BOOLEAN LOGIC
Way to combine terms using "AND," "OR," "NOT" and even "+" and "-" for information extraction. Common usage may be in a search engine. For instance, typing 'hosting+designing' in yahoo will give you all the sites that talks about hosting and designing.
'Hosting-UNIX will show you  all the sites that has hosting but has nothing on UNIX.

BOOKMARK
Way to store the web sites you wish to return to. This means later when you want to visit the site again, you can get there without typing in the address, but just by clicking the saved site from your Bookmark. In MSIE it is called Favorites.

BROWSERS
Browsers are software programs that enable you to view WWW documents. They translate HTML-encoded files into the text, images, sounds, and other features you see. Netscape Navigator,  Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mosaic, Macweb, and Netcruiser are examples of browsers that enable you to view text and images and many other WWW features. LYNX, is a browser often used from slow modems because it does not display images, colors, or sound, but lets you perform most basic WWW functions and see the content.

CACHE
A cache temporarily stores Web pages you have visited in your computer. A copy of documents you retrieve is stored in cache. When you use the Back button or any other means to revisit a document, the browser first check to see if it is in cache and will retrieve it from there because it is much faster than retrieving it from the server. If memory allocated to cache in your computer becomes full, the browser discards older documents.
You can change the size of cache, although larger cache may affect other operations and is limited by the amount of memory on your computer.

CASE SENSITIVE
Is www.momocha.com the same as WWW.MOMOCHA.COM. Whether the capitalization makes a difference depends on the computer softwatre. UNIX is case sensitive. Which means in UNIX index.html, Index.html and INDEX.HTML  are three different files. Most search tools are not case sensitive or only respond to initial capitals, as in proper names. It is always safe to key all lower case (no capitals), because lower case will always retrieve upper case.

CGI
Common Gateway Interface. A standard that determines how a web server will gather information from viewers of a web page. Typical information may be names, adresses, on-line ordering of products and what clients will be ordering and paying.

CGI-BIN SCRIPT
CGI Binary script; a server-side program that accomplishes a task that cannot be done using HTML. A means of extending the usefulness and versatility of the Web.

CHECKBOX
A field on a form which, when selected, enters a check in the box. These form input tags are best used to select members of small sets.

CLIENT SIDE IMAGE MAPS
A graphic with sub-areas that are linked to different URLs. The MAP that relates parts of the image to different URLs is stored in the current file. This saves a round trip to the server, and should display pages faster. Destination URLs can be displayed in the browser status line as the mouse selects portions of the imagemap.

COOKIES
A general mechanism which server side connections (such as CGI scripts) can use to both store and retrieve information on the client side of the connection. The addition of a simple, persistent, client-side state significantly extends the capabilities of Web-based client/server applications.

COPYRIGHT
Did you know that the instant you create something, whether it is a poem, or a painting, or an essay, or a graphic for your web site, that you own the copyright? Did you know that just because it's on the web does NOT mean it is in the public domain?

CSS ( Cascading Style Sheets )
CSS1 A mechanism that allows authors and readers to attach the same style (e.g. fonts, colors and spacing) to multiple HTML documents. The CSS1 language is human readable and writable, and expresses style in common desktop publishing terminology. One of the fundamental features of CSS is that style sheets cascade; authors can attach a preferred style sheet, while the reader may have a personal style sheet to adjust for human or technological handicaps.

DNS ( domain name system )
a system for assigning addresses to computers and people connected to the Internet. The name can be represented both with words and with numbers. Domain name servers "resolve" internet names and assign numeric addresses so that one computer can find another over the Internet.
"Domain Name Server entry" frequently appears a browser error message. It refers to the initial part of a URL, down to the first /, where the domain, server, and name of the host are listed (most often in reversed order, name first, then server, then domain).

DOMAIN
Hierarchical scheme for indicating logical and sometimes geographical venue of a web-page from the network. In the US, common domains are edu (education), gov (government agency), net (network related), com (commercial), org (non-profit and research organizations). Outside the US, domains indicate country: ca (Canada), uk (United Kingdom), au (Australia), jp (Japan), fr (France), etc. Neither of these lists is exhaustive.

DOMAIN NAME
a unique web address (ie: http://www.yourname.here) that is registered with the registry responsible for domain names, InterNic. There is an annual fee for maintaining a domain name around US$ 70 at the moment.

DOWNLOAD
To copy a file from another computer to your computer over the Internet. For instance, if you want a freeware on a server you download it to your computer (ie, you get a copy of the file you want from the server and put it in your computer. ) Uploading is the exact opposite process.

