| Jargon | Description | Example |
|---|
| Address Bar | The part of a browser where web adresses can be typed in | See top left |
| Attributes | Add styling information to HTML tags | The color attribute |
| Bandwidth | The data transfer limit a hosting provider will allocate | 20Gb |
| Bug | A piece of code not performing as expected | The Box Model Bug |
| Cookie | Information file from a web server, stored on your computer by your web browser | |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheets - a language for adding styling to web documents | |
| Deprecated | No longer to be used | The <font> tag in HTML |
| Domain name | A name that identifies one or more IP addresses | www.freewebtutorial.co.uk |
| DTD | A declaration at the start of a HTML document to inform the browser which type of HTML is being used |
<!DOCTYPE HTML> |
| Element | A line of HTML code including an opening tag, some content, and a closing tag | <p>A line of text</p> |
| Email | Electronic mail messages sent from one person to another via the Internet | yourname@aol.com |
| Firewall | A software security filter that can restrict types of network communication | Mcaffee |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol - the standard method of transferring files between computers | Filezilla |
| Hyperlink | A text or image link that will take a visitor to another URL | |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator - a full web address | http://www.freewebtutorial.co.uk/index.php/ |
| Hacks | Workarounds and fixes for bugs | |
| HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language - the basic language for writing web pages | index.html |
| HTTP | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol - the standard method of retrieving HTML documents | http:// |
| Internet Browser | A program for accessing the Internet | Internet Explorer |
| IP address | Internet Protocol addresses - the unique (ping) address for any computer connected to the Internet | 216.147.60.52 |
| Navigation | The main links for navigating around a website | |
| Parsing | How a document is read by a program such as a web browser | |
| Ping | A method used to check the communication between computers. A "ping" can be sent to a remote computer to see if it responds. | |
| Properties | Used in CSS for applying styling to selectors | width |
| Platform | The type of operating systme a computer or server uses | Windows, Mac, Unix |
| Redirects | | |
| Robot | A program that crawls webpages | Google searchbots |
| Selectors | Used in CSS for selecting elements to be styled | Any HTML tag |
| Search Engine | An online tool for entering search queries to find information and websites | Google, Yahoo |
| SEO | Search Engine Optimisation - techniques for making websites more attractive to search engines | |
| Spam | The act of sending unsolicited emails | Junk Emails |
| Site Map | A full list of pages on a website | |
| Snippet | A segment of code that can be copied and pasted | |
| Tags | Part of an HTML element for a specific purpose | <ul> |
| Web hosting | A computer server connected to the Internet that hosts websites | 123-reg.co.uk |
| Webmaster | A web designer | You and me! |