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Basic Web terminology

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Web Terminology

This is only basic terminology. If you are looking for a term that is not listed here BeWebmaster.com recommends you Webopedia.com or the book Net lingo: The Internet Dictionary.  With emphasis on the personal, business, and technology aspects that make using the Internet so unique, this handy reference presents more than 2,500 computer-related terms and industry-specific jargon for anyone who needs to learn the new language of the Net. Newbies as well as techies will find commonly used shorthand, modern office phrases, and a large collection of emoticons and ASII art. An index sorts the terms into 10 popular categories with a complete list of international country codes and file extensions.

Terms and Definitions

  • Internet

    Internet is the world largest network; a worldwide collection of networks that links together millions of computers and other internet ready devices (like Cell phones) by means of modems, telephone lines, wireless technology and other communication devices and media. It provides connections to businesses, the government, educational institutions, and individuals.

  • World Wide Web (WWW)

    WWW is one of the many services available on the Internet. It is a worldwide collection of web pages that have built in links to other Web pages. It supports multimedia and it is also called the Web. The connected users brows the Web for information, news, education, research, entertainment etc.

  • Web page

    Web page is electronic document on the Web that can contain text, graphical images, video and sound as well as links to other pages.

  • Web Site

    Web site is a collection of related Web pages.

  • IP address

    IP address is used by the Internet Protocol to identify each computer on the internet. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written in form of 4 numbers between 0 and 255 each separated by a period e.g. 192.156.23.2.

  • DNS

    Domain Name System is internet service which translates IP addresses into Domain Names. For example the Domain Name www.yourdomain.com might translate 192.167.29.02.DNS service is in fact a network. If one DNS server doesn't know how to translate a particular domain name, it asks another one, and so on, until the correct IP address is returned.

  • Domain Name

    Domain Name is easier alphabetical name to identify a IP address.

  • URL

    Uniform Resource Locator. A URL is the address of every single document, page or other resources the World Wide Web. It is basically made up of your IP address (translated into your domain name) then where the document is located on your server then the actual page name. For Example: http://yourdomain/yourfolder/yourdocument.yourdocumenttype

  • Web Server

    Web server is a computer that delivers Web pages. It serves static content (web pages) to the Web browser by loading the file from the disk and serving it across the network to the users Web browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape etc.). For example if you enter URL ../index.htm in your browser, this sends a request to the server whose domain name is bewebmaster.com The server than fetches the page named index.htm and sends it to your browser.

  • Index page

    Index page is the first page that loads when the domain name is typed in the Web browser. For example when you type URL http://www.bewebmaster.com in your Web browser the the Web server automatically sends index.htm to you. Most of the time it is a default page that appears in the Web server directory.

  • HTTP

    HyperText Transfer Protocol, the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. HTTP defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands.

  • FTP

    File Transfer Protocol This is a set of rules for transferring files between computers on the internet. You normally use an FTP program to log onto your server and upload your web pages.

  • Web Host

    Web host is in the business of providing server space, Web services and file maintenance for Web sites controlled by individuals or companies that do not have their own Web servers. Many ISPs, such as America Online, will allow subscribers a small amount of server space to host a personal Web page. Other commercial ISP's will charge the user a fee depending on the complexity of the site being hosted.

  • Bandwidth

    The amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time from your web site. It is usually measured in gigabytes. If you had a web page that is 10Kb in size 100,000 people could view that page for 1 Gb of Bandwidth
    Basically any traffic from your web site: loading of images, file downloading from your web site, viewing of audio or video that resides on your web site generates data transfer. All anonymous FTP, both inbound and outbound, is also considered data transfer.

  • Protocol

    A set of rules that computers use to communicate across networks on the internet.

  • Auto Responders

    Auto responders is the automatic answering of an email to a certain address. e.g. Someone submitting a form to you by email maybe answered with a thank you message automatically mailed to them.

  • SMTP

    Simple Mail Transport Protocol It is the technical name for the way that email messages are sent.

  • POP

    Post Office Protocol is the technical name for the way some email servers deliver your mail.