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Internet Glossary


 

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Hit
Each time a Web page is "touched" or "accessed" by a user, a hit is recorded by the browser.

Home Page
The first page which is displayed when you go to a Web page either by hyperlink or by going to a specified address.

Host
A computer that provides files and services to outside computer users.

HTML
Hypertext Markup Language-A 'language' composed of 'tags' which are used together to develop Web pages. This is the most simplistic way via which to post a page or a series of pages on the Internet. The presence of Java and JavaScript, however, is quickly gaining popularity.

HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol)
The method via which documents are transferred from the host computer or server to browsers.

Hypertext (Hyperlink)
A word, phrase, icon, or picture that, when selected, will send the reader to a different page of the same site or to a different site.

 
 

 
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