EMAIL ( Electronic Mail )
A system for sending and receiving messages on a single computer system or on an interconnection of computer systems, such as the Internet.

FAQ ( Frequently Asked Questions )
If you're looking to the answers to some basic questions, you might start by searching for a FAQ (rhymes with flack) on the topic. It is a list of the most commonly asked question.

FRAMES
A format for Web documents that divides the screen into segments, each possible with a scroll bar as if it were as "window" within the window. Usually, selecting a category of documents in one frame shows the contents of the category in another frame. To go BACK in a frame, position the cursor in the frame an press the right mouse button, and select "Back in frame" (or Forward).
You can adjust frame dimensions by positioning the cursor over the border between frames and dragging the border up/down or right/left holding the mouse button down over the border.

FREEWARE
Freeware is software that you don't need to pay for in order to use. However, the author of a freeware package doesn't necessarily give up copyright to the software created. You can download freewares from various sites.

FTP ( File Transfer Protocol  )
Ability to transfer files rapidly  from one computer to another over the internet. There are many good FTP softwares available for US $ 30-40.Usually, FTP is used to either upload (or copy) files from your computer to your web space. FTP is also used to download (or copy) files from the web to your computer.
For Windows, we recommend WS-FTP. and CuteFTP and for Mac users, we suggest Fetch.
An anonymous FTP  is a means for receiving files from a remote computer without having to have an account with the remote system. Many commercial enterprises maintain anonymous ftp sites for the convenience of their customers so that customers can download updated program files directly to their machines without having to request and receive diskettes through the mail.

GIF ( Graphical  Interchange Format )
The most popular file format for images on the Internet. This file format limits the image to 256 colors or less, and it is compressed, creating a smaller file format than, say a BMP (Windows Bitmap) or TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) file.

GIF ANIMATION
A simple and cheap way to create instant animation. It will allow a limited form of sprite-based animation. You can add a smaller image to a larger one and change its co-ordinates in following images.

GOPHER
A text-based internet search engine developed by the University of Minnesota. More than 5,000 gopher servers worldwide provide users with subject access to files available over the Internet.

GRAPHICS
Pictures or images, either scanned for online use or created with graphics software. Graphic file formats include GIF, JPEG, BMP, PCX, and TIFF.

HEXACODE
A hexidecimal value used to indicate a color (for fonts, web page backgrounds, etc) to the web browser. You can see a large chart of various colors along with their hexcodes.

HITS
The number  of times a web page is visited in a time frame.

HOME PAGE
A home page is the main web page for a particular web site. Home page is also sometimes used to mean web page.

HOST
A host is a company which maintains web sites on their servers. A hosting company charges you a certain amount per month to to have your website on their server (so that it is accessible over the internet)

HTML  ( Hypertext Markup Language  )
This is the standard markup language for creating web pages so that the pages will be recognized and displayed by a Web Browser. It is   imbedded in source documents behind all Web documents, containing the textual content, images, links to other documents (and possibly other applications such as sound or motion), and formatting instructions for display on the screen. If you want to see what the HTML code looks like for whatever page you're on, just use the "View Document Source" command under the "View" menu in your browser.

HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol)
The protocol for moving hypertext files across the Internet. Requires an HTTP client program on one end, and an HTTP server program on the other end. HTTP is the most important protocol used in the World Wide Web (WWW).

IMAGE
A picture or illustration, also called graphic. Formats include JPEG, BMP, PCX, and TIFF. An inline image is mixed with text and displayed surrounded by text. 

index.htm or index.html
The default page name for most web sites. Most servers are set up so that a page named index.htm or index.html is the default page. In other words, when you type in http://www.momocha.com, what you will actually see is a page named index.html, so the default page is http://www.momocha.com/index.html. This can also work for lower level directories (making for shorter, easier to remember URLs). 

INTERNET
The vast collection of inter-connected networks that all use the TCP/IP protocols and that evolved from the ARPANET of the late 60's and early 70's. An "internet" (lower case i) is any computers connected to each other (a network), and are not part of the Internet unless the use TCP/IP protocols. An "intranet" is a private network inside a company or organization that uses the same kinds of software that you would find on the public Internet, but that is only for internal use. An intranet may be on the Internet or may simply be a network.

