| Web Design Class
Chapter One Vocabulary
Study Guide
Directions: Study the following terms in preparation for a test. 1. Routers�computers that tells packets which way to do 2. DSL�digital connection lines, usually faster than a modem 3. Text-only�viewable on any browser 4. Hand�what a mouse pointer turns to when passed over a hyperlink 5. FTP�transfer protocol used to send large files on the Internet 6. LAN�local area network 7. Internet Explorer�graphical browser (displays text and pictures) 8. Downloading�moving files from a server to a computer 9. Contrast�the difference between varying degrees of lightness and darkness on the page. 10. GUI�Graphical User Interface 11. HTTP�HyperText Transfer Protocol (way Web pages are transmitted to the browser 12. Modem�a devise for translating digital data transmitted over plain old telephone lines 13. Packet�what Internet messages are broken into and then reassembled to transmit 14. URL�Uniform or Universal Resource Locator (a web address) 15. Web browser�software used to look at Web pages 16. Web page�Basic part of a Web site viewed in a single Web browser at one time 17. Web server�a computer that distributes Web pages 18. Web site�a collection of Web pages with a common purpose audience or message 19. HTML�HyperText Markup Language (code for creating Web pages) 20. Internet�interconnections between networks where WWW�s pages are transported |