Glossary

If you're not familiar with any of the terms used on this site this page should help you out.

Domain name

The unique name of an Internet site (e.g.     byteways.co.uk).

 

E-mail

Stands for electronic mail and is the process of sending messages sent from one person to another via the internet. The messages can be text, pictures, sounds or a whole program. E-mail can be sent automatically to large numbers of addresses known as mailing lists.

Host

A computer that stores web sites that is turned on 24 hours a day and that is always connected to the internet. This means that no matter what time of day it is people can always access your web site.

HTML

Stands for HyperText Markup Language and is the standard language used to create pages for use on the World Wide Web. Text and pictures can be linked to other pages on the Internet using HTML.

Internet

The enormous collection of networks from all over the world that are all linked together.

Search engine

A web site that people accessing the internet can use to find something specific.

 

Server

A computer, or piece of software that houses or runs programs that deal with various internet related operations e.g. email.

Shockwave

A fairly new web page format that enables lots of graphics, sound and interactivity to be delivered on-line very quickly and neatly.

World Wide Web (www)

The huge collection of inter-linked web sites that are available on the internet today.