JAVA
A network-oriented programming language invented by Sun Microsystems that is specifically designed for writing programs that can be safely downloaded to your computer through the Internet and immediately run without fear of viruses or other harm to our computer or files. Using small Java programs (called "Applets"), Web pages can include functions such as animations, calculators, and other fancy tricks. We can expect to see a huge variety of features added to the Web using Java, since you can write a Java program to do almost anything a regular computer program can do, and then include that Java program in a Web page.
Java does not stand for any thing. The people who created it just thought the name sounded good.

LAN ( Local Area Network )
A group of computers located in a relatively limited area (like an office building or large business) and connected by a communications link that allows them to interact with each other.

LINK
When a HTML file is connected to another it is called a link. While browsing a website certain text (usually but not always appear blue and underlined ) and images when clicked takes you to a different page. These pages are said to be linked. The credit for the ease of use of internet shoud go to the inventor of links. Without them, you'd be stuck on the same page forever, which kinda takes the fun out of surfing. 

LISTSERVERS
A discussion group mechanism that permits you to subscribe and receive and participate in discussions via e-mail.

META-SEARCH ENGINE
Search engines that automatically submit your keyword search to several other search tools, and retrieve results from all their databases. Convenient time-savers for relatively simple keyword searches (one or two keywords or phrases in " ").

MIME ( Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions )
Files available over the Internet may be saved in many formats, including plain text, html, and gif. Web browsers use MIME type definitions to identify file formats to display the page properly.

MODEM  ( MOdulator - DEModulator  )
Many of you out there in Webland are reaching us by modem. A modem is a piece of computer equipment -- sometimes a small box with flashing lights, sometimes a card sitting inside your computer -- that hooks into your phone jack and changes the kinds of electrical signals your computer can work with (digital signals, for what it's worth) into the kind of signals that can be passed over the phone lines (analog signals). The modem is also in charge of negotiating connections to other computers. With all that work to do, modems make for a relatively slow (though extremely popular) way to connect to the Net; those of you who have a direct network connection (at work, perhaps?) have a speed advantage., which describes what the modem does to turn computerese into phone signals and vice-versa.

NETIQUETTE
It's a combination of the words "network" and "etiquette," but it's more than a cute play on words. This informal code of manners governs online conduct, from simple cases such as leaving your Caps Lock key off while inputting messages (upper-case words are taken by readers as shouting and result in "Ouch! My ears!" responses). Netiquette also addresses stickier issues, such as where and how to post commercial messages to newsgroups.

NEWSGROUP
A discussion group operated through the Internet. Not to be confused with LISTSERVS which operate through e-mail.

NETSCAPE
The company that made the web browser Navigator and Communicator.

ONLINE
Being online means being connected to another computer, presumably via phone line. When you log onto your ISP for Internet access, you are online. When you log onto AOL you are also online. A computer that is active on a network can also be said to be online. Another meaning is the status of an Internet server: when online, its network connection is live, and authorized users can access its resources.

OPERATING SYSTEM
The software that controls a computer. Operating systems include DOS, Windows-95, Unix, Solaris and Macintosh.

PASSWORD
A secret code used by a person to access their computer account, and a form input element. The PASSWORD attribute works like a text entry field, except all characters entered are displayed as asterisks (*).

PERL ( Practical Extraction and Report Language  )
A popular language for programming CGI applications. Perl is by far the most popular language for CGI, because, among other things, it has powerful string matching. Perl is an interpreted language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that information.

PLUG-IN
There are things your browser can do by itself, such as showing graphics and, of course web pages. Other things are tougher, and your browser needs help. Thankfully, you can expand the capability of your browser by "plugging in" various tools to let you see (and hear!) certain things, such as audio or video files. When your browser needs a plug-in you don't have yet, it will tell you it's encountered an "unknown file type." If the web page designer is kind, they'll tell you which plug-in you need and where to get it. Currently, some of the most popular plug-ins are Shockwave (for audio and video), RealAudio (audio that broadcasts to your computer like a radio station), and MPEGplay (more video). Plug-ins are very similar to another kind of Web tool called helper applications.

PROMOTION
The process of informing the world of the presence of a web site. The World Wide Web is exploding as a communications medium. Not only is the technology growing and changing, but the number of people involved in using and publishing on the web is expanding. As the Web expands it is critical that your Web site stands out. Your Web site must be easily found and it must be linked in high-traffic locations. Considering the Web's continuous growth, new directories, search resources, and other listing sites are being added daily. It is important that this growth be addressed by your online promotional plan.

