web pages by allowing the software to write the code