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Moor Farm
Umberleigh
Devon EX37 9AH
Tel: 01769 540099
Fax: 0118 977 6440
1a Denmark Street
Wokingham
Berkshire RG40 2AY
Tel: 0118 979 3929
Fax: 0118 977 6440
| Apache | the most popular Web server programme used on the Internet |
| Back end | the part of a website accessible only to authorised users, e.g. a content management system; see Front end |
| Breadcrumb trail | a series of links back up through the site structure to the home page |
| Browser | computer programme to display a Web page at a Website on the World Wide Web |
| CMS | Content Management System, a system for amending the text on a website |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheets, the main language used for styling web pages |
| Client-side | refers to functionality that is performed on the user's computer; see Server-side |
| Database | a collection of records or data stored on a Web server, common formats are MySQL and SQL Server |
| Domain name | the first part of a URL, for example thewebworkshop.co.uk |
| Dynamic | a Web page that gives users an interactive experience |
| E-commerce | buying or selling items on the Internet |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol, a method for transferring files across the Internet |
| Flash | a plugin made by Adobe for rich functionality on Web pages |
| Form | allows a user to enter data onto a web page and send it back to the Web server |
| Front end | the part of a website displayed to the general public, see Back end |
| GIF | an older type of image file with limited colours, but capable of animation |
| HTML | HyperText Markup Language, the usual programming language used to create web pages |
| HTTP | a method for transferring web pages across the internet |
| Homepage | the page displayed to a user when they start their Web browser or click the 'home' button |
| Host | the server on which a website resides, or the company that provides it |
| Hosting company | a company that sells space on their web servers to the public |
| Hyperlink | a link to another page, document, image or other media on a Web page |
| Internet | the global, public computer network |
| JPEG | a type of image file used mainly for photographs |
| Java | a plugin made by Sun to allow more complex programmes to run on a web page |
| JavaScript | a scripting language used for client-side functionality |
| MySQL | an open source database system created MySQL AB |
| Open source | a set of principles and practices on how to write software, the most important of which is that the source code is openly available |
| PHP | a computer language used to create dynamic Web pages |
| PNG | an image file type suitable for graphics on the web, replacing the older GIF file type |
| Plugin | an add-in programme for a web browser such as Flash or Quicktime |
| Quicktime | a plugin made by Apple to display video and rich media on web pages |
| Ranking | the placement of a website in a search engines results |
| SEF | Search Engine Friendly, any system designed to improve the visibility of a site to a search engine |
| SEO | Search Engine Optimisation, methods for improving a website's result position in a search engine |
| SQL Server | a database system created by Microsoft |
| Search engine | a website designed to search for information on the Web |
| Server | a computer that holds a web site and sends pages, images and other parts of a web page |
| Server-side | refers to functionality that is performed on the Web server |
| Static | a Web page that doesn't include any rich functionalilty or database calls |
| W3C | the World Wide Web Consortium, the organisation that sets standards for the Web |
| WAI | Web Accessibility Initiative, a set of standards created by the W3C to improve accessibility of websites |
| Web page | a file usually written in HTML or XHTML programming languages that can be a read by a Web browser |
| Website | a collection of Web pages, images or videos hosted on one or several Web server(s) |
| World Wide Web | a system of linked documents accessed via the Internet |
| XHTML | Extensible HyperText Markup Language, the latest version of HTML |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language, a general-purpose markup language upon which XHTML is based |