PROXY SERVER
A computer that processes requests by verifying source host information, destination host address, and information about the requested service. If the communication checks out against defined security policy, the request is allowed to pass through to the real Web server.

RADIO BUTTON
Form input tag used to select one option from among several choices.

RANKING
The order in which search results appear. Each search tool uses its own unique algorithm. Most use "fuzzy and" combined with factors such as how often your terms occur in documents and whether in title or how near the top of the text. Ranking is automatic in almost all systems. Alta Vista Advanced Search and Disinformation permit you specify terms for documents to rank first. Infoseek allows you to SUB-SEARCH with the same powerful effect as Results Ranking.

ROBOT
A Web agent that visits sites to extract data from the site. It automatically traverses the Web's hypertext structure by retrieving a document, and recursively retrieving all documents that are referenced. Most commonly, data from robots is used to build the catalogs for search engines. Web robots are sometimes referred to as Web Wanderers, Web Crawlers, or Spiders. These names are a bit misleading as they give the impression the software itself moves between sites like a virus; this not the case, a robot simply "visits" sites by requesting documents from them.

SCRIPT
A generally short program written in an interpreted language such as Perl or Java. Scripts usually provide simple instructions for data and browser management.

SEARCH ENGINE
A program that indexes Web pages so that users can easily find information.eg, yahoo, lycos...

SECURE SERVER
Software which prevents network transactions from being decoded, thus preserving the privacy of credit card numbers and other sensitive infor mation. When a URL points to a web page stored on a secure Web server, the URL always begins with https ://. In Netscape, the broken key at the bottom of the screen becomes whole, a blue rule appears at the top of the screen and the Location box becomes a Website box when a secure server is contacted.

SECURE TRANSACTION
A secure transaction is a transaction between a browser and a server that both support the same security protocol. When a URL points to a Web page stored on a secure Web server, the URL always begins with https://.

SERVER
A server is a fancy name for a computer that's hooked up to a network (such as your office LAN, or the Internet) or a piece of software that helps that computer do its job. Servers send files across the network where your computer (the "client") receives and interprets them. Servers on the Internet are generally hooked up 24 hours a day, ready to serve your needs.

SGML ( 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.

SHAREWARE
Software that is generally offered as a free trial. If you decide to keep and use the software, the author of the software generally requires a fee. You'll usually find the shareware registration agreement included in a readme.txt file included with the software. For a huge collection of shareware, see either www.shareware.com or www.tucows.com. Paying the registration fees for shareware is encouraged so that shareware authors can continue to develop innovative, useful software.

STREAMING
The simultaneous download and display of a video or audio file.

SUB-SEARCHING
Ability to search only within the results of a previous search.

TCP/IP ( Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol )
As you cruise the Web you'll find pages in English and French and Swedish and all sorts of human languages, but the computers on the Web speak just one language. That's TCP/IP. TCP/IP is the basic language (set of rules, if you prefer) by which all Internet computers talk to each other and send the tiny chunks of information that make up a web page (or anything else online).
It was originally designed for the UNIX operating system, TCP/IP software is now available for every major kind of computer operating system. To be truly on the Internet, your computer must have TCP/IP software. 

TEXT EDITOR
A  text editor is a simple word processor, that we advise using to begin to learn HTML. On Windows, the simplest text editor is Notepad. On the Mac, it is either SimpleText or TeachText. All of these are included with their various operating systems.

TIFF ( Tagged Image File Format )
Another picture format used on the Internet.

TILING
The process in which a single (small) image is duplicated horizontally, vertically or both to create the illusion of a large version of the small image.

TITLE  ( of a document )
An HTML tag used in the Head area to name the web page. The length of titles is unlimited, however, long titles may be truncated in some applications. To minimize this possibility, keep titles to fewer than 64 characters. Many applications, particularly robots, collect and analyze titles. The more meaningful a title is, the more useful it becomes when someone tries to search for it in a search engine.

UPLOAD
The process of coping a file from your computer to another computer using the Internet. For instance, after we design your site we upload your pages from our computer to the hosting company's server.

URL ( Uniform Resource Locator )
Just as every person on the Net has a unique email address, every file and page on the Web has a unique URL. The URL is the address of a web page. You can see the URL for the web page you're on now; look up above the page to the thin white horizontal box. The jumble of letters in there is the URL. The first part of the URL (http) tells the browser it's looking for a web page. The rest gives the name of the computer that holds the page (www.momocha.com) and then directories and files.
For example the URL address for this particular page is http://www.momocha.com/glossary.htm