| Script
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A generally short program written in an interpreted language such as
Perl or Java. Scripts usually provide simple instructions for data and
browser management.
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| Scripting
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Static HTML pages can be supplemented with server or client-side programming,
or 'scripting' as it is often known. Currently the main languages for this are
Perl, Java, and JavaScript, sometimes used in combination with CGI.
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| Search
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Submitting a word or phrase to a web catalog or engine and receiving
a series of URLs containing the word or phrase. Search engines have
become an imporant method of locating data on the web.
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| Select
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A form tag that allows the user to choose from a fixed set of
values; one or several at once.
This is typically presented as a pull-down menu; the default
displayed item is the one marked Selected if there is one, otherwise
the first.
The SELECT tag has OPTIONs in between the initiating
<SELECT> tag and the terminating
</SELECT> tag.
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| Security
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Software, utilities and hardware which prevent
data and applications from being inappropriately accessed or destroyed.
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| Server
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A computer and software that maintains information and applications
accessed by distributed users.
A program running on an Internet site that makes the web pages at
that site available to browsers throughout the Internet.
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| Server-side imagemaps
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A graphic with sub-areas that are linked to different URLs.
The MAP that relates parts of the
image to different URLs is stored on the server.
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| Server Side Includes (SSI)
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A comment block that when added to an html file directs
the server to generate dynamic data on a webpage. For
example, SSI may be used to generate time, document
location or date the file was last updated, to name a few.
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| SGML
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Standard Generalised Markup Language.
A simple coding language using hard-coded tags to represent markup.
An SGML document is a sequence of characters organized physically as a
set of entities and logically into a hierarchy of elements. An SGML
document consists of data characters and markup; the markup
describes the structure of the information and an instance of
that structure.
Shockwave /Multimedia/Shockwave/
A technology developed by Macromedia, Inc, that allows the
user to view Web pages with multimedia objects, such as
audio, animation, video, and processes user actions such as
mouse clicks.
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| Software
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Computer programs, e.g. browsers, servers, plug-ins.
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| Sound
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Digitizing voices, music, et.c. so they can be played by a computer.
Popular sound file formats include AU, WAV, SND, MPEG, MIDI, AIFF.
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| SQL
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Structured Query Language. A high-level language used
to access and build applications for relational databases.
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| Start-tag
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Descriptive markup that identifies the start of an element
and specifies its generic identifier and attributes. SGML
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| State
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Information that needs to flow from one transaction to the next one
for that user, e.g. the list of items selected so far.
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| Streaming
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The simultaneous download and display of a video or audio file.
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| Style
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Conventions and guidelines followed with the intention of
optimising the user's web experience.
Distinctive appearance of a web site, setting it apart from others.
Cascading style sheets (CSS) separate syle from content.
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| Submit
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A form input attribute that transfers data
from a form to a script or mailto action.
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